Robin Hood / A collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English outlaw. To which are prefixed historical anecdotes of his life.

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Johan sayd, What greveth the ?

It is almes to helpe a gentyll knyght

That is fall in povertè.

Mayster, than sayd Lytell Johan,

His clothynge is full thynne,

Ye must gyve the knyght a lyveray,

To ‘lappe’ [138] his body ther in.

For ye have scarlet and grene, mayster,

And many a ryche aray,

There is no marchaunt in mery Englònde