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.

by Unknown

The abbot and hys meynè :

“But he come this ylke day

Dysheryte shall he be.”

He wyll not come yet, sayd the justyce,

I dare well undertake.

But in sorowe tyme for them all

The knyght came to the gate.

Than bespake that gentyll knyght

Untyll hys meynè,

Now put on your symple wedes