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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To the abbot sayd he,

To suffre a knyght to knele so longe,

Thou canst no curteysye ;

In joustes and in tournement

Full ferre than have I be,

And put myselfe as ferre in prees

As ony that ever I se.

What wyll ye gyve more ? sayd the justyce,

And the knyght shall make a releyse ;

And elles dare I safly swere