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

Full evyl thou art to knowe.

And we be thou, thou proud sheryf,

Thus gladdynge thy gest,

Other wyse thou behote me

In yonder wylde forest ;

But had I the in grene wode,

Under my trystell tre,

Thou sholdest leve me a better wedde

Than thy trewe lewtè.

Full many a bowe there was bent,