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 proude sheryf loude gan crye,

And sayd, Thou traytour knyght,

Thou kepeste here the kynges enemye,

Agayne the lawes and ryght.

“Syr, I wyll avowe that I have done,

The dedes that here[182] be dyght,

Upon all the londes that I have,

As I am a trewe knyght.

Wende forthe, syrs, on your waye,

And doth no more to me,