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

Thow art worthey to ber a bowe,

Yn what plas that thow ‘gang.’ [243]

Yn mey cart y haffe a bowe,

Forsoyt, he seyde, and that a godde ;

Yn mey cart ys the bow

That ‘I had of Robyn Hode.’ [244]

Knowest thow Robyn Hode ? seyde the screffe,

Potter, y prey the tell thou me.

“A hundred torne y haffe schot with hem,

Under hes tortyll tre.”