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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His staff shall stand him in no stead,

That you shall shortly see,

But back again he shall be led,

And fast bound shall he be,

To see if ye will have him slain,

Or hanged on a tree.”

“But cast you sliely in his way,

Before he be aware,

And on his pyke-staff first hands lay,

Ye’ll speed the better far.”