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

To feel his coyn his hands did itch,

He’d have it, more or less :

And sometimes, when the high-way fail’d,

Then he his courage rouzes,

He and his men have oft assaild

Such rich men in their houses :

So that, through dread of Robin then,

And his adventurous crew,

The misers kept great store of men,

Which else maintain’d but few.