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

Feared of the rich, loved of the poor :

A thing most marvellous.

A thing impossible to us

This story seems to be ;

None dares be now so venturous,

But times are chang’d we see.

We that live in these later days

Of civil government,

If need be, have an hundred ways

Such outlaws to prevent.