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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[131] Not. W. C.

[132] By. W. C.

[133] So R. knowe me. W. C.

[134] The fragment of Rastall’s edition ends here.

[135] Also. PCC.

[136] Wyme. PCC.

[137] i.e. by so many score to the hundred, or three hundred for one. It is certainly a very hyperbolical expression: but he measures the cloth in the same way.

[138] Helpe. W. wrappe. C.

[139] Leue. W. lende. C.

[140] The prior, in an abbey, was the officer immediately under the abbot; in priories and conventual cathedrals he was the superior.