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

Then Robin Hood, that archer good,

In mirth would spend some time.

And as he walk’d the forrest along,

Some pastime for to spy,

There was he aware of a proud bishòp,

And all his company.

O what shall I do, said Robin Hood then,

If the bishop he doth take me ?

No mercy he’l show unto me, I know,

But hanged I shall be.