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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Then he fell to the ground. {206}

“Arise, arise, thou proud fellòw,

And thou shalt have fair play,

If thou wilt yield before thou go,

That I have won the day.”

A boon, a boon, cry’d bold Robìn,

If that a man thou be,

Then let me have my beugle horn,

And blow but blasts three.

Then said the shepherd to bold Robìn,