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

‘Just as he first begun.’

Hold thy hand, cry’d bold Robìn,

I will yield the wager won.

With all my heart, said Little John,

To that I will agree ;

For he is the flower of shepherd swains,

The like I did never see.

Thus have you heard of Robin Hood,

Also of Little John ;

How a shepherd swain did conquer them :