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

But when the game came to be played,

Bold Robin he then drew nigh,

With his mantle of green, most brave to be seen,

He let his arrows fly.

And when the game it ended was,

Bold Robin wan it with a grace ;

But after the king was angry with him,

And vowed he would him chace. {246}

What though his pardon granted was,

While he with him did stay ;