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

Derry, derry down,

And of brave Little John,

Of fryer Tuck, and Will Scarlèt,

Loxley, and maid Mariòn. {250}

But such a tale as this before

I think was never knone :

For Robin Hood disguised himself,

And ‘from’ [311] the wood is gone.

Like to a fryer bold Robin Hood

Was accoutered in his array ;