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

And not by the sword be slain.

Do but unbind my hands, he saies,

I will no weapons crave,

And if I hanged be this day,

Damnation let me have.

O no, O no, the sheriff said,

Thou shalt on the gallows die,

I, and so shall thy master too,

If ever in me it lie.

O, dastard coward ! Stutly cries,