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

Take leave ere you depart ;

You neere will catch bold Robin Hood,

Unless you dare him meet.

O ill betide you, quoth Robin Hood,

That you so soon are gone ;

My sword may in the scabbord rest,

For here our work is done.

I little thought, ‘Will Stutly said,’ [315]

When I came to this place,

For to have met with Little John,