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

Robin was valiant and stout,

So was Scarelock and John in the field,

But these Keepers stout did give them rout,

And made them all for to yield.

But after the battel ended was,

Bold Robin did make them amends,

For claret and sack they did not lack,

So drank themselves good friends.

To the tune of, Robin Hood and Queen Katherine; or, Robin Hood and the Shepheard.”

From an old black letter copy in the collection of Anthony a Wood. {269}