So bravely they do shoot.

Ay, quoth the sheriff, and scratch’d his head,

I thought he would have been here ;

I thought he would, but tho’ he’s bold,

He durst not now appear.

O that word griev’d Robin Hood to the heart,

He vexed in his blood ;

Ere long, thought he, thou shalt well see

That here was Robin Hood. {327}

Some cried, Blue jacket ! another cried, Brown !