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

We need not to draw one string.

He wander’d about till at length he came

To the tent of Robin Hood ;

The letter he shows ; bold Robin arose,

And there on his guard he stood.

They’d have me surrender, quoth bold Robin Hood,

And lie at their mercy then ;

But tell them from me, that never shall be,

While I have full seven score men. {333}

Sir William the knight, both hardy and bold,