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

God zow saue, my lege lorde,

Jesus yow saue and se.

God yow saue, my lege kyng,

To speke Johne was fulle bolde ;

He gaf hym the letturs in his hond,

The kynge did hit unfold.

The kynge red the letturs anon,

And seid so mot I the,

Ther was neuer zoman in mery Inglond

I longut so sore to see.