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

That cowthe brynge hym Robyn Hode,

His warisone he shuld haue.

For I dar neuer, said the scheref,

Cum before oure kynge ;

For if I do I wot serten,

For sothe he wil me henge. {383}

The scheref made to seke Notyngham,

Bothe be strete and stye,

And Robyn was in mery Scherwode

As lizt as lef on lynde.