" Robin Hood and Maygame.
£. s. d. 23 Henry 7th. To the menstorell
upon Mayday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 4
For paynting of the mores garments
and for sarten gret leveres . . . . . . 0 2 4
For paynting of a bannar for Robin
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 3
For 2 M. and 1/2 pynnys . . . . . . . . . 0 0 10
For 4 plyts and 1/2 of laun for the mores
garments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 2 11
For orseden for the same. . . . . . . . . 0 0 10
For a goun for the lady . . . . . . . . . 0 0 8
For bellys for the dawnsers . . . . . . . 0 0 12
14 Henry 7th. For Little John's
cote. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 8 0
1 Henry 8th. For silver paper for
the mores dawnsars. . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 7
For kendall for Robyn Hode's cote . . . . 0 1 3
For 3 yerds of white for the frere's cote 0 3 0
For 4 yerds of kendall for mayde Marian's
huke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 3 4
For saten of sypers for the same huke . . 0 0 6
For 2 payre of glovys for Robin Hode
and mayde Maryan. . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 3
For 6 brode arovys. . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 6
To mayde Mary an for her labour for
2 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 2 0
To Fygge the taborer. . . . . . . . . . . 0 6 0
Received for Robyn Hode's gaderyng
4 marks
5 Henry 8th. Received for Robin
Hood's gaderyng at Croydon. . . . . . . . 0 9 4
11 Henry 8th. Paid for 3 broad
yerds of rosett for makyng frer's cote. . 0 3 6
Shoes for the mores dawnsars, the frere
and mayde Maryan at 7d. a payre. 0 5 4
13 Henry 8th. Eight yerds of fustyan
for the mores dawnsars cotes. . . . . . . 0 16 0
A dosyn of gold skynnes for the mores . . 0 0 10
15 Henry 8th. Hire of hats for
Robin Hode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 16
Paid for the hat that was lost. . . . . . 0 0 10
16 Henry 8th. Received at the
church-ale and Robyn Hode, all things
deducted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 10 6
Paid for 6 yerds 1/4 of satyn for Robyn
Hode's cotys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 12 6
For makyng the same . . . . . . . . . . . 0 2 0
For 3 ells of bocram . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 6
21 Henry 8th. For spunging and
brushing Robyn Hods cotys . . . . . . 0 0 2
28 Henry 8th. Five hats and 4 porses
for the dawnsars . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 4-1/2
4 yerds of cloth for the fole's cote . . 0 2 0
2 ells of worstede for mayde Marian's
kyrtle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 6 8
For 6 payre of double solly'd showne . . 0 4 6
To the mynstrele . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 10 8
To the fryer and the piper for to
go to Croydon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 8
29 Henry 8th. Mem. left in the keeping of the wardens nowe beinge, a fryers cote of russet, and a kyrtle of a worstyde weltyd with red cloth, a mouren's cote of buckram, and 4 morres dawnsars cotes of white fustian spangelyd, and two gryne saten cotes, and a dysardd's cote of cotton, and 6 payre of garters with bells."
Having given so many items of the Robin Hood games, it will not be out of place to furnish some account of the Morrice.
The tabor and pipe strike up a morrice.—A shout within.
A lord, a lord, a lord, who!
ENTER THE MORRICE—They sing.
Skip it, and trip it, nimbly, nimbly,
Tickle it, tickle it, lustily,
Strike up the tabor, for the wenches favour,
Tickle it, tickle it, lustily.