. 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. ders, That ever I tryed with sword. so And wilt thou foisake thy pinders craft,And live in the green-wood with me ? At Michaelmas next my covnant comes every man gathers his fee ; Then Ile take my blew blade all in my plod to the green-wood with thee. Hast thou either meat or drink, said Robin Hood,For my merry men and me ? I have both bread and beef, said the pinder, And good ale of the best.
. 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. ders, That ever I tryed with sword. so And wilt thou foisake thy pinders craft,And live in the green-wood with me ? At Michaelmas next my covnant comes every man gathers his fee ; Then Ile take my blew blade all in my plod to the green-wood with thee. Hast thou either meat or drink, said Robin Hood,For my merry men and me ? I have both bread and beef, said the pinder, And good ale of the best. 40 And that is meat good enough, said Robin Hood,For such unbidden 2:uests. o V. 26. The editor thinks it his duty to retain, in some instances,even the manifest corruptions of the old copies ; in hopes thatearlyer and better authorities may one day enable him to removethem. PINDEU OF WAKEFIELD. 31 O wilt thou forsake the pinder his craft,And go to the green-wood with me ? Thou shalt have a livery twice in the year,The one green, the other brown. If Michaehiias day was come and gone,And my master had paid me my fee, Then would I set as little by him, As my master doth by me. 50.
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