. 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. the scheref of Notyngham Durst neuer loke hyme vpone. Then bespake oure cumly kynge, In an angur hye,LituUe Johne hase begyled the scherefF, In faith so hase he me. :iw Litulle Johne has begyled vs bothe, And that fuUe wel I se,Or ellis the schereff of Notyngham Hye hongut shuld he be. I made hem zemen of the crowne. And gaf hem fee with my bond,I gaf hem grithe, seid oure kyng, Thorowout alle mery Inglond. I ga
. 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. the scheref of Notyngham Durst neuer loke hyme vpone. Then bespake oure cumly kynge, In an angur hye,LituUe Johne hase begyled the scherefF, In faith so hase he me. :iw Litulle Johne has begyled vs bothe, And that fuUe wel I se,Or ellis the schereff of Notyngham Hye hongut shuld he be. I made hem zemen of the crowne. And gaf hem fee with my bond,I gaf hem grithe, seid oure kyng, Thorowout alle mery Inglond. I gaf hem grithe, then seid oure kyng, I say, so mot I the, .iio For sothe soche a zeman as he is onIn alle Ingland ar not thre. V. 332. That gode was with ale. MS. 236 APPENDIX. He is trevv to his maister, seide oure kynge, I sey, be swete seynt Johne,He louys bettur Robyn Hode, Then he dose vs ychone. Robyne Hode is euer bond to him, Bothe in strete and stalle,Speke no more of this matter, seid our kynge. But John has begyled vs alle. 360 Thus endys the talkyng of the munke, And Robyne Hode I wysse ;God, that is euer a crowned kyng, Bryng vs alle to his blisse. V. 359. mere. GLOSSARY. Abye. [to suifer.]Air. early. Alderbest. best of all. This phrase, which occursin Chaticer, is corrupted in de Wordes edition to al ther and al theyre, which Coplande haschanged to al of the; whence it may be in-ferred that the expression was become alreadyobsolete, and consequently that the poem is ofmuch greater antiquity than 1520: and yetShakspeare, above half a century after, puts theword Alderliefest into the mouth of queen Mar-garet in his second part of Henry the sixth. Angels, pieces of gold coin value \Qs. Anker, hermit, anchorite. Ar. ere. Asay. Asayed. essayed, tried, proved. A-sound. in a swoon. Aunsetters. ancestors. Avow. Avowe. protestation, confession. I makemyn avow to god: profess to god: from aveu, F. Avowe. maintain, verbum juris. Avowe. founder, patron, protector. See Spel
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