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king_n	black_a	queen_n	white_a	450,477	5	13.0514	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57413	Robin H[oods] garlan[d.] Containing his merry exploits, and the several fights which he, Little John, and Will. Scarlet had, upon several occasions. Some of them never before printed. Entred according to order.	Robins, Thomas, fl. 1672-1685.	1675 (1675)	Wing R1640; ESTC R219693	29,573	99

these brethren three with a hey c. And away he them had tane the Sheriff was crost and many a man lost That dead lay on the plain And away they went into the merry green-wood with a hey c. And sung with a merry glee And Robin took these brethren good To be of his Yeomandree Renowned Robin Hood Or His Famous Archery truly related with the Worthy Exploits he acted before Queen Katherine he being an Out-law-Man and how she for the same obtained of the King his own and his fellows pardon To a new Tune GOld tane from the Kings Harbengers down a down a down As seldom hath been seen down a down a down And carried by bold Robin Hood for a present to the Queen down a down a down If that I live one year to an end thus gan Queen Katherine say Bold Robin Hood I will be thy friend and all thy Yeomen gay The Queen is to her Chamber gone as fast as she can wen She calls unto her lovely Page his name was Richard Patrington Come hither to me thou lovely Page come thou hither to me For thou must Post to Nottingham as fast as thou canst dree And as thou goest to Nottingham search all those English Woods Enquire of one good Yeoman or another that can tell thee of Robin hood Sometimes he went sometimes he ran as fast as he could wen And when he came to Nottingham there he took up his Inn. And when he came to Nottingham and had took up his Inn He calls for a pottle of Rhenish Wine and drinks a health to his Queen There sat a Yeoman by his side tell me sweet Page said he What is thy business or thy cause so far in the North Country This is my business and my cause Sir I 'le tell it you for good To enquire of one good Yeoman or another to tell me of Robin Hood I 'le get my horse betimes in the morn by it be break of day And I will shew thee bold Robin hood and all his Yeomen gay When that he came at Robin Hoods place he fell down on his knee Queen Katherine she doth greet you well she greets you well by me She bids you post to fair London Court not fearing any thing For there shall be a little sport and she hath sent you her Ring Robin took his Mantle from his back it was of the Lincoln green And sent it by this lovely Page for a present to the Queen In Summer time when leaves grow green it is a seemly sight to see How Robin hood himself had drest and all his Yeomandree He cloathed his men in Lincoln green and himself in Scarlet red Black hats white feathers all alike now bold Robin hood is rid And when he came at Londons Court he fell down on his knee Thou art welcome Locksly said the Queen and all thy Yeomandree The King 's gone into Finsbury field marching in battle ray And after follows bold Robin hood and all his Yeomen gay Come hither Tepus said the King Bow-bearer after me Come measure me out with this Line how long our mark shall be What is the Wager said the Queen that must I now know here Three hundred Tun of Rhenish Wine three hundred Tun of Beer Three hundred of the fattest Harts that run on Dallom Lee That 's a Princely wager said the King that needs must I tell thee With that bespake one Clifton then full quickly and full soon Measure no mark for us most Soveraign Liege we 'l shoot at Sun and Moon Full fifteen score your mark shall be full fifteen score shall stand I 'le lay my Bow said Clifton then I 'le cleave the Willow Wand With that the Kings Archers led about while it was three and none With that the Ladies began to shout Madam your Game is gone A boon a boon Queen Katherine cries I crave on my bare knee Is there ever a ●t of your Privy-Counsel on Queen Katherines part will be Come hither to me Sir Richard Lee thou art a Knight full good For I do know by thy Pedigree thou sprang'st from Gowers blood Come hither to me thou Bishop of Herefordshire for a Noble Priest was he By my Silver Miter said the Bishop then I 'le not bet one penny The King hath Archers of his own full ready and full light And these be strangers every one no man knows what they height What wilt thou bet said Robin hood thou seest our Games the worse By my silver Miter said the Bishop then all the money within my purse What is in thy purse said Robin hood throw it ●own on the ground Fifteenscore Nobles said the Bishop then it 's neer an hundred pound Robin hood took his bag from his side and threw it down on the Green Will Scadlock went smiling away I know who this money must win With that the Kings Archers led about while it was three and three With that the Ladies gave a shout Woodcock beware thy knee It is three and three now said the King the next three pays for all Robin hood went whispered to the Queen the Kings part shall be but small Robin hood he led about he shot it under-hand And Clifton with a bearing-Arrow he clave the Willow-wand And little Midge the Millers Son he shot not much the worse He shot within a finger of the Prick now Bishop beware thy Purse A boon a boon Queen Katherine tries I crave that on my bare knee That you will angry he with none that is of my party They shall have forty days to come and forty days to go And three times forty to sport and play then welcome every one Then thou art welcome Robin Hood said the Queen and so is little Iohn So is Midge the Millers Son thrice welcome every one Is this Robin hood the King now said for it was told to me That he was slain in the Pallace gate so far in the North Country Is this Robin hood quoth the Bishop then as it seems well to be Had I known he had been that bold Out-law I would not a bet one penny He took me late one Saturday-night and bound me fast to a tree And made me sing a Mass God wot to him and his Yeomen three What and if I did says Robin hood of that Mass I was full fain For recompence to thee he says here 's half thy Gold again Now nay now nay says little John down a down a down Master that may not be down a down a down We must give gifts to the Kings Officers that Gold will serve thee and me down a down a down Robin Hood and the Tanner Or Robin Hood met with his match A merry and pleasant Song relating the gallant and fierce Combate fought between Arthur Bland a Tanner of Nottingham and Robin Hood the greatest and most noblest Archer of England The Tune is Robin Hood and the Stranger IN Nottingham there lives a jolly Tinker with a hey down down a