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<HEAD>Robin Hood, Will. Scadlock <HI>and</HI> Little John OR, A Narrative of their Victory obtained again&s;t the Princ<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> of <HI>Aragon,</HI> and the two Giants: and how <HI>Will. Scadlock</HI> married th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Prince&s;s.</HEAD>
<OPENER>Tune of, <HI>Robin Hood;</HI> or, <HI>Hey down, down a down.</HI></OPENER>
<P>Licens'd and Enter'd.</P>
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<L>NOw <HI>Robin Hood, Will. Scadlock</HI> and <HI>Little John,</HI></L>
<L>are walking over the plain,</L>
<L>With a good fat buck which <HI>Will Scadlock</HI></L>
<L>with his &s;trong bow had &s;lain.</L>
<L>Iog on, jog on, cries <HI>Robin Hood,</HI></L>
<L>the day it runs full fa&s;t,</L>
<L>For though my Nephew me a breakfa&s;t gave,</L>
<L>I have not yet broke my fa&s;t.</L>
<L>Then to yonder lodge, let us take our way,</L>
<L>I think it wondrous good,</L>
<L>Where my Nephew by my bold Yeomen,</L>
<L>&s;hall be welcom'd unto the green-wood.</L>
<L>With that he took the bugle-horn,</L>
<L>full well he could it blow:</L>
<L>Streight from the woods came marching down</L>
<L>one hundred tall Fellows and mo.</L>
<L>Stand, &s;tand to your arms, crys <HI>Will. Scadlock,</HI></L>
<L>lo the Enemies are within ken.</L>
<L>With that <HI>Robin Hood</HI> he laugh'd aloud,</L>
<L>crys, They are my bold Yeoman,</L>
<L>Who when they arriv'd, and <HI>Robin</HI> e&s;py'd,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> cry'd, Ma&s;ter, What is your will?</L>
<L>We thought you had in danger been,</L>
<L>your horn did &s;ound &s;o &s;hrill.</L>
<L>Now nay, now nay, quoth <HI>Robin Hood,</HI></L>
<L>the danger is pa&s;t and gone,</L>
<L>I would have you to welcome my Nephew here,</L>
<L>that hath paid me two for one.</L>
<L>In fea&s;ting and &s;porting they pa&s;&s;ed the day,</L>
<L>till <HI>Phoebus</HI> &s;unk into the deep;</L>
<L>Then each one to his quarters hy'd,</L>
<L>his guard there for to keep.</L>
<L>Long had they not walked within the green-wood,</L>
<L>but <HI>Robin</HI> he was e&s;py'd</L>
<L>Of a beautiful Dam&s;el all alone,</L>
<L>that on a black palfrey did ride.</L>
<L>Her riding-&s;hit was of &s;able hew black,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">pre&s;s over her fa<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">e,</L>
<L>Though which her ro&s;e-like cheeks did blu&s;h</L>
<L>all with a comely grace</L>
<L>Come tell me the cau&s;e, thou pritty One,</L>
<L>quoth <HI>Ro<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">in,</HI> and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">l me a right,</L>
<L>From whence thou come&s;t, and whither thou goe&s;t,</L>
<L>all in this mournful plight?</L>
<L>From <HI>London</HI> I came the Dam&s;el reply'd,</L>
<L>from <HI>London</HI> upon the <HI>Thames,</HI></L>
<L>Which circled is O grief to tell,</L>
<L>be&s;ieg'd with forraign Arms:</L>
<L>By the proud Prince of <HI>Aragon,</HI></L>
<L>who &s;wears by his martial hand,</L>
<L>To have the Prince&s;s to his Spou&s;e,</L>
<L>or el&s;e to wa&s;te this Land:</L>
<L>Except that Champions can be found,</L>
<L>that dare fight three to three,</L>
<L>Again&s;t the Prince and Giants twain,</L>
<L>mo&s;t horrid for to &s;ee:</L>
<L>Who&s;e gri&s;&s;y looks, and eyes like brands,</L>
<L>&s;trike terrour where they come,</L>
<L>With &s;erpents hi&s;&s;ing on their helms,</L>
<L>in&s;tead of feathered plume.</L>
<L>The Prince&s;s &s;hall be the Victor's Prize,</L>
<L>the King hath vow'd, and &s;aid,</L>
<L>And he that &s;hall the conque&s;t win,</L>
<L>&s;hall have her to his Bride.</L>
<L>Now we are four Dam&s;els &s;ent abroad</L>
<L>to the <HI>Ea&s;t, We&s;t, North,</HI> and <HI>South,</HI></L>
<L>To try who&s;e fortune is &s;o good,</L>
<L>to find the&s;e Champions forth.</L>
<L>But all in vain we have &s;ought about,</L>
<L>yet none &s;o bold there are,</L>
<L>That dare adventure life and blood,</L>
<L>to free a Lady fair.</L>
<L>When is the day <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> quoth <HI>Robin Hood,</HI></L>
<L>tell me this, and no more.</L>
<L>On <HI>Mid&s;ummer</HI> next, the Dam&s;el &s;aid,</L>
<L>which is <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">une the twenty four.</L>
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<L>With that the tears trick&s;ed down her checks,</L>
<L>and &s;ilent was her tongue,</L>
<L>With &s;ighs and &s;obs, &s;he took her leave,</L>
<L>away her palfrey &s;prung.</L>
<L>This News &s;truck <HI>Robin</HI> to the heart,</L>
<L>he fell down on the gra&s;s,</L>
<L>His action and his troubled mind,</L>
<L>&s;hew'd he perplexed was.</L>
<L>Where lies your grief? quoth <HI>Will. Scadlock,</HI></L>
<L>O Ma&s;ter tell to me;</L>
<L>If the Dam&s;els eyes have pierc'd your heart,</L>
<L>I'll fetch her back to thee.</L>
<L>Now nay, now nay; quoth <HI>Robin Hood,</HI></L>
<L>&s;he doth nor cau&s;e my &s;mart,</L>
<L>But it is the poor di&s;tre&s;&s;ed Prince&s;s,</L>
<L>that wounds me to the heart.</L>
<L>I will go fight the Giants all,</L>
<L>to &s;et the Lady fr&eacute;e.</L>
<L>The Devil take my &s;oul, quoth <HI>Little John,</HI></L>
<L>if I part with thy company.</L>
<L>Mu&s;t I &s;tay behind? quoth <HI>Will. Scadlock,</HI></L>
<L>no, no, that mu&s;t not be;</L>
<L>I'll make the third Man in the fight,</L>
<L>&s;o we &s;hall be three to three.</L>
<L>The&s;e words cheer'd <HI>Robin</HI> at the heart,</L>
<L>joy &s;hone within his face,</L>
<L>Within his arms he hugg'd them both,</L>
<L>and kindly did unbrace.</L>
<L>Quoth he, We'll put on mothly gray,</L>
<L>with long &s;taves in our hands,</L>
<L>A &s;crip and bottle by our &s;ides,</L>
<L>as <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ome from the Holy Land:</L>
<L>So may we pa&s;s along the high-way,</L>
<L>none will ask from whence we came,</L>
<L>But take us Pilgrims for to be,</L>
<L>or el&s;e &s;ome Holy-men.</L>
<L>Now they are on their journey gone,</L>
<L>as fa&s;t as they may &s;peed,</L>
<L>Yet for all ha&s;t, e're they arriv'd,</L>
<L>the Prince&s;s forth was led,</L>
<L>To be deliver'd to the Prince,</L>
<L>who in the Li&s;t did &s;tand,</L>
<L>Prepar'd to fight, or el&s;e receive</L>
<L>his Lady by the hand.</L>
<L>With that he walkt about the li&s;ts,</L>
<L>with Giants by his &s;ide,</L>
<L>Bring forth, quoth he, your Champions,</L>
<L>or bring me forth my Bride:</L>
<L>This is the four and twentieth day,</L>
<L>the day perfixt upon;</L>
<L>Bring forth my Bride, or <HI>London</HI> burns,</L>
<L>I &s;wear by <HI>Acaron.</HI></L>
<L>Then cries the King and Queen likewi&s;e,</L>
<L>both weeping as they &s;peak,</L>
<L>Lo, we have brought our Daughter dear,</L>
<L>whom we are forc'd to for&s;ake.</L>
<L>With that &s;tept out bold <HI>Robin Hood,</HI></L>
<L>crys, My Liege, it mu&s;t not be &s;o,</L>
<L>Such Beauty as the fair Prince&s;s,</L>
<L>is not for a Tyrant's <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ow.</L>
<L>The Prince he then began &s;torm,</L>
<L>crys, Fool, Fanatick, Baboon,</L>
<L>How dares thou &s;top my Valour's Prize?</L>
<L>I'll kill thee with a frown.</L>
<L>Thou Tyrant, Turk, thou Infidel,</L>
<L>thus <HI>Robin</HI> began to reply,</L>
<L>Thy frowns I &s;corn, lo here's my gage,</L>
<L>and thus I thee defie:</L>
<L>And for tho&s;e two <HI>Goliahs</HI> there,</L>
<L>that &s;tand on either &s;ide,</L>
<L>Here are two little <HI>Davids</HI> by,</L>
<L>that &s;oon can tame their pride.</L>
<L>Th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> did the King for armour &s;end,</L>
<L>for lances, &s;words and &s;hields;</L>
<L>And thus all three in armour bright</L>
<L>came marching to the field.</L>
<L>The trumpets began to &s;ound a charge,</L>
<L>each &s;ingled out his Man,</L>
<L>Their arms in pieces &s;oon were hew'd,</L>
<L>blood &s;prang from every vain:</L>
<L>The Prince he reacht <HI>Robin</HI> a blow,</L>
<L>he &s;truck with might and main,</L>
<L>Which forc'd him to re<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">l about the field,</L>
<L>as though he had been &s;lain.</L>
<L>God-a-mercy, quoth <HI>Robin,</HI> for that blow,</L>
<L>the Quarrel &s;hall &s;oon be try'd</L>
<L>This &s;troke &s;hall &s;hew a full divorce,</L>
<L>betwixt thee and the Bride.</L>
<L>So from his &s;houlders he's cut his head,</L>
<L>which on the ground did fall,</L>
<L>And grumbling &s;ore at <HI>Robin Hood,</HI></L>
<L>to be &s;o dealt withal.</L>
<L>The Giants then began to rage,</L>
<L>to &s;ee their Prince lie dead;</L>
<L>Thou's be the next, quoth <HI>Little John,</HI></L>
<L>except thou well guard thy head:</L>
<L>With that his faulchion be wherl'd about,</L>
<L>it was both keen and &s;harp.</L>
<L>He clove the Giant to the belt,</L>
<L>and cut in twain his heart.</L>
<L><HI>Will. Scadlock</HI> well had play'd his part,</L>
<L>the Giant he brought to his knee,</L>
<L>Quoth he, The Devil cannot break his fa&s;t,</L>
<L>unle&s;s he have you all three:</L>
<L>So with his faulchion he run him through,</L>
<L>a deep and ga&s;hly wound,</L>
<L>who dam'd and foam'd, cur&s;t and bla&s;phem'd,</L>
<L>and then fell to the ground,</L>
<L>Now all the li&s;ts with &s;heets were fill'd,</L>
<L>the skies they did re&s;ound,</L>
<L>Which brought the Prince&s;s to her&s;elf,</L>
<L>who was fal'n in a &s;wound.</L>
<L>The King, and Queen, and Prince&s;s fair,</L>
<L>came walking to the place,</L>
<L>And gave the Champions many thanks,</L>
<L>and did them further grace.</L>
<L>Tell me, quoth the King, whence you are</L>
<L>that thus di&s;gui&s;ed came,</L>
<L>Who&s;e valour &s;peaks that noble blood</L>
<L>doth run through every vain?</L>
<L>A boon, a boon, quoth <HI>Robin Hood,</HI></L>
<L>on my knees I beg and crave.</L>
<L>By my Crown, quoth the King, I grant,</L>
<L>ask what, and thou &s;halt have.</L>
<L>Then pardon I beg for my merry Men,</L>
<L>which are within the green-wood,</L>
<L>For <HI>Little John,</HI> and <HI>Will. Scadlock,</HI></L>
<L>and for me bold <HI>Robin Hood,</HI></L>
<L>Art thou <HI>Robin Hood</HI> then? quoth the King,</L>
<L>for the valour you have &s;hown,</L>
<L>Your pardons I do freely grant,</L>
<L>and welcome every one.</L>
<L>The Price&s;s I promi&s;ed the Victor's Prize,</L>
<L>&s;he cannot have you all three:</L>
<L>She &s;hall chu&s;e, quoth <HI>Robin;</HI> &s;aith <HI>Little John,</HI></L>
<L>Then little &s;hare falls to me.</L>
<L>Then did the Prince&s;s view all three,</L>
<L>with a comely lovely grace,</L>
<L>Who took <HI>Will. Scadlock</HI> by the hand,</L>
<L>quoth, Here I make my choice.</L>
<L>With that a noble Lord &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ept forth,</L>
<L>of <HI>Maxfield</HI> Earl was he,</L>
<L>Who lookt <HI>Will. Scadlock</HI> in the face,</L>
<L>then wept mo&s;t bitterly:</L>
<L>Quoth he, I had a Son like thee,</L>
<L>whom I lov'd wondrous well,</L>
<L>But he is gone, or rather dead,</L>
<L>his name is young <HI>Gamwell.</HI></L>
<L>Then did <HI>Will. Scadlock</HI> fall on his knees,</L>
<L>cries, Father, Father, here,</L>
<L>Here kneels your Son, your young <HI>Gamwell,</HI></L>
<L>you &s;aid you lov'd &s;o dear.</L>
<L>But, Lord! what inbracing and ki&s;&s;ing was there,</L>
<L>when all the&s;e Friends were met:</L>
<L>They are gone to the wedding, and &s;o to bedding,</L>
<L>and &s;o I did you good night.</L>
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