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<HEAD><HI>Robin Hood</HI> and the Bi&s;hop.</HEAD>
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<P>SHEWING How <HI>Robin Hood</HI> went to an Old Womans Hou&s;e, and changed Cloaths with her to e&s;cape from the Bi&s;hop: And how he robbed him of all his Gold, and made him Sing Ma&s;s.</P>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>Robin Hood and the Stranger.</HI></OPENER>
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<L>COme Gentlemen all, and li&s;ten a while,</L>
<L><HI>with hey down, down and a down;</HI></L>
<L>And a &s;tory I'le to you unfold.</L>
<L>Ile tell you how <HI>Robin Hood</HI> &s;erved y^e Bi&s;hop</L>
<L>When he robb'd him of his Gold.</L>
<L>As it <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ell <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> in a Sun-&s;hining day,</L>
<L><HI>with a hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>When <HI>Phoebus</HI> was in his prime;</L>
<L>then <HI>Robin Hood,</HI> that Archer good,</L>
<L>In mirth would &s;pend &s;ome time.</L>
<L>And as he walked the Forte&s;t along,</L>
<L><HI>with a hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>Some Pa&s;time for to &s;py,</L>
<L>there was he wa<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> of a proud Bi&s;hop,</L>
<L>And all his Company.</L>
<L>O what &s;hall I do, &s;aid <HI>Robin Hood</HI> then?</L>
<L><HI>with a hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>If the Bi&s;hop he doth take me,</L>
<L>no mercy he'l &s;hew, unto me I know,</L>
<L>But hanged &s;hall I be.</L>
<L>Then <HI>Robin</HI> was &s;tout, and turned him about,</L>
<L><HI>with a hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>And a little Hou&s;e there he did &s;py:</L>
<L>and to an Old Wife, for to &s;ave his life,</L>
<L>He aloud began to cry.</L>
<L>Why, who art thou, &s;aid y^e Old Woman,</L>
<L><HI>with a hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>Come tell it to me for good.</L>
<L>I am an Out-Law, as many do know,</L>
<L>My Name it is <HI>Robin Hood.</HI></L>
<L>And yonders the Bi&s;hop and all his man,</L>
<L><HI>with a hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>And if that I taken be,</L>
<L>then day and night, he'l work me &s;pight,</L>
<L>And hanged &s;hall I be.</L>
<L>If thou be <HI>Robin Hood,</HI> then &s;aid y^e Old wife</L>
<L><HI>with a hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>As thou do&s;t &s;eem to me;</L>
<L>I'le for th&eacute;e provide, and th&eacute;e I will hide,</L>
<L>From the Bi&s;hop and his Company:</L>
<L>For I remember on Saturday night,</L>
<L><HI>with a hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>Thou bought me both wh<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">es and Ho&s;e:</L>
<L>therefore I'le provide. thy per&s;on to hide,</L>
<L>And k&eacute;ep th&eacute;e from thy Foes.</L>
<L>Thou give me &s;oon thy Coat of Grey,</L>
<L><HI>with hey down, down and a down.</HI></L>
<L>And take thou my Mantie of Gr&eacute;en;</L>
<L>thy Spindle and Twine, unto me re&s;ign,</L>
<L>And take thou my Arrows &s;o k&eacute;en.</L>
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<L>ANd <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 words"> <HI>Robin Hood,</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">s thus ar|rayed</L>
<L><HI>with hey down down and a down,</HI></L>
<L>He went &s;traight to his Company,</L>
<L>with his Spindle and Twins, he a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t look'd behind,</L>
<L>For the Bi&s;hop &amp; his company.</L>
<L>O who is yonder, quoth Little <HI>John,</HI></L>
<L><HI>with a hey down, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>That now comes over the L&eacute;e:</L>
<L>an Arrow at her I will let fly,</L>
<L>So like an Old Witch looks &s;he.</L>
<L>O hold thy hand, hold thy hand, &s;aid <HI>Robin</HI> then</L>
<L><HI>with hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>And &s;hoot not thy Arrows &s;o k&eacute;en,</L>
<L>I am <HI>Robin Hood,</HI> thy Ma&s;ter good,</L>
<L>And quickly it &s;hall be &s;een.</L>
<L>The Bi&s;hop he came to the Old Womans hou&s;e,</L>
<L><HI>with hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>And he called with furious mood.</L>
<L>come let me &s;oon &s;ee, and bring unto me,</L>
<L>That Traytor <HI>Robin Hood.</HI></L>
<L>The Old Woman he &s;et on a Milk White St&eacute;ed,</L>
<L><HI>with hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>Him&s;elf on a D<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">pple Grey.</L>
<L>and for <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Robin Hood,</HI></L>
<L>H<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> the way.</L>
<L>But <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Riding the forte&s;t along</L>
<L><HI>with hey &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> to &s;&eacute;e,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> men bold,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> under <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> Green-wood fr&eacute;e.</L>
<L>O who <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> yo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">er, the Bi&s;hop then &s;aid,</L>
<L><HI>with hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>That's ranging within yonder Wood?</L>
<L>marry &s;aies the old woman, I think it to be</L>
<L>A man call'd <HI>Robin Hood.</HI></L>
<L>Why, who art thou, the Bi&s;hop he &s;aid,</L>
<L><HI>with hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>Which I have here with me?</L>
<L>why I am a woman, thou Cuckol<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ly Bi&s;hop</L>
<L>Lift up my Leg and &s;&eacute;e.</L>
<L>Then woe is me, the Bi&s;hop he &s;aid,</L>
<L><HI>with hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>That ever I &s;aw this day,</L>
<L>he turned him about, but <HI>Robin Hood</HI> is &s;tout,</L>
<L>Call'd him and bid him &s;tay.</L>
<L>They <HI>Robin</HI> took hold of the Bi&s;hops Hor&s;e,</L>
<L><HI>with hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>And ty'd him fa&s;t to a Tr&eacute;e:</L>
<L>then Little <HI>John,</HI> &s;mil'd his Ma&s;tat upon,</L>
<L>For joy of his Company.</L>
<L><HI>Robin Hood</HI> took his Mantl<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> from's back,</L>
<L><HI>with hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>And <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> the Gr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">und,</L>
<L>and out <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Bi&s;hops Portmantle, he</L>
<L>So<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n told <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> hund<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters"> pound.</L>
<L>Now let him go, &s;aid <HI>Robin Hood,</HI></L>
<L><HI>with hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>Said Little <HI>John</HI> that may not <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e,</L>
<L>for <HI>I</HI> vow &amp; prote&s;t he &s;hall &s;ing us a Ma&s;s,</L>
<L>Before that he go from me.</L>
<L>Then <HI>Robin Hood</HI> took the Bi&s;hop by'th hand</L>
<L><HI>with hey, &amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>And bound him fa&s;t to a Tr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>and made him &s;ing a Ma&s;s, God-w<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t,</L>
<L>To him and his Yeomandry.</L>
<L>And when they brought him thorow the wood</L>
<L><HI>with hey down, down and a down.</HI></L>
<L>And &s;et him an his Dapple Grey.</L>
<L>and gabs the Tayl within his hand,</L>
<L>And bade him for <HI>Robin Hood</HI> pray.</L>
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<P><HI>Printed for</HI> F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, <HI>and</HI> J. Clarke.</P>
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