Robin Hood and the Bishop.
SHEWING How Robin Hood went to an Old Womans House, and changed Cloaths with her to escape from the Bishop: And how he robbed him of all his Gold, and made him Sing Mass.
To the Tune of,
Robin Hood and the Stranger.
COme Gentlemen all, and listen a while,
with hey down, down and a down;
And a story I'le to you unfold.
Ile tell you how
Robin Hood served y
e Bishop
When he robb'd him of his Gold.
As it
[...]ell
[...] in a Sun-shining day,
with a hey, &c.
When
Phoebus was in his prime;
then
Robin Hood, that Archer good,
In mirth would spend some time.
And as he walked the Fortest along,
with a hey, &c.
Some Pastime for to spy,
there was he wa
[...] of a proud Bishop,
And all his Company.
O what shall I do, said
Robin Hood then?
with a hey, &c.
If the Bishop he doth take me,
no mercy he'l shew, unto me I know,
But hanged shall I be.
Then
Robin was stout, and turned him about,
with a hey, &c.
And a little House there he did spy:
and to an Old Wife, for to save his life,
He aloud began to cry.
Why, who art thou, said y
e Old Woman,
with a hey, &c.
Come tell it to me for good.
I am an Out-Law, as many do know,
My Name it is
Robin Hood.
And yonders the Bishop and all his man,
with a hey, &c.
And if that I taken be,
then day and night, he'l work me spight,
And hanged shall I be.
If thou be
Robin Hood, then said y
e Old wife
with a hey, &c.
As thou dost seem to me;
I'le for thée provide, and thée I will hide,
From the Bishop and his Company:
For I remember on Saturday night,
with a hey, &c.
Thou bought me both wh
[...]es and Hose:
therefore I'le provide. thy person to hide,
And kéep thée from thy Foes.
Thou give me soon thy Coat of Grey,
with hey down, down and a down.
And take thou my Mantie of Gréen;
thy Spindle and Twine, unto me resign,
And take thou my Arrows so kéen.
ANd
[...]
Robin Hood,
[...]s thus arrayed
with hey down down and a down,
He went straight to his Company,
with his Spindle and Twins, he a
[...]t look'd behind,
For the Bishop & his company.
O who is yonder, quoth Little
John,
with a hey down, &c.
That now comes over the Lée:
an Arrow at her I will let fly,
So like an Old Witch looks she.
O hold thy hand, hold thy hand, said
Robin then
with hey, &c.
And shoot not thy Arrows so kéen,
I am
Robin Hood, thy Master good,
And quickly it shall be seen.
The Bishop he came to the Old Womans house,
with hey, &c.
And he called with furious mood.
come let me soon see, and bring unto me,
That Traytor
Robin Hood.
The Old Woman he set on a Milk White Stéed,
with hey, &c.
Himself on a D
[...]pple Grey.
and for
[...]
Robin Hood,
H
[...]
[...] the way.
But
[...] Riding the fortest along
with hey &c.
[...] to sée,
[...] men bold,
[...] under
[...] Green-wood frée.
O who
[...] yo
[...]er, the Bishop then said,
with hey, &c.
That's ranging within yonder Wood?
marry saies the old woman, I think it to be
A man call'd
Robin Hood.
Why, who art thou, the Bishop he said,
with hey, &c.
Which I have here with me?
why I am a woman, thou Cuckol
[...]ly Bishop
Lift up my Leg and sée.
Then woe is me, the Bishop he said,
with hey, &c.
That ever I saw this day,
he turned him about, but
Robin Hood is stout,
Call'd him and bid him stay.
They
Robin took hold of the Bishops Horse,
with hey, &c.
And ty'd him fast to a Trée:
then Little
John, smil'd his Mastat upon,
For joy of his Company.
Robin Hood took his Mantl
[...] from's back,
with hey, &c.
And
[...] the Gr
[...]und,
and out
[...] Bishops Portmantle, he
So
[...]n told
[...] hund
[...] pound.
Now let him go, said
Robin Hood,
with hey, &c.
Said Little
John that may not
[...]e,
for
I vow & protest he shall sing us a Mass,
Before that he go from me.
Then
Robin Hood took the Bishop by'th hand
with hey, &c.
And bound him fast to a Trée,
and made him sing a Mass, God-w
[...]t,
To him and his Yeomandry.
And when they brought him thorow the wood
with hey down, down and a down.
And set him an his Dapple Grey.
and gabs the Tayl within his hand,
And bade him for
Robin Hood pray.
Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. Clarke.