Come, you gallants all, to you I do call,With hey down, down, an a down,That now ‘are’ in this place ;For a song I will sing of Henry the king,How he did Robin Hood chase.{245}Queen Katherin she a match did308make,As plainly doth appear,For three hundred tun of good red wine,And three [hundred] tun of beere.But yet her archers she had to seek,With their bows and arrows so good ;But her mind it was bent with a good intent,To send for bold Robin Hood.But when bold Robin he came there,Queen Katherin she did say,Thou art welcome, Locksley, said the queen,And all thy yeomen gay.For a match of shooting I have made,And thou on my part must be.“If I miss the mark, be it light or dark,Then hanged I will be.”But when the game came to be played,Bold Robin he then drew nigh,With his mantle of green, most brave to be seen,He let his arrows fly.And when the game it ended was,Bold Robin wan it with a grace ;But after the king was angry with him,And vowed he would him chace.{246}What though his pardon granted was,While he with him did stay ;But yet the king was vexed at him,When as he was gone his way.Soon after the king from the court did hye,In a furious angry mood,And often enquired both far and nearAfter bold Robin Hood.But when the king to Nottingham came,Bold Robin was in the wood :O, come now, said he, and let me seeWho can find me bold Robin Hood.But when that bold Robin he did hearThe king had him in chase,Then said Little John, ’Tis time to be gone,And go to some other place.And away they went from merry Sherwood,And into Yorkshire he did hye ;And the king did follow, with a hoop and a hallow,But could not come him nigh.Yet jolly Robin he passed along,‘And went strait’ to Newcastle town ;And there ‘he’ stayed hours two or three,And ‘then’ to Barwick ‘is’309gone.{247}When the king did see how Robin did flee,He was vexed wondrous sore ;With a hoop and a hallow he vowed to follow,And take him, or never give ore.Come now let’s away, then crys Little John,Let any man follow that dare ;To Carlisle we’l hye, with our company,And so then to Lancastèr.From Lancaster then to Chester they went,And so did king Henry ;But Robin [went] away, for he durst not stay,For fear of some treachery.Says Robin, Come let us for London goe,To see our noble queens face,It may be she wants our company,Which makes the king so us chase.When Robin he came queene Katherin before,He fell low upon his knee :“If it please your grace, I am come to this placeFor to speak with king Henry.”Queen Katherine answered bold Robin310again,The king is gone to merry Sherwood ;And when he went away to me he did say,He would go and seek Robin Hood.{248}“Then fare you well, my gracious queen,For to Sherwood I will hye apace ;For fain would I see what he would with me,If I could but meet with his grace.”But when king Henry he came home,Full weary, and vexed in mind,And that he did hear Robin had been there,He blamed dame Fortune unkind.You’re welcome home, ‘queen’ Katherin cryed,Henry, my soveraign liege ;Bold Robin Hood, that archer good,Your person hath been to seek.But when king Henry he did ‘hear,’That Robin had been there him to seeke,This answer he gave, He’s a cunning knave,For I have sought him this whole three weeks.A boon ! a boon ! ‘queen’ Katherin cry’d,I beg it here ‘of’ your grace,To pardon his life, and seek not strife :And so endeth Robin Hoods chase.
Come, you gallants all, to you I do call,With hey down, down, an a down,That now ‘are’ in this place ;For a song I will sing of Henry the king,How he did Robin Hood chase.{245}Queen Katherin she a match did308make,As plainly doth appear,For three hundred tun of good red wine,And three [hundred] tun of beere.But yet her archers she had to seek,With their bows and arrows so good ;But her mind it was bent with a good intent,To send for bold Robin Hood.But when bold Robin he came there,Queen Katherin she did say,Thou art welcome, Locksley, said the queen,And all thy yeomen gay.For a match of shooting I have made,And thou on my part must be.“If I miss the mark, be it light or dark,Then hanged I will be.”But when the game came to be played,Bold Robin he then drew nigh,With his mantle of green, most brave to be seen,He let his arrows fly.And when the game it ended was,Bold Robin wan it with a grace ;But after the king was angry with him,And vowed he would him chace.{246}What though his pardon granted was,While he with him did stay ;But yet the king was vexed at him,When as he was gone his way.Soon after the king from the court did hye,In a furious angry mood,And often enquired both far and nearAfter bold Robin Hood.But when the king to Nottingham came,Bold Robin was in the wood :O, come now, said he, and let me seeWho can find me bold Robin Hood.But when that bold Robin he did hearThe king had him in chase,Then said Little John, ’Tis time to be gone,And go to some other place.And away they went from merry Sherwood,And into Yorkshire he did hye ;And the king did follow, with a hoop and a hallow,But could not come him nigh.Yet jolly Robin he passed along,‘And went strait’ to Newcastle town ;And there ‘he’ stayed hours two or three,And ‘then’ to Barwick ‘is’309gone.{247}When the king did see how Robin did flee,He was vexed wondrous sore ;With a hoop and a hallow he vowed to follow,And take him, or never give ore.Come now let’s away, then crys Little John,Let any man follow that dare ;To Carlisle we’l hye, with our company,And so then to Lancastèr.From Lancaster then to Chester they went,And so did king Henry ;But Robin [went] away, for he durst not stay,For fear of some treachery.Says Robin, Come let us for London goe,To see our noble queens face,It may be she wants our company,Which makes the king so us chase.When Robin he came queene Katherin before,He fell low upon his knee :“If it please your grace, I am come to this placeFor to speak with king Henry.”Queen Katherine answered bold Robin310again,The king is gone to merry Sherwood ;And when he went away to me he did say,He would go and seek Robin Hood.{248}“Then fare you well, my gracious queen,For to Sherwood I will hye apace ;For fain would I see what he would with me,If I could but meet with his grace.”But when king Henry he came home,Full weary, and vexed in mind,And that he did hear Robin had been there,He blamed dame Fortune unkind.You’re welcome home, ‘queen’ Katherin cryed,Henry, my soveraign liege ;Bold Robin Hood, that archer good,Your person hath been to seek.But when king Henry he did ‘hear,’That Robin had been there him to seeke,This answer he gave, He’s a cunning knave,For I have sought him this whole three weeks.A boon ! a boon ! ‘queen’ Katherin cry’d,I beg it here ‘of’ your grace,To pardon his life, and seek not strife :And so endeth Robin Hoods chase.
Come, you gallants all, to you I do call,With hey down, down, an a down,That now ‘are’ in this place ;For a song I will sing of Henry the king,How he did Robin Hood chase.{245}
Come, you gallants all, to you I do call,
With hey down, down, an a down,
That now ‘are’ in this place ;
For a song I will sing of Henry the king,
How he did Robin Hood chase.{245}
Queen Katherin she a match did308make,As plainly doth appear,For three hundred tun of good red wine,And three [hundred] tun of beere.
Queen Katherin she a match did308make,
As plainly doth appear,
For three hundred tun of good red wine,
And three [hundred] tun of beere.
But yet her archers she had to seek,With their bows and arrows so good ;But her mind it was bent with a good intent,To send for bold Robin Hood.
But yet her archers she had to seek,
With their bows and arrows so good ;
But her mind it was bent with a good intent,
To send for bold Robin Hood.
But when bold Robin he came there,Queen Katherin she did say,Thou art welcome, Locksley, said the queen,And all thy yeomen gay.
But when bold Robin he came there,
Queen Katherin she did say,
Thou art welcome, Locksley, said the queen,
And all thy yeomen gay.
For a match of shooting I have made,And thou on my part must be.“If I miss the mark, be it light or dark,Then hanged I will be.”
For a match of shooting I have made,
And thou on my part must be.
“If I miss the mark, be it light or dark,
Then hanged I will be.”
But when the game came to be played,Bold Robin he then drew nigh,With his mantle of green, most brave to be seen,He let his arrows fly.
But when the game came to be played,
Bold Robin he then drew nigh,
With his mantle of green, most brave to be seen,
He let his arrows fly.
And when the game it ended was,Bold Robin wan it with a grace ;But after the king was angry with him,And vowed he would him chace.{246}
And when the game it ended was,
Bold Robin wan it with a grace ;
But after the king was angry with him,
And vowed he would him chace.{246}
What though his pardon granted was,While he with him did stay ;But yet the king was vexed at him,When as he was gone his way.
What though his pardon granted was,
While he with him did stay ;
But yet the king was vexed at him,
When as he was gone his way.
Soon after the king from the court did hye,In a furious angry mood,And often enquired both far and nearAfter bold Robin Hood.
Soon after the king from the court did hye,
In a furious angry mood,
And often enquired both far and near
After bold Robin Hood.
But when the king to Nottingham came,Bold Robin was in the wood :O, come now, said he, and let me seeWho can find me bold Robin Hood.
But when the king to Nottingham came,
Bold Robin was in the wood :
O, come now, said he, and let me see
Who can find me bold Robin Hood.
But when that bold Robin he did hearThe king had him in chase,Then said Little John, ’Tis time to be gone,And go to some other place.
But when that bold Robin he did hear
The king had him in chase,
Then said Little John, ’Tis time to be gone,
And go to some other place.
And away they went from merry Sherwood,And into Yorkshire he did hye ;And the king did follow, with a hoop and a hallow,But could not come him nigh.
And away they went from merry Sherwood,
And into Yorkshire he did hye ;
And the king did follow, with a hoop and a hallow,
But could not come him nigh.
Yet jolly Robin he passed along,‘And went strait’ to Newcastle town ;And there ‘he’ stayed hours two or three,And ‘then’ to Barwick ‘is’309gone.{247}
Yet jolly Robin he passed along,
‘And went strait’ to Newcastle town ;
And there ‘he’ stayed hours two or three,
And ‘then’ to Barwick ‘is’309gone.{247}
When the king did see how Robin did flee,He was vexed wondrous sore ;With a hoop and a hallow he vowed to follow,And take him, or never give ore.
When the king did see how Robin did flee,
He was vexed wondrous sore ;
With a hoop and a hallow he vowed to follow,
And take him, or never give ore.
Come now let’s away, then crys Little John,Let any man follow that dare ;To Carlisle we’l hye, with our company,And so then to Lancastèr.
Come now let’s away, then crys Little John,
Let any man follow that dare ;
To Carlisle we’l hye, with our company,
And so then to Lancastèr.
From Lancaster then to Chester they went,And so did king Henry ;But Robin [went] away, for he durst not stay,For fear of some treachery.
From Lancaster then to Chester they went,
And so did king Henry ;
But Robin [went] away, for he durst not stay,
For fear of some treachery.
Says Robin, Come let us for London goe,To see our noble queens face,It may be she wants our company,Which makes the king so us chase.
Says Robin, Come let us for London goe,
To see our noble queens face,
It may be she wants our company,
Which makes the king so us chase.
When Robin he came queene Katherin before,He fell low upon his knee :“If it please your grace, I am come to this placeFor to speak with king Henry.”
When Robin he came queene Katherin before,
He fell low upon his knee :
“If it please your grace, I am come to this place
For to speak with king Henry.”
Queen Katherine answered bold Robin310again,The king is gone to merry Sherwood ;And when he went away to me he did say,He would go and seek Robin Hood.{248}
Queen Katherine answered bold Robin310again,
The king is gone to merry Sherwood ;
And when he went away to me he did say,
He would go and seek Robin Hood.{248}
“Then fare you well, my gracious queen,For to Sherwood I will hye apace ;For fain would I see what he would with me,If I could but meet with his grace.”
“Then fare you well, my gracious queen,
For to Sherwood I will hye apace ;
For fain would I see what he would with me,
If I could but meet with his grace.”
But when king Henry he came home,Full weary, and vexed in mind,And that he did hear Robin had been there,He blamed dame Fortune unkind.
But when king Henry he came home,
Full weary, and vexed in mind,
And that he did hear Robin had been there,
He blamed dame Fortune unkind.
You’re welcome home, ‘queen’ Katherin cryed,Henry, my soveraign liege ;Bold Robin Hood, that archer good,Your person hath been to seek.
You’re welcome home, ‘queen’ Katherin cryed,
Henry, my soveraign liege ;
Bold Robin Hood, that archer good,
Your person hath been to seek.
But when king Henry he did ‘hear,’That Robin had been there him to seeke,This answer he gave, He’s a cunning knave,For I have sought him this whole three weeks.
But when king Henry he did ‘hear,’
That Robin had been there him to seeke,
This answer he gave, He’s a cunning knave,
For I have sought him this whole three weeks.
A boon ! a boon ! ‘queen’ Katherin cry’d,I beg it here ‘of’ your grace,To pardon his life, and seek not strife :And so endeth Robin Hoods chase.
A boon ! a boon ! ‘queen’ Katherin cry’d,
I beg it here ‘of’ your grace,
To pardon his life, and seek not strife :
And so endeth Robin Hoods chase.