 The saide Robert entertained an hundred tall men and good archers with such spoiles and thefts as he got, upon whom four hundred (were they ever so strong) durst not give the onset.  Putnam's Home Cyclopedia ... - Page 510by G.P. Putnam & Co - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Parke Godwin - Biography - 1880 - 1174 pages
...outlaws, among whom Robin Hood and Little John, renowned thieves, continued in the woods, despoiling ana robbing the goods of the rich. They killed none but...them, or by resistance for their own defence. The said Kobin entertained 100 tall men and good archers, with such spoils and thefts as he got, upon whom 400... | |
 | English poetry - 1880 - 486 pages
...outlawes, among the which Robin Hood and Little John, renowned theeves, continued in woods, despoyling and robbing the goods of the rich. They killed none but...them, or by resistance for their own defence. "The saide Robert entertained an hundred tall men and good archers with such spoiles and thefts as he got,... | |
 | Education - 1902 - 724 pages
...outlawes, among the which Robin Hood and Little John, renowned theeves, continued in woods, despoyling and robbing the goods of the rich. They killed none but...them ; or by resistance for their own defence. The saide Robert entertained an hundred tall men and good archers with such spoiles and thefts as he got,... | |
 | Sidney Lanier, Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1882 - 512 pages
...outlawes, among the which Robin Hood and Little John, renowned theeves, continued in woods, despoyling and robbing the goods of the rich. They killed none but...them : or by resistance for their own defence. THE BOY'S PERCY. archers with such spoiles and thefts as he got, upon whom four hundred (were they ever... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1887 - 456 pages
...renowned theeves, continued in woods, despoyling and robbing the goods of the rich. They killed no'.ie but such as would invade them, or by resistance for their own defence. '' The saide Robert entertained an hundred tall men and good archers with such spoiles and thefts as he got,... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1893 - 562 pages
...["which 75] "which Robert Hood, and Little John, renoioneA "theeves, continued in woods, dispoyling and robbing the goods "of the rich. They killed none but...invade "them, or by resistance for their own defence. 20 B The saide Robert intertained an hundred tall men and "good archers with such spoiles and thefts... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1893 - 566 pages
...["which 75] "which Robert Hood, and Little John, renowned " theeves, continued in woods, dispoijling and robbing the goods " of the rich. They killed none but such as would invade " fhem, or by resistance for their own defence. •jo „ The saide Robert intertained an hundred tall... | |
 | Francis Lancelott - Queens - 1894 - 628 pages
...outlaws, among the which, Robin Hood and Little John, renowned thieves, continued in woods, despovling and robbing the goods of the rich. They killed none but...would invade them, or by resistance for their own de-- fence. " The said Robin Hood entertained n hundred toll men and good archers with such spoiles... | |
 | Stephen Knight - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 280 pages
...the goods of the rich" and recognizes Grafton's sense of their violence but attempts to justify it: "They killed none but such as would invade them, or by resistance for their owne defence." He also amplifies the notion of Robin's moral standing: Hee suffered no woman to bee... | |
 | 1846 - 438 pages
...the which Robin Hood and Little John, renowned thieves, continued in woods despoiling and plundering the goods of the rich ; they killed none but such...them, or by resistance for their own defence. The said Robert entertained an hundred tall men and good archers with such spoils and thefts as he got, upon... | |
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