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262 KOBIN HOOD RESCUING |
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and he put upon hym the poore mannes gowne, his gyrdell, his hosyn, his shone, his hatte and his bourden.'"
" There is an allusion to this ballad," adds Gutch, " in Anthony Munday's play of The Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntington. Collier's Old Plays, p. 41."
Another version of this piece is immediately subjoined.
There are twelve months in all the year,
As I hear many say, But the merriest month in all the year
Is the merry month of May.
Now Robin Hood is to Nottingham gone, «
With a link a down and a day, And there he met a silly old woman,
"Was weeping on the way.
" "What news ? what news, thou silly old woman ?
What news hast thou for me ? " 10
Said she, " There's three squires in Nottingham town,
To-day is condemned to die."
"0 have they parishes burnt?" he said,
" Or have they ministers slain ? Or have they robbed any virgin, u
Or with other men's wives have lain ? "
" They have no parishes burnt, good sir, Nor yet have ministers slain, |
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