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- The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, by
- Howard Pyle.
- </title>
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-<style type="text/css">
- body { margin:5%; background:#faebd0; text-align:justify}
+ <meta charset="utf-8">
+ <title>The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood | Project Gutenberg</title>
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&nbsp;
</p>
<h1>
- THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF <br /><br />ROBIN HOOD
+ THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF <br ><br >ROBIN HOOD
</h1>
<h2>
by Howard Pyle
</h2>
<p>
- <a name="2HPRE1">
+ <a id="2HPRE1">
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</p>
<p>
@@ -84,9 +76,7 @@
&nbsp;
</p>
<p>
- <br /><br /> <img alt="titlepage (52K)" src="images/titlepage.jpg"
- height="777" width="591" /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <img alt="frontis (186K)"
- src="images/frontis.jpg" height="945" width="643" /> <br /><br />
+ <br ><br > <img alt="titlepage (52K)" src="images/titlepage.jpg" style="width: 591px; height: 777px"> <br ><br > <br ><br > <img alt="frontis (186K)" src="images/frontis.jpg" style="width: 643px; height: 945px"> <br ><br >
</p>
<h2>
PREFACE
@@ -140,14 +130,13 @@
you come with me, sweet Reader? I thank you. Give me your hand.
</p>
<p>
- <br /><br /> <img alt="intro (56K)" src="images/intro.jpg" height="442"
- width="502" /> <br /><br />
+ <br ><br > <img alt="intro (56K)" src="images/intro.jpg" style="width: 502px; height: 442px"> <br ><br >
</p>
- <hr />
+ <hr >
<h2>
Contents
</h2>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
<p class="toc">
@@ -222,9 +211,9 @@
</td>
</tr>
</table>
- <hr />
+ <hr >
<p>
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</p>
<p>
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adventure that gained him his good right hand man, the famous Little John.</i>
</p>
<p>
- <br /><br /> <img alt="003 (198K)" src="images/003.jpg" height="1019"
- width="657" /> <br /><br />
+ <br ><br > <img alt="003 (198K)" src="images/003.jpg" style="width: 657px; height: 1019px"> <br ><br >
</p>
<h2>
How Robin Hood Came to Be an Outlaw
@@ -420,8 +408,7 @@
borne in upon his soul that he had slain a man.
</p>
<p>
- <br /><br /> <img alt="004 (117K)" src="images/004.jpg" height="640"
- width="617" /> <br /><br />
+ <br ><br > <img alt="004 (117K)" src="images/004.jpg" style="width: 617px; height: 640px"> <br ><br >
</p>
<p>
"Alas!" cried he, "thou hast found me an archer that will make thy wife to
@@ -686,11 +673,11 @@
href="#note-1"><small><sup>1</sup></small></a> was a fair shot, but never
shot he so!"
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve"><i>
- <a name="note-1" id="note-1">1</a>
+<pre><i>
+ <a id="note-1">1</a>
Adam Bell, Clym o' the Clough,and William of Cloudesly were three
noted north-country bowmen whose names have been celebrated in many
ballads of the olden time.</i>
@@ -794,7 +781,7 @@
each time.
</p>
<p>
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<p>
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&nbsp;
</p>
<p>
- <br /><br /> <img alt="005b (31K)" src="images/005b.jpg" height="174"
- width="624" /> <br /><br />
+ <br ><br > <img alt="005b (31K)" src="images/005b.jpg" style="width: 624px; height: 174px"> <br ><br >
</p>
<h2>
Robin Hood and the Tinker
@@ -927,8 +913,7 @@
thou goest with me to Nottingham Town."
</p>
<p>
- <br /><br /> <img alt="005a (141K)" src="images/005a.jpg" height="605"
- width="658" /> <br /><br />
+ <br ><br > <img alt="005a (141K)" src="images/005a.jpg" style="width: 658px; height: 605px"> <br ><br >
</p>
<p>
"Nay," quoth the Tinker, shaking his head slowly from side to side. "Go I
@@ -967,10 +952,10 @@
in his hand he carried a right stout crabstaff full six feet long, and
thus sang he:
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"<i>In peascod time, when hound to horn
Gives ear till buck be killed,
And little lads with pipes of corn
@@ -1361,7 +1346,7 @@
seemed as harsh as a raven's; but of him we will learn hereafter.
</p>
<p>
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<p>
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&nbsp;
</p>
<p>
- <img alt="006 (127K)" src="images/006.jpg" height="541" width="629" />
- <br /><br />
+ <img alt="006 (127K)" src="images/006.jpg" style="width: 629px; height: 541px">
+ <br ><br >
</p>
<h2>
The Shooting Match at Nottingham Town
@@ -1829,10 +1814,10 @@
glanced at it, while the veins upon his forehead swelled and his cheeks
grew ruddy with rage as he read, for this was what he saw:
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"<i>Now Heaven bless Thy Grace this day
Say all in sweet Sherwood
For thou didst give the prize away
@@ -1846,7 +1831,7 @@
window, Your Worship," quoth the man who had handed the shaft to him.
</p>
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<p>
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his fellows."
</p>
<p>
- <br /><br /> <img alt="007 (165K)" src="images/007.jpg" height="787"
- width="625" /> <br /><br />
+ <br ><br > <img alt="007 (165K)" src="images/007.jpg" style="width: 625px; height: 787px"> <br ><br >
</p>
<p>
The sun was low in the western sky when a bugle note sounded from the
@@ -2233,8 +2217,7 @@
man, and defend thyself, for help is nigh!"
</p>
<p>
- <br /><br /> <img alt="008 (54K)" src="images/008.jpg" height="237"
- width="629" /> <br /><br />
+ <br ><br > <img alt="008 (54K)" src="images/008.jpg" style="width: 629px; height: 237px"> <br ><br >
</p>
<p>
"Down with them!" bellowed the Sheriff in a voice like an angry bull; and
@@ -2293,7 +2276,7 @@
ashamed of what had happened that day.
</p>
<p>
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<p>
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&nbsp;
</p>
<p>
- <br /><br /> <img alt="010b (55K)" src="images/010b.jpg" height="278"
- width="630" /> <br /><br />
+ <br ><br > <img alt="010b (55K)" src="images/010b.jpg" style="width: 630px; height: 278px"> <br ><br >
</p>
<h2>
Robin Hood Turns Butcher
@@ -2416,10 +2398,10 @@
bench, then, taking his cleaver and steel and clattering them together, he
trolled aloud in merry tones:
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve"><i>
+<pre><i>
"Now come, ye lasses, and eke ye dames,
And buy your meat from me;
For three pennyworths of meat I sell
@@ -2467,8 +2449,7 @@
anything.
</p>
<p>
- <br /><br /> <img alt="010 (186K)" src="images/010.jpg" height="893"
- width="645" /> <br /><br />
+ <br ><br > <img alt="010 (186K)" src="images/010.jpg" style="width: 645px; height: 893px"> <br ><br >
</p>
<p>
Then they began to talk among themselves, and some said, "This must be
@@ -2820,7 +2801,7 @@
through greed and guile.
</p>
<p>
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</p>
<p>
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Nottingham.
</p>
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</p>
<p>
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<p>
THE SONG OF THE DESERTED SHEPHERDESS
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"<i>In Lententime, when leaves wax green,
And pretty birds begin to mate,
When lark cloth sing, and thrush, I ween,
@@ -3415,10 +3396,10 @@
<p>
THE GOOD KNIGHT AND HIS LOVE
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"<i>When Arthur, King, did rule this land,
A goodly king was he,
And had he of stout knights a band
@@ -3691,7 +3672,7 @@
service.
</p>
<p>
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+ <a id="2H_4_9">
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</p>
<p>
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more to the highway and departed upon their business.
</p>
<p>
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+ <a id="2H_4_10">
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</p>
<p>
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retraced their steps whence they came.
</p>
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</p>
<p>
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know no name for it and so can give you none; but thus it is." Then,
clearing his throat, he sang:
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"<i>In the merry blossom time,
When love longings food the breast,
When the flower is on the lime,
@@ -4739,10 +4720,10 @@
<p>
THE WOOING OF SIR KEITH
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"<i>King Arthur sat in his royal hall,
And about on either hand
Was many a noble lordling tall,
@@ -4922,10 +4903,10 @@
you what I can. Like to fair Will, I have no title to my ditty, but thus
it runs:
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"<i>O Lady mine, the spring is here,
With a hey nonny nonny;
The sweet love season of the year,
@@ -5234,7 +5215,7 @@
may laugh at the merry tale along with me.
</p>
<p>
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+ <a id="2H_4_12">
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</p>
<p>
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(Giving an account of how she was beloved by a fairy prince, who took her
to his own home.)
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"<i>May Ellen sat beneath a thorn
And in a shower around
The blossoms fell at every breeze
@@ -5827,7 +5808,7 @@
became one of Robin Hood's band.
</p>
<p>
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</p>
<p>
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<p>
THE LOVING YOUTH AND THE SCORNFUL MAID
</p>
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+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
<i>HE
"Ah, it's wilt thou come with me, my love?
And it's wilt thou, love, he mine?
@@ -6027,10 +6008,10 @@
</td>
</tr>
</table>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve"><i>
+<pre><i>
SHE
"Now get thee away, young man so fine;
Now get thee away, I say;
@@ -6048,10 +6029,10 @@ SHE
</td>
</tr>
</table>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve"><i>
+<pre><i>
HE
"Then straight will I seek for another fair she,
For many a maid can be found,
@@ -6069,10 +6050,10 @@ HE
</td>
</tr>
</table>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve"><i>
+<pre><i>
SHE
"Young man, turn not so very quick away
Another fair lass to find.
@@ -6090,10 +6071,10 @@ SHE
roar of laughter; then, the holy Friar keeping on with the song, he joined
in the chorus, and together they sang, or, as one might say, bellowed:
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"<i>So it's hark! hark! hark!
To the joyous lark
And it's hark to the cooing dove!
@@ -6507,7 +6488,7 @@ SHE
two young lovers, aided by the merry Friar Tuck of Fountain Dale.
</p>
<p>
- <a name="2H_4_14">
+ <a id="2H_4_14">
<!-- H2 anchor --> </a>
</p>
<p>
@@ -6592,10 +6573,10 @@ SHE
our minds that bringeth gloom to the world. For what sayeth that merry
song thou singest, Little John? Is it not thus?
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"<i>
For when my love's eyes do thine, do thine,
And when her lips smile so rare,
@@ -6999,7 +6980,7 @@ SHE
I will say no more about it.
</p>
<p>
- <a name="2H_4_15">
+ <a id="2H_4_15">
<!-- H2 anchor --> </a>
</p>
<p>
@@ -7687,7 +7668,7 @@ SHE
season to Robin Hood.
</p>
<p>
- <a name="2H_4_16">
+ <a id="2H_4_16">
<!-- H2 anchor --> </a>
</p>
<p>
@@ -8357,7 +8338,7 @@ SHE
else would have smothered the happiness from his life.
</p>
<p>
- <a name="2H_4_17">
+ <a id="2H_4_17">
<!-- H2 anchor --> </a>
</p>
<p>
@@ -8426,10 +8407,10 @@ SHE
stopping ever and anon to fit what he had got to what he searched for in
his mind. At last he found it all and clearing his throat, sang merrily:
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"<i>In the blossoming hedge the robin cock sings,
For the sun it is merry and bright,
And he joyfully hops and he flutters his wings,
@@ -8709,10 +8690,10 @@ SHE
At this Little John cleared his throat and, after a word or two about a
certain hoarseness that troubled him, sang thus:
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"<i>Ah, pretty, pretty maid, whither dost thou go?
I prythee, prythee, wait for thy lover also,
And we'll gather the rose
@@ -9017,7 +8998,7 @@ SHE
And now we will see what befell Robin Hood in his venture as beggar.
</p>
<p>
- <a name="2H_4_18">
+ <a id="2H_4_18">
<!-- H2 anchor --> </a>
</p>
<p>
@@ -9101,10 +9082,10 @@ SHE
Then the other winked one eye and straightway trolled forth in a merry
voice:
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"<i>I sit upon the stile,
And I sing a little while
As I wait for my own true dear, O,
@@ -9246,11 +9227,11 @@ SHE
I tell thee, lad, thou art too old to enter upon that which it may take
thee years to catch the hang of."
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve"><i>
- <a name="note-3" id="note-3">3</a>
+<pre><i>
+ <a id="note-3">3</a>
Classes of traveling mendicants that infested England as late as the
middle of the seventeenth century. VIDE Dakkar's ENGLISH VILLAINIES, etc.</i>
</pre>
@@ -9377,10 +9358,10 @@ SHE
So he turned and left Robin and, crossing the stile, was gone, but Robin
heard him singing from beyond the hedge as he strode away:
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"<i>For Polly is smiling and Molly is glad
When the beggar comes in at the door,
And Jack and Dick call him a fine lusty lad,
@@ -9496,11 +9477,11 @@ SHE
chouse quarrons in the Rome pad for the loure in his bung?"<a
href="#note-4"><small><sup>4</sup></small></a>
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve"><i>
- <a name="note-4" id="note-4">4</a>
+<pre><i>
+ <a id="note-4">4</a>
I.E., in old beggar's cant, "beaten a man or gallant upon the
highway for the money in his purse." Dakkar's ENGLISH VILLAINIES.</i>
</pre>
@@ -9829,7 +9810,7 @@ SHE
hold with.
</p>
<p>
- <a name="2H_4_19">
+ <a id="2H_4_19">
<!-- H2 anchor --> </a>
</p>
<p>
@@ -10045,10 +10026,10 @@ SHE
straightway Allan took up his harp in his hand, and, without more asking,
touched the strings lightly till they all rang sweetly, then he sang thus:
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"<i>Gentle river, gentle river,
Bright thy crystal waters flow,
Sliding where the aspens shiver,
@@ -10616,7 +10597,7 @@ SHE
without stopping, they left London Town and started away northward.
</p>
<p>
- <a name="2H_4_20">
+ <a id="2H_4_20">
<!-- H2 anchor --> </a>
</p>
<p>
@@ -11056,10 +11037,10 @@ SHE
such as they are thou art welcome to one of them." So, moistening his
throat with a swallow of beer, he sang:
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"<i>Of all the joys, the best I love,
Sing hey my frisking Nan, O,
And that which most my soul doth move,
@@ -11349,7 +11330,7 @@ SHE
leafy woodlands.
</p>
<p>
- <a name="2H_4_21">
+ <a id="2H_4_21">
<!-- H2 anchor --> </a>
</p>
<p>
@@ -12050,7 +12031,7 @@ SHE
men of the band.
</p>
<p>
- <a name="2H_4_22">
+ <a id="2H_4_22">
<!-- H2 anchor --> </a>
</p>
<p>
@@ -12691,10 +12672,10 @@ SHE
Then Allan touched his harp lightly, and all words were hushed while he
sang thus:
</p>
- <table summary="">
+ <table>
<tr>
<td>
-<pre xml:space="preserve">
+<pre>
"'<i>Oh, where has thou been, my daughter?
Oh, where hast thou been this day
Daughter, my daughter?'
@@ -12782,7 +12763,7 @@ SHE
rode away in the train of the King.
</p>
<p>
- <a name="2HEPI23">
+ <a id="2HEPI23">
<!-- H2 anchor --> </a>
</p>
<p>
@@ -13157,9 +13138,9 @@ SHE
runs:
</p>
<p>
- HEAR UNDERNEAD DIS LAITL STEAN LAIS ROBERT EARL OF HUNTINGTUN<br /> NEA
- ARCIR VER AS HIE SAE GEUD AN PIPL KAULD IM ROBIN HEUD SICK<br /> UTLAWS AS
- HI AN IS MEN VIL ENGLAND NIDIR SI AGEN OBIIT<br /> 24 KAL. DEKEMBRIS 1247.<br />
+ HEAR UNDERNEAD DIS LAITL STEAN LAIS ROBERT EARL OF HUNTINGTUN<br > NEA
+ ARCIR VER AS HIE SAE GEUD AN PIPL KAULD IM ROBIN HEUD SICK<br > UTLAWS AS
+ HI AN IS MEN VIL ENGLAND NIDIR SI AGEN OBIIT<br > 24 KAL. DEKEMBRIS 1247.<br >
</p>
<p>
And now, dear friend, we also must part, for our merry journeyings have
@@ -13167,8 +13148,7 @@ SHE
way.
</p>
<p>
- <br /><br /> <img alt="intro (56K)" src="images/intro.jpg" height="442"
- width="502" /> <br /><br />
+ <br ><br > <img alt="intro (56K)" src="images/intro.jpg" style="width: 502px; height: 442px"> <br ><br >
</p>
<p>
&nbsp;
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