Robin Hood's progress to Nottingham, where he met with fifteen forresters all on a row, and he desired of them some news to know; and with cross-grain'd words they did him thwart, for which at last he made them for to smart. To the tune of, Robin Hood, &c. Licensed and entered according to order.

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PML 3469.7
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London : printed by and for W. O[nley]. for A. M[ilbourn]. and sold by the booksellers of Pye-corner and London bridge, [between 1693 and 1695?]
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1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations (woodcut) ; (full-sheet)
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Suggested date range based on the working dates for the partnership between William Onley and Alexander Milbourn.
Printed in four columns in black letter; 2 large woodcuts at head of columns of (at left) a hunting scene, and (at right) a man armed with a bow shooting arrows at a party of armed men.
Refrain: derry, derry, down.

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First lines: Robin Hood he was a tall young man, / And fifteen Winters old

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Broadside
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