 | 1867 - 482 pages
...there they dined, And bottles cracked most merrilie. ROBIN HOOD'S COURTSHIP WITH JACK CADE'S DAUGHTER, The game of Robin Hood was celebrated in the month...John, his squire. Upon the day appointed, which was on a Sunday or a holiday, the y/eople assembled in a military array, and went to some adjoining Held,... | |
 | 1871 - 692 pages
...conduct, and the weakness of the civil power, in the city of Edinburgh in the sixteenth century : — 'The game of Robin Hood was celebrated in the month...squire. Upon the day appointed, which was a Sunday or a holiday, the people assembled in military array, and went to some adjoining field, where, either... | |
 | John Jamieson - 1879 - 912 pages
...is not so <м <y to describe what it was, as how strongly it was the object of popular attachment. "The game of Robin Hood was celebrated in the month...corporation to officiate in the character of Robin Hood, ami another in that of Little John, his squire. Council Register, V. i., p. 30. Upon the day appointed,... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1884 - 474 pages
...yet annually seen in Norfolk, * and make their constant appearance in Lancashire. 2 In Scotland, " The game of Robin Hood was celebrated in the month of May. The populace assembled previous to the cele- ! / bration of this festival, and chose some respectable3 member of the corporation to officiate... | |
 | 1893 - 700 pages
...conduct, and the weakness of the civil power, in the city of Edinburgh in the sixteenth century : — 'The game of Robin Hood was celebrated in the month...of the corporation to officiate in the character of Eobin Hood, and another in that of Little John, his squire. Upon the day appointed, which was a Sunday... | |
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The game of Robin Hood was celebrated in the month of May. The populace assembled previous to the celebration of this festival, and chose some respectable member of the corporation to officiate in the character of Robin Hood, and another in that of Little... 
