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<blockquote data-quote="Hurin70" data-source="post: 7977809" data-attributes="member: 6875491"><p>The earliest ballads, such as <em>Robin Hood and the Monk</em>, generally don't depict Robin as the 'rob from the rich, give to the poor' social justice warrior. He is more of a hard-edged hood, sometimes comically so. If you can read Middle English (it's not very hard for someone who likes books, like you, I'm sure), you can access it here: <a href="https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch119.htm" target="_blank">The Child Ballads: 119. Robin Hood and the Monk</a></p><p></p><p>By contrast, several of the early ballads, such as <em>Robin Hood and the Potter</em>, do depict him as an excellent archer, however. You can access it here: <a href="https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/robin-hood-and-the-potter" target="_blank">Robin Hood and the Potter | Robbins Library Digital Projects</a></p><p></p><p>"To a quequer Roben went,</p><p>A god bolt owthe he toke;</p><p>So ney on to the marke he went,</p><p>He fayled not a fothe.</p><p></p><p>All they schot a bowthe agen,</p><p>The screffes men and he;</p><p>Off the marke he welde not fayle,</p><p>He cleffed the preke on thre.</p><p></p><p>The screffes men thowt gret schame</p><p>The potter the mastry wan;</p><p>The screffe lowe and made god game,</p><p>And seyde, "Potter, thow art a man.</p><p>Thow art worthey to bere a bowe</p><p>Yn what plas that thow goe."</p><p></p><p>"Yn mey cart Y haffe a bow,</p><p>For soyt," he seyde, "and that a godde;</p><p>Yn mey cart ys the bow</p><p>That gaffe me Robyn Hode."</p><p></p><p>"Knowest thow Robyn Hode?" seyde the screffe,</p><p>"Potter, Y prey the tell thow me."</p><p>"A hundred torne Y haffe schot with hem,</p><p>Under hes tortyll-tre."</p><p>"Y had lever nar a hundred ponde," seyde the screffe,</p><p>And sware be the Trinity,</p><p>"That the fals outelawe stod be me."</p><p></p><p>"And ye well do afftyr mey red," seyde the potter,</p><p>"And boldeley go with me,</p><p>And to morow, or we het bred,</p><p>Roben Hode well we se." </p><p></p><p>Already, then, you can clearly see that not only is Robin a great archer, but he has become famous for his archery.</p><p></p><p>Is that handy enough for you, mate?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hurin70, post: 7977809, member: 6875491"] The earliest ballads, such as [I]Robin Hood and the Monk[/I], generally don't depict Robin as the 'rob from the rich, give to the poor' social justice warrior. He is more of a hard-edged hood, sometimes comically so. If you can read Middle English (it's not very hard for someone who likes books, like you, I'm sure), you can access it here: [URL='https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch119.htm']The Child Ballads: 119. Robin Hood and the Monk[/URL] By contrast, several of the early ballads, such as [I]Robin Hood and the Potter[/I], do depict him as an excellent archer, however. You can access it here: [URL='https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/robin-hood-and-the-potter']Robin Hood and the Potter | Robbins Library Digital Projects[/URL] "To a quequer Roben went, A god bolt owthe he toke; So ney on to the marke he went, He fayled not a fothe. All they schot a bowthe agen, The screffes men and he; Off the marke he welde not fayle, He cleffed the preke on thre. The screffes men thowt gret schame The potter the mastry wan; The screffe lowe and made god game, And seyde, "Potter, thow art a man. Thow art worthey to bere a bowe Yn what plas that thow goe." "Yn mey cart Y haffe a bow, For soyt," he seyde, "and that a godde; Yn mey cart ys the bow That gaffe me Robyn Hode." "Knowest thow Robyn Hode?" seyde the screffe, "Potter, Y prey the tell thow me." "A hundred torne Y haffe schot with hem, Under hes tortyll-tre." "Y had lever nar a hundred ponde," seyde the screffe, And sware be the Trinity, "That the fals outelawe stod be me." "And ye well do afftyr mey red," seyde the potter, "And boldeley go with me, And to morow, or we het bred, Roben Hode well we se." Already, then, you can clearly see that not only is Robin a great archer, but he has become famous for his archery. Is that handy enough for you, mate? [/QUOTE]
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