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By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-01. Revised by … Allusion Source notes "27-8. Smil, the Prince of the Crims & Nagayans] From Hakluyt, Princ. Nav., 1589, p. 349 (ed. 1903-5, ii. 454), 'Departing from Perouolog..we saw a great heard of Nagayans..: that Hord was belonging to a great Murse called Smille, the greatest prince in all Nagay, who hath slaine and driuen away all the rest, not sparing his owne brethren and children.' Cf. also p. 350 for (457), 'the aforesayd Tartar 31. Robin hoode and little Iohn] I have not met elsewhere with this equivalent of 'Tom, Dick, and Harry'." [Vol. IV, p.375.] "12. H.S.] He was certainly Hugh (not Henry) Sanford, secretary to the Earl of Pembroke (d. 1601) and tutor to his son William Herbert. See the evidence presented by F. A. Yates, John Florio, 1934, p. 192 ff." (Vol. V, p. 53.) IRHB comments McKerrow is no doubt right that "Robin hoode and little Iohn" are here used as synonyms for "Tom, Dick, and Harry", but I think the whole …