Late 15th century - Anonymous - Sermon for 20th Sunday after Trinity
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
| Allusion | |
|---|---|
| Date | Late 15th century |
| Author | Anonymous |
| Title | Sermon for 20th Sunday after Trinity |
| Mentions | Robin Hood; prophesies of Thomas of Erceldoune [Thomas the Rhymer] |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-05-18. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-05-18.
Allusion
Goo we now to the ordur of wedloke and lett vs see whether they syng the myddill parte of owre song well or no. That is to sey, they kepe not the x commawndmentis as they scholde do, Many of these ley pepyll dispise presthode, ne they take none hede to þe worde of God. They ȝefe no credens to þe scripture of almyȝti God. Thei take more hede to these wanton proficijs as Thomas of Arsildowne [or Robyn Hoode] and soche sympyll maters, but þei ȝefe not so fast credens [to] the
Lists
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 315-19.
- Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88; see p. 267, dated c. 1500.
Editions
- Morrison, Stephen, ed. A Late Fifteenth-Century Sermon Cycle (Early English Text Society, Original Series, vols. 337-338) (2012); see vol. II, p. 367.
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