1546 - Heywood, John - Dialogue (1)

Allusion
Date	1546
Author	Heywood, John
Title	Dialogue conteinyng the Nomber in Effect of all the Prouerbes in the Englishe Tongue
Mentions	Many speak of Robin Hood that never shot in his bow [proverb]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-17. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.

Allusion

Bachelers boast, how they will teach their wives good;
But many a man speaketh of Robin Hood,
That never shot in his bow. When all is sought,
Bachelers wives, and maides children be well tought.

Source notes

Italics as in printed source.

Lists

• Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.
• 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. 274.

Sources

• Heywood, John. A dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the englishe tongue, compacte in a matter concernyng two maner of mariages (London, [1550]). Not seen.
• Heywood, John. A dialogue conteining the nomber in effeet of all the prouerbs in the Englishe tounge, compact in a matter concernynge two maner of mariages (London, 1556). Not seen.
• Heywood, John. A dialogue, co[n]teyninge the number in effecte of all the prouerbes in the Englishe tunge, co[m]pact in a matter (London, 1561). Not seen.
• Heywood, John. Iohn Heywoodes woorkes (London, 1562). Not seen.
• Heywood, John. Iohn Heywoodes woorkes (London, 1566). Not seen.
• Heywood, John; Sharman, Julian, ed. The Proverbs of John Heywood. Being the "Proverbes of that Author printed 1546 (London, 1874); see p. 130.
• Heywood, John. Iohn Heywoodes vvoorkes (London, [1577]). Not seen.
• Heywood, John; Farmer, John S, ed. A Dialogue of the Effectual Proverbs in the English Tongue concerning Marriage (London, 1906), pp. 74-75, and see p. 191 (modernized spelling).
• Heywood, John; Farmer, John S., ed. The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood (Early English Dramatists) (London, 1906), pp. 74-75 (modernized spelling).

Also see

• Many speak of Robin Hood that never shot in his bow
• 1546 - Heywood, John - Dialogue (2).

Notes

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