1605 - Breton, Nicholas - Poste with Mad Packet of Letters (pt 2) (4)

Allusion
Date	1605
Author	Breton, Nicholas
Title	A Poste with a Mad Packet of Letters (part 2)
Mentions	Maid Marian; hobby horse; the Fool

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-02. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.

Allusion

43. A merry Letter of newes to a friend.
[...] Maid Marian of late was got with child in her sleepe, and the Hobby-horse was halfe mad, that the Foole should be the Father of it [...]

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.
• Outside scope of 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.

Editions

• Breton, Nicholas; Grosart, Alexander B., ed. The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton (Chertsey Worthies' Library) (St George's, Blackburn, Lancashire, 1879); see vol. II, p. 44.

Also see

• Allusions to festivals
• 1600 - Breton, Nicholas - Pasquil's Mistress (1)
• 1600 - Breton, Nicholas - Pasquil's Mistress (2)
• 1600 - Breton, Nicholas - Pasquil's Pass
• 1605 - Breton, Nicholas - Poste with Mad Packet of Letters (pt 2) (1)
• 1605 - Breton, Nicholas - Poste with Mad Packet of Letters (pt 2) (2)
• 1605 - Breton, Nicholas - Poste with Mad Packet of Letters (pt 2) (3).

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