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{{quote|6. ''A Forrester''<br/> | {{quote|6. ''A Forrester''<br/> | ||
IS a wood-man; but by all likelihood hee shall lose that title, if hee live to another age; for there will be little or no wood left in all his forrest. Hee proves by his windfals, it is an ill winde that blowes no man profit. [...] One would take him for the living signe of <keyword>Robin Hood</keyword> with a forrest bill in his hand. [...p. 35:] Hee attires himselfe to the colour of the forrest to deceive his game [...p. 36:] At wakes and <keyword>maygames</keyword> hee keepes a brave quarter; for our wenches of the greene hold him a marvellous proper man. [...]<ref>{{:Braithwaite, Richard 1859a}}, pp. 34-36.</ref>}}</onlyinclude> | IS a wood-man; but by all likelihood hee shall lose that title, if hee live to another age; for there will be little or no wood left in all his forrest. Hee proves by his windfals, it is an ill winde that blowes no man profit. [...] One would take him for the living signe of <keyword>Robin Hood</keyword> with a forrest bill in his hand. [...p. 35:] Hee attires himselfe to the colour of the forrest to deceive his game [...p. 36:] At wakes and <keyword>maygames</keyword> hee keepes a brave quarter; for our wenches of the greene hold him a marvellous proper man. [...]<ref>{{:Braithwaite, Richard 1859a}}, pp. 34-36.</ref>}}</onlyinclude> | ||
== IRHB comments == | |||
''Whimzies'' is a series of satirical portraits of representatives of various trades of the kind at which Braithwaite was so adept. | ''Whimzies'' is a series of satirical portraits of representatives of various trades of the kind at which Braithwaite was so adept. | ||
Revision as of 12:44, 28 July 2018
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-20. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-28.
Allusion
6. A Forrester
IS a wood-man; but by all likelihood hee shall lose that title, if hee live to another age; for there will be little or no wood left in all his forrest. Hee proves by his windfals, it is an ill winde that blowes no man profit. [...] One would take him for the living signe of Robin Hood with a forrest bill in his hand. [...p. 35:] Hee attires himselfe to the colour of the forrest to deceive his game [...p. 36:] At wakes and maygames hee keepes a brave quarter; for our wenches of the greene hold him a marvellous proper man. [...][1]
IRHB comments
Whimzies is a series of satirical portraits of representatives of various trades of the kind at which Braithwaite was so adept.
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- Not in: Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976).
- 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.
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