1638 - Braithwaite, Richard - Barnabee's Journal (3)

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-07-16.

Allusion

[Latin text:]
Nescit sitis artem modi,
Puteum Roberti Hoodi
Veni, & liquente vena
Vincto catino catena,
Tollens sitim, parcum odi,
Solvens obolum Custodi.

Veni Wentbrig, ubi plagæ
Terræ, maris, vivunt sagæ,
Vultu torto & anili,
Et conditione vilii:
His infernæ manent sedes,
Quæ cum inferis ineunt fædus.

[English text:]
Thirst knowes neither meane nor measure.
Robin Hoods Well was my treasure,
In a common dish enchained,
I my furious thirst restrained:
And because I drunk the deeper,
I paid two farthings to the keeper.

Thence to Wentbrig, where vile wretches,
Hideous hags and odious witches,
Writhen count'nance and mis-shapen
Are by some foule Bugbeare taken:
These infernall seats inherit,
Who contract with such a Spirit

Source notes

Note to Vincto (Latin text, l. 4):
"Viventes venæ, Spinæ, catinusque catenæ
Sunt Robin Hoodi nota trophica sui."
Note to Veni (Latin text, l. 7):
"Rupe cavedia struxit indeia
Queis oscitantèr latuit acedia."

Note to "common" (English text, l. 3):
"A Well, thorne, dish hung in an iron chaine,
For monuments of Robin Hood' remaine."

Note to "to" (English text, l. 7):
"In a rock Want built her booth
Where no creature dwels but Sloth."

Lists

• Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 316.
• 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.

Sources

• [Braithwaite, Richard]; [Haslewood, Joseph], ed. Barnabæ Itinerarium; or, Barnabee's Journal: to which are Prefixed, An Account of the Author, Now First Discovered, a Bibliographical History of the Former Editions of the Work; and Illustrative Notes. The Seventh Edition (London, 1818), pp. 88-91.
• [Braithwaite, Richard]. Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys to the North of England. In Latin and English Metre. Wittily and Merrily (tho' An Hundred Years Ago) Composed; Found Among some Old Musty Books That had Lain a Long Time by in a Corner, and Now at Last Made Public. Together with Bessy Bell. To which is Now Added, (never Before Published,) the Ancient Ballad of Chevy Chase, in Latin and English Verse. A New Edition, printed from the Edition of 1778, illustrated with four new designs (London, 1822), pp. 106-109.
• Braithwaite, Richard. Barnabæ Itinerarium; or, Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys to the North of England: In Latin and English Metre. Wittily and Merrily (tho' An Hundred Years Ago) Composed; Found Among some Old Musty Books That had Lain a Long Time by in a Corner, and Now at Last Made Public. Together with Bessy Bell. To which is Now Added (never Before Published), the Ancient Ballad of Chevy Chase. In Latin and English Verse (York, 1852), pp. 114-17; note p. 296.
• Braithwaite, Richard; Haslewood, John, ed.; Hazlitt, William Carew, revis. Barnabæ Itinerarium or Barnabee's Journal (London, 1876), pt. I (unpaginated); "Barnabæ Itinerarium", "Pars tertia"; "Barnabee's Journall", "Third part"

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