1744 - Gale, Roger - Poem on Robin Hood's Well

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

Allusion

"Nympha fui quondam latronibus hospita sylvæ
"Heu nimium sociis nota, Robine tuis.
"Me pudet innocuos latices fudisse scelestis,
"Jamque viatori pocula tuta fero,
"En pietatis honos! Comes hanc mihi Carliolensis
"Ædem sacravit quâ bibis, hospes, aquas.

IRHB comments

It is not clear when the poem was written; Roger Gale died on June 25, 1744.

Lists

• Not in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), 315-19
• 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

• Nichols, John, ed. Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. II. Part III (London, 1781), p. 427.

Citations

• Hope, R.C. 'Holy Wells: their Legends and Superstitions', The Antiquary, vol. XXV (1892), pp. 156-61, see p. 159.
• Stukeley, William; [W.C. Lukis, ed.] The Family Memoirs of the Rev. William Stukeley (The Publications of the Surtees Society, vols. LXXIII, LXXVI, LXXX) (1882-87), vol. III, p. 373 n. 13.

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