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<div class="blockquote">''From the'' Whitehall Evening Post.<br/> | <div class="blockquote"> | ||
<span class="text-allcaps">Whereas</span> an Advertisement was published in the Whitehall Evening-Post, on Thursday last, intimating that a Court of Common Sense would be held on Monday the 28th of this Instant, at the Sign of the <keyword>Robin-Hood</keyword> in the Butcher Row, for my Trial, requiring all Archbishops &c. to make strict Search for me, &c. with a Promise of clear Stage and all Favour: This is to give Notice, That as I never was fond of Them, so I never will be found of Them, not expecting any more Favour from a Gang of <keyword>Robertsmen</keyword>, assembled in the Butcher-Row, than from a Portuguese or Spanish Inquisition; but am resolved to abscond and hide myself till the Commencement of the Grand <span class="text-allcaps">Milennium</span>, when I will make a full Display of myself, like the Day spring from on High, and will mount the Shoulders of wicked Will. Wh–st–n, who shall carry me Headlong to <span class="text-allcaps">Jerusalem</span>, when I shall be found of all Men. <span Style="float:right;">CHRISTIANITY</span><br/>  Witness PYTHAGORAS.<br/> N. B. The above Advertisement being sent on Saturday, was too late to be inserted in this Paper.<ref>{{:Pythagoras 1751a}}</ref></div></onlyinclude> | ''From the'' Whitehall Evening Post.<br/> | ||
<span class="text-allcaps">Whereas</span> an Advertisement was published in the Whitehall Evening-Post, on Thursday last, intimating that a Court of Common Sense would be held on Monday the 28th of this Instant, at the Sign of the <keyword>Robin-Hood</keyword> in the Butcher Row, for my Trial, requiring all Archbishops &c. to make strict Search for me, &c. with a Promise of clear Stage and all Favour: This is to give Notice, That as I never was fond of Them, so I never will be found of Them, not expecting any more Favour from a Gang of <keyword>Robertsmen</keyword>, assembled in the Butcher-Row, than from a Portuguese or Spanish Inquisition; but am resolved to abscond and hide myself till the Commencement of the Grand <span class="text-allcaps">Milennium</span>, when I will make a full Display of myself, like the Day spring from on High, and will mount the Shoulders of wicked Will. Wh–st–n, who shall carry me Headlong to <span class="text-allcaps">Jerusalem</span>, when I shall be found of all Men. <span Style="float:right;">CHRISTIANITY</span><br/>  Witness PYTHAGORAS.<br/> N. B. The above Advertisement being sent on Saturday, was too late to be inserted in this Paper.<ref>{{:Pythagoras 1751a}}</ref> | |||
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== Source notes == | == Source notes == | ||
Latest revision as of 13:56, 11 February 2021
| Allusion | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1751 |
| Author | Pythagoras |
| Title | Advertisement |
| Mentions | Robin Hood and Little John (St Clement Danes); Robin Hood Society (London) |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-09-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-02-11.
Allusion
From the Whitehall Evening Post.
Whereas an Advertisement was published in the Whitehall Evening-Post, on Thursday last, intimating that a Court of Common Sense would be held on Monday the 28th of this Instant, at the Sign of the Robin-Hood in the Butcher Row, for my Trial, requiring all Archbishops &c. to make strict Search for me, &c. with a Promise of clear Stage and all Favour: This is to give Notice, That as I never was fond of Them, so I never will be found of Them, not expecting any more Favour from a Gang of Robertsmen, assembled in the Butcher-Row, than from a Portuguese or Spanish Inquisition; but am resolved to abscond and hide myself till the Commencement of the Grand Milennium, when I will make a full Display of myself, like the Day spring from on High, and will mount the Shoulders of wicked Will. Wh–st–n, who shall carry me Headlong to Jerusalem, when I shall be found of all Men. CHRISTIANITY
Witness PYTHAGORAS.
N. B. The above Advertisement being sent on Saturday, was too late to be inserted in this Paper.[1]
Source notes
SmallCaps and 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. 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
Also see
Notes