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* {{:Barclay, Alexander 1960a}}. Reprint of 1928 ed.
* {{:Barclay, Alexander 1960a}}. Reprint of 1928 ed.


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* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}.
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}.
* {{:Sussex, Lucy 1994a}}, see p. 270.
* {{:Sussex, Lucy 1994a}}, see p. 270.

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Alexander Barclay, a wood cut included in many early editions of his works (from The Ship of Fools, 1874).

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-28. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-28.

Allusion

Yet would I gladly heare some mery fit
Of mayde Marion, or els of Robin hood;
Or Bentleyes ale which chafeth well the bloud,
Of perre of Norwich, or sauce of Wilberton,
Or buckishe Joly well-stuffed as a ton.[1]

IRHB comments

Alexander Barclay's Eclogues were written 1513-14. These lines are spoken by a shepherd. Though earlier sources mention "Robin et Marion", this is the first literary source to mention "Maid Marian" eo nomine. Possibly "some mery fit" is an allusion to the A Gest of Robyn Hode, which was divided into fyttes and was then in all probability the most well known Robin Hood poem.


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