1528 - Tyndale, William - Obedience of Christen Man (2)

Allusion
Date	1528
Author	Tyndale, William
Title	Obedience of Christen man, and how Christen rulers ought to governe, wherein also (if thou marke diligently) thou shalt find eyes to perceaue the craftie conueyaunce of all iugglers
Mentions	Tale of Robin Hood

William Tyndale / John Foxe's Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church, a.k.a. Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1563) via Wikipedia.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-26. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-08.

Allusion

[...] Moreover, if I could not prove with an open text that which the allegory doth express, then were the allegory a thing to be jested at, and of no greater value than a tale of Robin Hood.

Source notes

IRHB's brackets.
P. 331, marginal note against "[...] Moreover, if I could not": "If thou cannot prove the allegory with an open text, then is it false doctrine. W. T."
Published in 1528, cf. p. 323.

IRHB comments

This is one of at least five allusions to Robin Hood in the writings of Tyndale.

Lists

• Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.
• Not included in 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.

Editions

• Tyndale, William; Duffield, G.E., ed.; Bruce, F.F., introd. The Works of William Tyndale (Appleford, Berkshire, 1964), pp. 323-67; see p. 342.

Background

• Wikipedia: William Tyndale.

Also see

• 1528 - Tyndale, William - Obedience of Christen Man (1)
• 1528 - Tyndale, William - Obedience of Christen Man (3)
• 1530 - Tyndale, William - Prologue to Book of Genesis
• 1531 - Tyndale, William - Prologue to Prophet Jonas.

Notes

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