1622 - Taylor, John - Errant Thiefe
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
| Allusion | |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 1622 |
| Author | Taylor, John |
| Title | An Errant Thiefe |
| Mentions | Robin Hood; Little John; Friar Tuck; [Robin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor; quasi-proverb] |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.
Allusion
England still hath bin a fruitfull Land
Of valiant Thieves, that durst bid true men stand.
One Bellin Dun, a famous Thiefe surviv'd,
From whom the towne of Dunstable's deriv'd;
And Robin Hood with little John agreed
To rob rich men, and the poore to feede.
[...]
Once the fift Henry could rob ex'lent well,
When he was Prince of Wales, as stories tell.
Then Fryer Tucke, a tall stout Thiefe indeed,
Could better rob and steale, then preach or read.[1]
Source notes
The original edition, published 1630,[2] has "cowne" for "towne" in the third line, and no comma after "Tucke" in the last line.[3]
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.
- 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
- Taylor, John. An Errant Thiefe, whom euery Man may Trust: in Word and Deed, exceeding true and Iust. With a Comparison betweene a Thiefe and a Booke (London, 1622). Not seen.
- in Taylor, John. All the vvorkes of Iohn Taylor the water-poet (London, 1630). Not seen.
- Taylor, John; Hindley, Charles, ed. Works of John Taylor, the Water Poet (London and Westminster, 1872), p. v, No. 32, also notes an edition of 1625 or in a work printed in 1625 but gives no particulars. This is unknown to ESTC.
- Spraggs, Gillian. Outlaws & Highwaymen: The Cult of the Robber in England from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century (London, 2001), p. 12, pp. 294-95 n. 23.
Also see
Notes
- ↑ Spraggs, Gillian. Outlaws & Highwaymen: The Cult of the Robber in England from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century (London, 2001), p. 12.
- ↑ Taylor, John. All the vvorkes of Iohn Taylor the water-poet (London, 1630), sig. Ll4r.
- ↑ Spraggs, Gillian. Outlaws & Highwaymen: The Cult of the Robber in England from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century (London, 2001), pp. 294-95 n. 23.