MARRIAGE OF ALLEN A DALE.
J. Gilbert
Day & Haghe lithographers to the Queen
ROBIN HOOD
AND
HIS MERRY FORESTERS.
BY STEPHEN PERCY,
AUTHOR OF “TALES OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND”
“Merry it is in the good green-wood,
When the mavis and merle are singing.”
LONDON:
TILT AND BOGUE, FLEET STREET.
MDCCCXLI.
LONDON:
CLARKE, PRINTERS, SILVER STREET, FALCON SQUARE.
TO
MY SISTER ELIZA,
WITH
A BROTHER’S MOST AFFECTIONATE LOVE,
I DEDICATE
These Stories of my Boyhood.
CONTENTS.
| EARLY SCHOOL DAYS.—The Old Sycamore-Tree.—Robin Hood’s Youth.—The Outlaws of Sherwood.—Robin Hood and Little John.—Robin Hood and the Butcher.—The Gay Forester. | Page 1 |
| OUR SECOND MEETING.—Allen-a-Dale’s Marriage.—The Monks’ Prayer—Robin Hood and the Ranger.—Guy of Gisborne.—Will Stutely’s Capture.—The Rescue.—Robin Hood and the Beggar. | 29 |
| THE THIRD EVENING.—The Outlaws’ Sports.—Robin Hood and the Friar of Fountains’ Dale.—The Bishop of Hereford.—A Priestly Quarrel.—A Merry Dance. | 63 |
| OUR HALF-HOLIDAY.—The Wood.—St. Bartholomew’s Day.—Finsbury Field.—The Queen’s Champion.—The Outlaw’s Pardon.—The Knight of Wierysdale.—Robin Hood’s Generosity.—The Abbot of St. Mary’s. | 87 |
| OUR FIFTH MEETING.—Reynolde Grenelefe.—The Silver Bugle-Horn.—The Sheriff’s Pantry.—A curious coloured Stag.—The Sheriff’s Couch.—A Rural Fair.—The Monks of St. Mary’s.—The Knight’s Gratitude. | 112 |
| OUR LAST EVENING.—The Sheriff’s Complaint.—The Golden Arrow.—Robin Hood’s Smile of Triumph.—A desperate Combat.—Wierysdale Castle.—The Sheriff’s Death.—The Outlaw’s Allegiance and Pardon.—Robin Hood’s Rebellion.—His Death. | 135 |
LIST OF PLATES.
| Marriage of Allen-a-Dale | frontispiece |
| The Foresters’ Welcome< ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |