with other errors, had best be put out of court at once. This is Sloane MS. 780 (Ritson calls it 715, which is due to the fact that in his time Sloane MSS.

ere the author alleges that he takes this information from 'an olde and auncient pamphlet.' As Child says, we mu

in 1746, derived 'Robert Fitzooth, commonly called Robin Hood, p

st mentioned in Henslowe's Diary in 1598. The Earl, being outlawed, flies to Sherwood Forest, accompanied by Matilda, daughter of Lord Fitzwater; and there he assumes the style and title of Robin Hood, and calls Matilda Maid Marian. This plot is introduced by an induction in which John Skelton th