 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1893 - 566 pages
...and thefts as he got, upon "whom four hundred (were they never so strong) durst not "give the onset. He suffered no woman to be oppressed, vio"lated, or otherwise molested: poore mens goods he spared, •2:. " aboundantlie relieving them with that, which by theft he got "from abbeys... | |
 | Frederick John Snell - English literature - 1905 - 248 pages
...no woman to be oppressed, violated, or otherwise molested : poor men's goods he spared, abundantly relieving them with that which by theft he got from abbeys and the houses of rich carles : whom Maior (the historian) blameth for his rapine and theft, but of all thieves he affirmeth him to be the... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - Chivalry - 1913 - 972 pages
...hundred tall men, all good archers, with the spoil he took ; but "he suffered no woman to be oppressed or otherwise molested; poore men's goods he spared,...them with that which by theft he got from abbeys and houses of rich carles.1' Consequently Robin was an immense favorite with the common people. This popularity... | |
 | Fisheries - 1927 - 1066 pages
...spoils and thefts as he got, upon whom four hundred (were they ever so strong) durst not give the onset. He suffered no woman to be oppressed, violated, or...relieving them with that which, by theft, he got from the abbeys and the houses of rich carles, whom Maior (the historian) blameth for his rapine and theft,... | |
 | 1846 - 812 pages
...give the onset. He suffered no womsn to be oppressed, or otherwise to be molested; poore men's goode.4 he spared, abundantlie relieving them with that which by theft he got from abbeys and the houses of riche old carles, whom Maior (the historian) blametbc for bis rapine and theft ; but of all the theeve*,... | |
 | 1846 - 438 pages
...suffered no woman to be oppressed, violated, or otherwise molested; poor men's goods he spared, abundantly relieving them with that which by theft he got from abbeys, and the houses of rich earls : whom Major (the historian) blameth for his rapine and theft; but of all thieves he affirmeth... | |
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The saide Robert entertained an hundred tall men and good archers with such spoiles and thefts as he got, upon whom four hundred ( were they ever so strong) durst not give the onset. He suffered no woman to be oppressed, violated or otherwise molested... 
