rhymes, and is a translation of Wace's Brut; the second part is in Alexandrine verse, and is a translation
of the French chronicle of Piers de Langtoft, of Yorkshire.
“Of Brunne I am, if any me blame,Robert's Men Bandits, marauders, etc. So called from Robin Hood, the outlaw.
Robert Mannying is my name ...
In the thrid Edwardes tyme was I
When I wrote alle this story.”
Preface to Chronicle.
Robespierre's Weavers The fish-women and other female rowdies who joined the Parisian Guard, and helped to line the avenues to the National Assembly in 1793, and clamour “Down with the Girondists!”
Robin Goodfellow A “drudging fiend,” and merry domestic fairy, famous for mischievous pranks and
practical jokes. At night-time he will sometimes do little services for the family over which he presides.
The Scotch call this domestic spirit a brownie; the Germans, kobold or Knecht Ruprecht. The Scandinavians
called it Nissë God-dreng. Puck, the jester of Fairy-court, is the same.
“Either I mistake your shape and making quite,(See Fairy.)
Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite
Called Robin Goodfellow. ...
Those that Hob-goblin call you, and sweet Puck
You do their work, and they shall have good luck.”
Shakespeare: Midsummer Night's Dream, ii. 1.