Full many a bow there was bent,
And arrows let they glide;
Many a curtail there was rent,
And hurt many a side.

The outlaws' shot was so strong
That no man might them drive,
And the proud sherrif's men,
They fled away full blive.

Robin saw the ambush to-broke,
In green wood he would have be;
Many an arrow there was shot
Among that company.

Lines 1193-1204 from A Gest of Robyn Hode