Reading Notes: Part A for Week 13: Robin Hood - Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires

This story begins with Robin Hood roaming the forest, when he spied a sorry woman wandering through the path. Robin Hood approached the woman, asking what is causing her great sorrow. She told Robin Hood of the terrible fate of her sons, for they have killed the king's fallow deer. Thus, they were condemned to die.

Robin Hood immediately pressed the woman to return to her home and worry no longer, for he would travel to Nottingham for the sake of her sons. So, he pressed on along his journey towards Nottingham when he came upon an old beggar.

Now the beggar man was also creeping and weeping along the way, so Robin Hood asked what the matter was. The beggar told Robin Hood of how all of Nottingham wept and wailed for the three squires, for they were to be hanged. Then, Robin Hood traded forty shillings and plenty of drinks for the old beggar's coat to aid in his disguise.

So, to Nottingham Robin Hood went, and he came before the great sheriff. Now, Robin Hood pleads with the sheriff to bestow the honor of being the hangman of the three squires, to which the sheriff agrees wholeheartedly. Robin Hood would accept none of their clothing nor money but instead asked for three blasts on his bugle-horns to send the three souls to heaven.

Robin Hood proceeds to mount the gallows where the three squires would be hanged. He gave three blasts from his horn, and all hundred and ten of his men came marching in down the hill. Overcome by the lot of them, the sheriff yields the three squires to Robin Hood.

This story illustrates the free spirit of Robin Hood as he was roaming through the forest when trouble arises. It also demonstrates Robin Hood's desire to help those in need, for he traveled to Nottingham for the sake of the three squires. The story also captures his trickster nature, as he convinces the sheriff with his clever disguise and overpowers him upon the summoning of his many men. The sheriff's fear of Robin Hood can also be inferred, as he yields to him and his men with little convincing needed.

Robin Hood Standing Before His Men - Courtesy of IMDb


Bibliography: Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires from The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child (1882-1898)

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