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![]() ![]() John marches off in a huff, and is promptly captured by the Sheriff of Nottingham and tied to a tree, to be hanged. Little John tells Robin to wait while he approaches the stranger, but Robin objects as if accused of cowardice, telling John he'd like to break his head. While talking, they spot a distant stranger leaning on a tree. Robin speaks of a bad dream he had, of two men attacking him. Robin Hood and Little John walk through the forest. The Child ballad "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne" dates from 1650 but its origins are much older than that, judging from the similarities with the 1475 play, a fragment of which is preserved in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge. ![]() In later depictions, he has become a romantic rival to Robin Hood for Maid Marian's love. He first appears in "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne" ( Child Ballad 118), where he is an assassin who attempts to kill Robin Hood but is killed by him. ![]() Sir Guy of Gisbourne (also spelled Gisburne, Gisborne, Gysborne, or Gisborn) is a character from the Robin Hood legends of English folklore. Illustration to Bold Robin Hood and His Outlaw Band: Their Famous Exploits in Sherwood Forest "Robin Shoots with Sir Guy" by Louis Rhead. ![]()
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