3-047-217 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'I Would Have A Word With You', 1932. 'They sent to a neighbouring monastery to borrow cowls and habits, and clad in these the party set out, under the guidance of the forester, King Richard [I], garbed like an abbot, riding in front...they were confronted by Robin and some of his men. The former seized the bridle of the King's horse and said civilly: "Sir Abbot, I would have a word with you, by your leave. We are dwellers in this forest, living upon the King's deer; other expedients have we none, so we pray you give us out of your plenty in the name of charity".' From "Robin Hood and His Life in the Merry Greenwood", by Rose Yeatman Woolf, illustrated by Howard Davie. [Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, London, 1932]