'The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood,' No, 132, a late traditional copy, shows traces of st. 20 of this ballad in st. 1 2, where the Pedlar says it lies with him whether he will tell his name, and again at the end, where Robin Hood, John, and the Pedlar drink friendship at the tavern. Robin Hood's antagonists are again foresters and keepers in Nos. 131 and 139. There are numerous agreements between this piece and No, 185.
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