...fo'clock — Be valiant, my little Gogmagogs ; — I'll fence with all the justices in Hertfordshire— I'll have a buck till I die ; I'll slay a doe while I live — Hold your bow strait and steady; I serve the good duke of Norfolk. Smug. O rare ! who, ho, ho,...

...period speak of killing a deer with a sort of jovial sympathy, worthy the descendants of Robin Hood. ' I'll have a buck till I die ; I'll slay a doe while I live,' is the maxim of the host in ' The Merry Devil of Edmonton ;' and even Sir John the priest reproves...

...time was looked upon in a very different light from that in which we should now view it. The laxily of game-laws then, and the sympathy with which popular...to prove this; and in Reynolds' Epi. grammasticon, 1642, occurs the following lines, which are conclusive : " Harry and I, in youth long since, I'iil...

...speak of killing a deer with a sort of jovial sympathy, worthy the descendants of Robin Hood. " I '11 have a buck till I die, I'll slay a doe while I live," is the maxim of the Host in ' The Merry Devil of Edmonton ; ' and even Sir John, the priest, reproves...

...Nine o'clock ! Be valiant, my little Gogmagogs ; I'll fence with all the justices in Hertfordshire. I'll have a buck, till I die; I'll slay a doe, while I live. Hold your bow straight and steady : I serve the good Duke of Norfolk. SMUG. O rare ! who-ho-ho, boy...

...o'clock — Be valiant, my little Gogrnagogs ; — I'll fence with all the justices in Hertfordshire — I'll have a buck till I die ; I'll slay a doe while I live — Hold your bow strait and steady ; I serve the good duke of Norfolk. Smug. О rare ! who, ho, ho,...