Synopsis

Robyn kills a deer and is shot and killed. Gandeleyn looks about for the killer and finds Wrennok of Donne. They exchange words, and Gandeleyn says they shall shoot at a mark of each other's hearts. He kills him and declares he can not boast of killing both Robyn and his man Gandeleyn.

Commentary

Gandeleyn may be the same as Gamble Gold of The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood

The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood

The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood is Child ballad 132, featuring Robin Hood. It is a traditional version of Robin Hood Newly Revived.-Synopsis:...

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The refrain, "Robynn lyth in grene wode bowndyn" means that Robin lies in his shroud; it is an analogue to the more famous Adam lay ybounden

Adam Lay Ybounden

"Adam lay ybounden", originally titled Adam lay i-bowndyn is a 15th century macaronic English text of unknown authorship. The manuscript on which the poem is found, , is held by the British Library, who date the work to c.1400 and speculate that the lyrics may have belonged to a wandering minstrel;...

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External links

• Robyn and Gandelyn with commentary