The story of Orlando's ill-usage, prowess, and
banishment, in _As You Like It_,
Shakespeare
derived from this source,
and Keats is thinking of the merry life of the hero amongst the outlaws.
Keats
30. _pasture Trent_, the fields about the Trent, the river of
Nottingham, which runs by Sherwood forest.
PAGE 135. l. 33. _morris._ A dance in costume which, in the Tudor
period, formed a part of every village festivity. It was generally
danced by five men and a boy in girl's dress, who represented Maid
Marian. Later it came to be associated with the May games, and other
characters of the Robin Hood epic were introduced. It was abolished,
with other village gaieties, by the Puritans, and though at the
Restoration it was revived it never regained its former importance.
l. 34. _Gamelyn._ The hero of a tale (_The Tale of Gamelyn_) attributed
to Chaucer, and given in some MSS. as _The Cook's Tale_ in _The
Canterbury Tales_.
The story of Orlando's ill-usage, prowess, and
banishment, in _As You Like It_,
Shakespeare
derived from this source,
and Keats is thinking of the merry life of the hero amongst the outlaws.
l. 36. '_grene shawe_,' green wood.
PAGE 136. l. 53. _Lincoln green._ In the Middle Ages Lincoln was very
famous for dyeing green cloth, and this green cloth was the
characteristic garb of the forester and outlaw.
