At first he was of a mind to be angry but found he could not, because the others were so merry; so he, too, laughed with the rest.

Then Robin took this sweet, pretty babe, clothed him all anew from top to toe in Lincoln green, and gave him a good stout bow, and so made him a member of the merry band.
And thus it was that Robin Hood became outlawed; thus a band of merry companions gathered about him, and thus he gained his right-hand man, Little John; and so the prologue ends.

And now I will tell how the Sheriff of Nottingham three times sought to take Robin Hood, and how he failed each time..