title: The Sad Shepherd, or A Tale of Robin Hood
title_page_title: THE SAD SHEPHERD: OR, A TALE OF <i>ROBIN-HOOD</i>.
title_page_author: WRITTEN <i>By</i> B<small>EN</small>: I<small>OHNSON</small>.
title-page_latin_motto: Virg. <i>Nec erubuit sylvas habitare Thaleia</i>.
title_page_imprint: <u>LONDON,</u> <u>Printed M.DC.XLI.</u>
paratext_charachter_list: "The Persons of the Play" [R2r]
stationer_entries_in_register: Sep 17, 1658: Entered to Thomas Walkley: "The sad Shephard or a Tale of Robin hood. ... salvo jure cujuscunq<i>ue</i>."<br />Nov 20, 1658: Transferred from Thomas Walkley to Humphrey Moseley: "The Sad Shephard Or a Tale of Robin hood."
stationer_additional_notes: There is no evidence that this play was ever acted--since it exists only as a fragment of just over two acts--but Jonson was apparently writing it with the intention that it would eventually be performed by a professional playing company.
transcript_modern_spelling: The sad shepherd or a tale of Robin hood written by Ben Jonson Virg nec erubuit sylvas habitare thaleia London printed MDCXLI