_Hood_ (_Robin_), a famous English outlaw. Stow places him in the reign of Richard I., but others make him live at divers periods between Cœur de Lion and Edward II. His chief haunt was Sherwood Forest, in Nottinghamshire. Ancient ballads abound with anecdotes of his personal courage, his skill in archery, his generosity, and great popularity. It is said that he robbed the rich, but gave largely to the poor, and protected women and children with chivalrous magnanimity. The ballad, “The Death of Robin Hood,” says that he was treacherously bled to death by his sister, the Prioress of the Abbey of Kirklees. Stukeley asserts that Robin Hood was Robert Fitzooth, earl of Huntingdon; and it is probable that his name _hood_, like _capet_ given to the French king of the Hugues, refers to the cape or hood which he usually wore. ⁂ The chief incidents of his life are recorded by Stow. Ritson has collected a volume of songs, ballads, and anecdotes called _Robin Hood ... that Celebrated English Outlaw_ (1795). Sir W. Scott has introduced him in his famous novel _Ivanhoe_, which makes the outlaw contemporary with Cœur de Lion. _Robin Hood’s Men._ The most noted of his followers were Little John, whose surname was Nailor; his chaplain, Friar Tuck; William Scarlet, Scathelooke (2 _syl._), or Scadlock, sometimes called two brothers; Will Stutly or Stukely; Mutch, the miller’s son; and the maid Marian. =Hookem= (_Mr._), partner of lawyer Clip-purse at Waverley Honor.—Sir. W. Scott, _Waverley_ (time, George II.). =Hooker= (_Thomas_). In his eulogy upon Master Thomas Hooker, Cotton Mather “invites the reader to behold at once the wonders of New England, and it is in one Thomas Hooker that he shall behold them.”—Cotton Mather, D. D., _Magnolia Christi Americana_ (1702). =Hop= (_Robin_), the hop plant. Get into thy hop-yard, for now it is time To teach Robin Hop on his pole how to climb. T. Tusser, _Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry_, xli. 17 (1557). =Hope.= The name of the first woman, according to Grecian mythology, was Pandôra, made by Hephæstos (_Vulcan_) out of earth. She was called Pandôra (“all-gifted”) because all the deities contributed something to her charms. She married Epime´theus (4 _syl._), in whose house was a box which no mortal might open. Curiosity induced Pandôra to peep into it, when out flew all the ills of humanity, and she had just time to close the lid to prevent the escape of Hope also. When man and nature mourned their first decay ... All, all forsook the friendless, guilty mind, But Hope—the charmer lingered still behind. Campbell, _Pleasures of Hope_, i. (1799). _Hope_ (_The Bard of_), Thomas Campbell, who wrote _The Pleasures of Hope_, in two parts (1777-1844).