Note 151 — THE CASTLE OF ROCHESTER.

Warton also mentions his having seen a ballad by Faire, called “Gadshill,” under the year 1588; and adds in a note—See Clavell’s “Recantation,” a poem in 4to, London, 1634. Clavell was a robber, and here recites his adventures on the highway. His first depredations were on Gadshill. Further particulars in the Kentish Traveller’s Companion, ed. 1799.—Simmons and Kirby.