Alack, alack, what blood is this, which stains the stony entrance of this sepulchre? What mean these masterless and gory swords to lie discolour'd by this place of peace?
There were then in Sherwood scores of masterless men like John of Mansfield, and when they heard how Robin had spoiled the Prior of Newark they sought him out with a view to joining him.
It reflects the spirit of his ancestors, who, according to D. H. Lawrence came to America to get away, away from themselves, away from everything, to " henceforth be masterless" .