Howard Pyle 
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood 

/’Strike no man without need, for I would fain avoid bloodshed, but if ye do strike, strike hard, and see that there be no need to strike again. Then keep all together until we come again to Sherwood, and let no man leave his fellows./’
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood is an 1883 novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. The book follows a series of episodes in the tale of Robin Hood, the English outlaw, and his Merry Men band.