1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Clim of the Clough

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21526391911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 6 — Clim of the Clough

CLIM (or Clym) OF THE CLOUGH, a legendary English archer, a supposed companion of the Robin Hood band. He is commemorated in the ballad Adam Bell, Clym of the Cloughe and Wyllyam of Cloudeslee. The three were outlaws who had many adventures of the Robin Hood type. The oldest printed copy of this ballad is dated 1550.