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procured without money; and thinking that the monks who had deprived him of his estate ought to supply this, he laid every priest under contribution. The fame of Robin Hood, and the merry life he led, soon drew a number of young men to join his band, and increased it to above one hundred of the bravest fellows in the kingdom, whom he clothed in green. When the monks, from being so often plundered, came less in the way, Robin’s men were obliged to extend their depredations to other parts of the country It was only to priests, and the niggardly rich, that Robin Hood was an enemy ; for he held the person and property of every woman sacred, and always took the part of the weak and injured. By the poor people he was adored, for he generously supplied their wants from his own private purse. Robin Hood, who loved a good joke as well as good booty, meeting one day a jolly-looking butcher on horseback, who was going to Nottingham fair, with panniers on each side, made a bargain for the mare and panniers, and an exchange of clothes. The butcher having putting on the fine green