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In summer time when leaves were green, and birds sang merrily on the trees, Robin Hood set out to Nottingham in disguise, and as he went along the road, he overtook a jolly tinker. 'Tell me whence thou comest, my jolly fellow,' said Robin, 'and in what town thou wast bred?' 'I come from Banbury,' said the other, 'where I was born and bred, and am a tinker by trade.' 'Now,' said Robin Hood, 'tell me what news thou hast heard in thy travels.' 'All the late news I have heard,' said the tinker, 'relates to a bold outlaw, who is called Robin Hood; the king has given out warrants to apprehend him, and I have one in my pocket to take him if I can find him; and if thou canst tell me where he is, and assist me to seize him, £100 or more will be our reward.' 'Let me see the warrant,' said Robin, 'that I may know if it be good, and I will do the best I can to assist thee in taking him this very night.' The tinker replied, 'I shall not trust the warrant out of my own hand.'

When they came to Nottingham, they went to a good inn, and calling for strong ale and wine, the tinker drank too freely, and knew not what he was doing, when Robin took the warrant and left him to pay all the reckoning. When the tinker