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Therefore he arm'd five hundred men With furniture complete; But the out-laws slew half of them And made the rest retreat: The long bow and the arrow keen, They were so used unto, That still he kept the forest green In spite of the proudest foe.

Twelve of the Abbot's men he took, Who came to have him ta'en; When all the rest the field forsook, These he did entertain With banqueting and merriment; And, having used him well, He to their landlord them safely sent, And will'd them him to tell,

That if he would be pleased at last To beg of our good king, That he might pardon what was past, And him to favour bring: He would surrender back again The money, which before Was taken by him and his men From him and many more.