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And though his funeral was but mean, This woman bad in mind, That this fame should be buried clean, From those that came behind: For certainly before, nor since, No man e'er understood, Under the reign of any prince, Of one like Robin Hood.

Full thirteen years and something more, These out-laws lived thus, Feard of the rich, lov'd of the poor, A thing' most marvellous: A thing impossible to us, This story seems to be: None dares be now so venturous, But times are chang'd we see.

We that live in those latter days Of civil government, (If need be) have an hundred ways Such out-laws to prevent. In those days men more barbarous were, And lived less in awe; Now, God be thanked, people fear, More to offend the law.