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 This Robin (so much talk'd on)
 * Was once of man of fame,

Instiled Earl of Huntington,
 * Lord Robin Hood by name:

In courtship and magnificence,
 * His carriage won him praise,

And greater favour with his prince,
 * Then any in his days.

In bounteous liberality,
 * He too much did excel,

And loved men of quality,
 * More than exceeding well.

His great revenues all he sold,
 * For wine and costly cheer;

He kept three hundred bowmen bold,
 * He shooting lov'd so dear.

No archer living in his time;
 * With him might well compare;

He practic'd all his youthful prime
 * That exercise most rare.

At last, by his profound expence,
 * He had consum'd his wealth;

And being out-law'd by his prince,
 * In woods he liv'd by stealth.