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gentlemen and yeomen bold,
 * or whatever you are,

To hear a stately story told,
 * attention now prepare:

is a tale of Robin Hood,
 * that I to you will tell;

Which being rightly understood,
 * I know will please you well.

This Robin (so much talk’d on)
 * was once a man of fame,

Entitled Earl of Huntington,
 * lord Robin Hood by name:

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

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

In bounteous liberality,
 * he too much did excel,