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 This made all poor men pray for him,
 * and with he well might ſpred

The widow and the fatherleſs
 * he would fend means unto

And thoſe whom fortune did oppreſs,
 * found him a friendly foe

Nor would he do a woman wrong,
 * but ſee her ſafe convey'd

He would protect with power ſtrong
 * all thoſe who crave his aid.

The Abbot of St Mary's then,
 * who him undid before

Was riding with two hundred men,
 * and gold and ſtore;

Robin Hood upon him
 * with his courageous ſparks,

all the coin by force did get,
 * which was ten thouſand marks.