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A LITTLE GESTE OF
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When they had him told the case Our King understood their taie,
And he seized in his hand The Knightes landes all.
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All the pass of Lancashire
He went both far and near, Till he came to Plompton Park,
He fail'd many of his deer.
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There our King was wont to see
Herdes many one, He could unneth find one deer
That bare any good horn.
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The King was wonder wroth withall,
And swore by the Trinity, ' I would I hadde Robin Hood,
With eyes I might him see.
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i And he that would smite off the Knightes head,
And bring it unto me He shall have the Knightes lands,
Sir Richard at the Lee.
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' I give it him with my charter,
And seal it with my hand, To have and hold for evermore
In all merry England.'
pass] limits, extent. There] where. unneth] scarcely.
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