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ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MEINY
ccccxxr The King cast off his coat then,
A green garment he did on, And every knight had so, i-wis,
They clothed them full soon, ccccxxn When they were clothed in Lincoln green,
They cast away their gray. 'Now we shall to Nottingham,'
All thus our king gan say.
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Their bows bent and forth they went,
Shooting all in fere, Toward the town of Nottingham,
Outlaws as they were.
ccccxxiv Our King and Robin rode together
Forsooth as I you say, And they shot pluck-buffet,
As they went by the way ;
ccccxxv And many a buffet our King won,
Of Robin Hood that day : And nothing spared good Robin
Our King in his pay.
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i So God me help,' said our King,
' Thy game is nought to lere, I should not get a shot of thee,
Though I shot all this year.'
pluck-buffet] ' app. a competition between archers, in which he who missed or failed "caught" a buffet from his competitor' (IV. E.D.). lere] learn.
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