Robin Hood / A collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English outlaw. To which are prefixed historical anecdotes of his life.

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The priests their hands in their pockets put,

But mony would find none :

We’l search ourselves, said Robin Hood,

Each other, one by one.

Then Robin[312] took pains to search them both,

And he found good store of gold,

Five hundred peeces presently

Upon the grass was told.

Here is a brave show, said Robin Hood,

Such store of gold to see,