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Wherfore and why I am come hither,
In fayth I wyll not spare.
I am come to seke a good yeman,
In Bernisdale men sai is his habitacion,
His name is Robyn Hode.
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And if that he be better man than I,
His servaunt wyll I be, and serve him truely;
But if that I be better man than he,