One worde I shall you say.

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There is no man in this countrë

May haue the knyghtës londes,

Whyle Robyn Hode may ryde or gone,

And bere a bowe in his hondes,

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That he ne shall lese his hede,

That is the best ball in his hode:

Giue it no man, my lorde the kynge,