Be þat þe cok began to crow,

The day began to spryng;

The scheref fond þe jaylier ded,

The comyn bell made he ryng.

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He made a crye thoroout al þe tow[n],

Wheder he be ȝoman or knave,

Þat cowþe bryng hym Robyn Hode,

His warison he shuld haue.

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