Shee hath sworne I shall haue her maidenhead.
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Then Sir Iohn Cockle the king called vnto him;
And of merry Sherwood made him ouerseer,
And gaue him out of hand three hundred pound yearlye:
‘But now take heede you steale noe more of my deere,
And once a quarter let’s heare haue your vew;
And thus, Sir Iohn Cockle, I bid thee adew!’
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