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How Robin Hood Came to Be an Outlaw
Somestartedafterhim,butnotwithmuchheart,foreachfearedtosufferthedeathofhisfellow;sopresentlytheyallcameandliftedthedeadmanupandborehimawaytoNottinghamTown.
MeanwhileRobinHoodranthroughthegreenwood.Gonewasallthejoyandbrightnessfromeverything,forhisheartwassickwithinhim,anditwasborneinuponhissoulthathehadslainaman.
"Alas!"criedhe,"thouhastfoundmeanarcherthatwillmakethywifetowring!Iwouldthatthouhadstne’ersaidonewordtome,orthatIhadneverpassedthyway,ore’enthatmyrightforefingerhadbeenstrickenofferethatthishadhappened!InhasteIsmote,butgrieveIsoreatleisure!"Andthen,eveninhistrouble,herememberedtheoldsawthat"Whatisdoneisdone;andtheeggcrackedcannotbecured."
Andsohecametodwellinthegreenwoodthatwastobehishomeformanyayeartocome,neveragaintoseethehappydayswiththeladsandlassesofsweetLocksleyTown;forhewasoutlawed,notonlybecausehehadkilledaman,butalsobecausehehadpoachedupontheKing’sdeer,andtwohundredpoundsweresetuponhishead,asarewardforwhoeverwouldbringhimtothecourtoftheKing.
NowtheSheriffofNottinghamsworethathehimselfwouldbringthisknaveRobinHoodtojustice,andfortworeasons:first,becausehewantedthetwohundredpounds,andnext,becausetheforesterthatRobinHoodhadkilledwasofkintohim.
ButRobinHoodlayhiddeninSherwoodForestforoneyear,andinthattimetheregatheredaroundhimmanyotherslikehimself,castoutfromotherfolkforthiscauseandforthat.
