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Originally posted by Torone@Feb 20 2003, 08:55 AM
And BTW, Robin Hood didn't rob the rich. He took from the gov't (represented by the Sheriff of Nottingham) and gave back to the people (sort of a tax rebate.)  h34r: 
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Haha.
And then there's this. From some site somewhere ...
Some think that "the first genuine appearance of Robyn Hod in printed form occurs in A Lytell Jeste of Robyn Hode, a poem telling the story of an outlaw and his adventures. This ballad was written down by a man named Wynken de Worde in 1489 and is preserved today at the public library in Cambridge, England.
This poem dates from the late 15th century (printed by Worde at end of the 15th but was actually from the 14th), and it was widely read in its printed language of Olde English at that time. The tale takes place in Barnsdale Forest in Yorkshire. Robyn and his band of men resided in this forest, robbing passers-by on Watling Street near the River Went, a street leading straight to London in the South—a street full of rich travelers."