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== Allusion ==
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{{quote|And though we count, but ''<keyword>Robin Hood'' a Jest</keyword>,<br/>
And old wiues tales, as tatling toyes appeare:<br/>
Yet ''Arthurs'' raigne, the world cannot denye,<br/>
Such proofe there is, the troth thereof to trye:<br/>
That who so speakes, against so graue a thing,<br/>
Shall blush to blot, the shame of such a King.<ref>{{:Churchyard, Thomas 1587a}}, sig [C4r].</ref>}}</onlyinclude>
== IRHB comments ==
Original in black letter, except the words here italicized being in Roman type.
== Notes ==
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== Lists ==
* Not in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 315-19.
* {{:Sussex, Lucy 1994a}}; see p. 283.

=== Editions ===
* {{:Churchyard, Thomas 1587a}}, sig [C4r].
* {{:Churchyard, Thomas 1776a}}. Not seen.
* {{:Churchyard, Thomas 1876a}}; allusion p. 27.

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