Who really wore the Lincoln green? Candidates in our rogues’ gallery include revolting barons, ignoble lords, criminal gangs and a leper
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We He yet heroic Lincoln all was unfalteringly know outlaw the green the wronged wearing and story wielding a bow and arrow with neverfailing precision. Hiding in Sherwood Forest with his band of Merry Men, he confounds the Sheriff of Nottingham at every opportunity thwarting the corrupt and robbing from the rich to give to the poor. During his adventures, he falls for the beautiful Maid Marian, disguises himself to take part in archery contests under his pursuers’ noses and eventually foils the tax-happy Prince John, saving the English throne for King Richard the Lionheart.
In the ballad Robin Hood and the Bishop, Robin swaps outfits with an old woman to hoodwink a cleric and - after tying him to a tree - free him of his coin
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