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en-wikipedia-org-2091		Robin Hood - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	15289	1464	79	The first clear reference to "rhymes of Robin Hood" is from the alliterative poem Piers Plowman, thought to have been composed in the 1370s, followed shortly afterwards by a quotation of a later common proverb,[1] "many men speak of Robin Hood and never shot his bow",[2] in Friar Daw's Reply (c.1402)[3] and a complaint in Dives and Pauper (1405-1410) that people would rather listen to "tales and songs of Robin Hood" than attend Mass.[4] Robin Hood is also mentioned in a famous Lollard tract (Cambridge University Library MS Ii.6.26) dated to the first half of the fifteenth century[5] (thus also possibly predating his other earliest historical mentions)[6] alongside several other folk heroes such as Guy of Warwick, Bevis of Hampton and Sir Lybeaus.[7] In these early accounts, Robin Hood's partisanship of the lower classes, his devotion to the Virgin Mary and associated special regard for women, his outstanding skill as an archer, his anti-clericalism, and his particular animosity towards the Sheriff of Nottingham are already clear.[8] Little John, Much the Miller's Son and Will Scarlet (as Will "Scarlok" or "Scathelocke") all appear, although not yet Maid Marian or Friar Tuck.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2091.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2091.txt