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Quotation from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
“IN MERRY ENGLAND in the time of old, when good King Henry the Second ruled the land, there lived within the green glades of Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham Town, a famous outlaw whose name was Robin Hood.”
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Opening (1883)
Places Robin in Sherwood under Henry II.
Citation: "IN MERRY ENGLAND in the time of old, when good King Henry the Second ruled the land, there lived within the green glades of Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham Town, a famous outlaw whose name was Robin Hood." — Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Opening (1883). (id the-merry-adventures-of-robin-hood-q1)
Portrait: 1883 decorative title page, Howard Pyle, Public domain.
