A YORKSHIRE gravestone bears this inscription: Hear underneath dis laihl stean las Robert earl of Huntingtun neer arcir yer az hie sa geud And pipl kauld in Robin Heud sick utlawz as he an iz men il england nivr si agen Obiit 24 kal Decembris 1247 Robin Hood lived; this marker confirms it, just as the Easter tables attest to the existence of the great Arthur. But that is all the tombstone does. Everything we know about that period suggests that Robin was merely another wellborn cutthroat who hid in shrubbery by roadsides, waiting to rob helpless wayfarers.
