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Robin Hood Aids a Sorrowful Knight
"Hereuponheturnedhishorse’shead,andtheyallwendedtheirwaytothewoodlands,RobinwalkingononesideoftheKnightandWillScarletontheother,whiletherestofthebandtrudgedbehind.
AftertheyhadtraveledthusforatimeRobinHoodspake."SirKnight,"saidhe,"Iwouldnottroubletheewithidlequestions;butdostthoufinditinthyhearttotellmethysorrows?"
"Truly,Robin,"quoththeKnight,"IseenoreasonwhyIshouldnotdoso.Thusitis:MycastleandmylandsareinpawnforadebtthatIowe.Threedayshencethemoneymustbepaidorelseallmineestateislostforever,forthenitfallsintothehandsofthePrioryofEmmet,andwhattheyswallowtheynevergiveforthagain."
QuothRobin,"Iunderstandnotwhythoseofthykindliveinsuchamannerthatalltheirwealthpassethfromthemlikesnowbeneaththespringtidesun."
"Thouwrongestme,Robin,"saidtheKnight,"forlisten:Ihaveasonbuttwentywintersold,neverthelesshehaswonhisspursasknight.Lastyear,onacertainevilday,thejoustswereheldatChester,andthithermysonwent,asdidIandmyladywife.Iwotitwasaproudtimeforus,forheunhorsedeachknightthathetiltedagainst.
