Приключения Робин Гуда
Robin Hood Aids a Sorrowful Knight
Andnowallthegroundinthetorchlightwascoveredoverwithsilksandvelvetsandclothsofgoldandcasesofrichwines,andsotheycametothelastlineuponthetablet—"AboxbelongingtotheLordBishopofHereford."
AtthesewordstheBishopshookaswithachill,andtheboxwassetupontheground.
"MyLordBishop,hastthouthekeyofthisbox?"askedRobin.
TheBishopshookhishead.
"Go,WillScarlet,"saidRobin,"thouartthestrongestmanhere—bringaswordstraightway,andcutthisboxopen,ifthoucanst."ThenuproseWillScarletandleftthem,comingbackinashorttime,bearingagreattwo-handedsword.Thricehesmotethatstrong,ironboundbox,andatthethirdblowitburstopenandagreatheapofgoldcamerollingforth,gleamingredinthelightofthetorches.Atthissightamurmurwentallaroundamongtheband,likethesoundofthewindindistanttrees;butnomancameforwardnortouchedthemoney.
QuothRobin,"Thou,WillScarlet,thou,AllanaDale,andthou,LittleJohn,countitover."
Alongtimeittooktocountallthemoney,andwhenithadbeendulyscoredup,WillScarletcalledoutthattherewerefifteenhundredgoldenpoundsinall.Butinamongthegoldtheyfoundapaper,andthisWillScarletreadinaloudvoice,andallheardthatthismoneywastherentalandfinesandforfeitsfromcertainestatesbelongingtotheBishopricofHereford.
