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Robin Hood Shoots Before Queen Eleanor
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ThenLittleJohnandWillScarletandAllanaDaleranleaping,fullofjoy,tomakethemselvesready,whileRobinalsopreparedhimselfforthejourney.Afterawhiletheyallfourcameforth,andarightfairsighttheymade,forRobinwascladinbluefromheadtofoot,andLittleJohnandWillScarletingoodLincolngreen,andasforAllanaDale,hewasdressedinscarletfromthecrownofhisheadtothetoesofhispointedshoes.Eachmanworebeneathhiscapalittleheadcoveringofburnishedsteelsetwithrivetsofgold,andunderneathhisjerkinacoatoflinkedmail,asfineascardedwool,yetsotoughthatnoarrowcouldpierceit.Then,seeingallwereready,youngPartingtonmountedhishorseagain,andtheyeomenhavingshakenhandsallaround,thefivedepartedupontheirway.
ThatnighttheytookuptheirinninMeltonMowbray,inLeicestershire,andthenextnighttheylodgedatKettering,inNorthamptonshire;andthenextatBedfordTown;andthenextatSt.Albans,inHertfordshire.Thisplacetheyleftnotlongafterthemiddleofthenight,andtravelingfastthroughthetenderdawningofthesummerday,whenthedewslayshiningonthemeadowsandfaintmistshunginthedales,whenthebirdssangtheirsweetestandthecobwebsbeneaththehedgesglimmeredlikefairyclothofsilver,theycameatlasttothetowersandwallsoffamousLondonTown,whilethemornwasstillyoungandallgoldentowardtheeast.
