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Robin Hood Shoots Before Queen Eleanor
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ThusAllansang,andashesangalleyesdwelleduponhimandnotasoundbrokethestillness,andevenafterhehaddonethesilencehungforashortspace.SothetimepassedtillthehourdrewnighfortheholdingofthegreatarcherymatchinFinsburyFields.
AgaysightwerefamousFinsburyFieldsonthatbrightandsunnymorningoflustysummertime.Alongtheendofthemeadowstoodtheboothsforthedifferentbandsofarchers,fortheKing’syeomenweredividedintocompaniesoffourscoremen,andeachcompanyhadacaptainoverit;soonthebrightgreenswardstoodtenboothsofstripedcanvas,aboothforeachbandoftheroyalarchers,andatthepeakofeachflutteredaflaginthemellowair,andtheflagwasthecolorthatbelongedtothecaptainofeachband.FromthecenterboothhungtheyellowflagofTepus,thefamousbowbeareroftheKing;nexttoit,ononehand,wastheblueflagofGilbertoftheWhiteHand,andontheothertheblood-redpennantofstoutyoungCliftonofBuckinghamshire.Thesevenotherarchercaptainswerealsomenofgreatrenown;amongthemwereEgbertofKentandWilliamofSouthampton;butthosefirstnamedweremostfamousofall.Thenoiseofmanyvoicesintalkandlaughtercamefromwithinthebooths,andinandoutrantheattendantslikeantsaboutanant-hill.Someborealeandbeer,andsomebundlesofbowstringsorsheavesofarrows.
