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Robin Hood Shoots Before Queen Eleanor
Theneachoftheseshouldagainshootthreearrowsapiece,andtheonethatshotthebestshouldhavethefirstprize,theonethatshotthenextbestshouldhavethesecond,andtheonethatshotthenextbestshouldhavethethirdprize.Eachoftheothersshouldhavefourscoresilverpenniesforhisshooting.Thefirstprizewastobetwoscoreandtengoldenpounds,asilverbuglehorninlaidwithgold,andaquiverwithtenwhitearrowstippedwithgoldandfeatheredwiththewhiteswan’s-wingtherein.ThesecondprizewastobefivescoreofthefattestbucksthatrunonDallenLea,tobeshotwhentheyeomanthatwonthemchose.ThethirdprizewastobetwotunsofgoodRhenishwine.
SoSirHughspoke,andwhenhehaddoneallthearcherswavedtheirbowsaloftandshouted.Theneachbandturnedandmarchedinorderbacktoitsplace.
Andnowtheshootingbegan,thecaptainsfirsttakingstandandspeedingtheirshaftsandthenmakingroomforthemenwhoshot,eachinturn,afterthem.Twohundredandeightyscoreshaftswereshotinall,andsodeftlyweretheyspedthatwhentheshootingwasdoneeachtargetlookedlikethebackofahedgehogwhenthefarmdogsnuffsatit.Alongtimewastakeninthisshooting,andwhenitwasoverthejudgescameforward,lookedcarefullyatthetargets,andproclaimedinaloudvoicewhichthreehadshotthebestfromtheseparatebands.Thenagreathubbubofvoicesarose,eachmanamongthecrowdthatlookedoncallingforhisfavoritearcher.
