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Robin Hood Shoots Before Queen Eleanor
Whatwiltthouwageruponthymen?"
ThenthemerryKinglaughedagain,forhedearlylovedgoodlyjest;sohesaid,amidsthislaughter,"IwillwagertheetentunsofRhenishwine,tentunsofthestoutestale,andtenscorebowsoftemperedSpanishyew,withquiversandarrowstomatch."
Allthatstoodaroundsmiledatthis,foritseemedamerrywagerforakingtogivetoaqueen;butQueenEleanorbowedherheadquietly."Iwilltakethywager,"saidshe,"forIknowrightwellwheretoplacethosethingsthatthouhastspokenof.Now,whowillbeonmysideinthismatter?"Andshelookedarounduponthemthatstoodabout;butnoonespakeorcaredtowagerupontheQueen’ssideagainstsucharchersasTepusandGilbertandClifton.ThentheQueenspokeagain,"Now,whowillbackmeinthiswager?Wiltthou,myLordBishopofHereford?"
"Nay,"quoththeBishophastily,"itillbefitsoneofmyclothtodealinsuchmatters.Moreover,therearenosucharchersasHisMajesty’sinalltheworld;thereforeIwouldbutlosemymoney.
"Methinksthethoughtofthygoldweighethmoreheavilywiththeethanthewrongtothycloth,"saidtheQueen,smiling,andatthisarippleoflaughterwentaround,foreveryoneknewhowfondtheBishopwasofhismoney.ThentheQueenturnedtoaknightwhostoodnear,whosenamewasSirRobertLee."Wiltthoubackmeinthismanner?"saidshe."Thouartsurelyrichenoughtorisksomuchforthesakeofalady.
