Приключения Робин Гуда
Will Stutely Rescued by His Companions
"OurdearcompanionWillStutelyhathbeentakenbythatvileSheriff’smen,thereforedothitbehooveustotakebowandbrandinhandtobringhimoffagain;forIwotthatweoughttorisklifeandlimbforhim,ashehathriskedlifeandlimbforus.Isitnotso,mymerrymenall?"Thenallcried,"Ay!"withagreatvoice.
SothenextdaytheyallwendedtheirwayfromSherwoodForest,butbydifferentpaths,foritbehoovedthemtobeverycrafty;sothebandseparatedintopartiesoftwosandthrees,whichwerealltomeetagaininatangleddellthatlayneartoNottinghamTown.Then,whentheyhadallgatheredtogetherattheplaceofmeeting,Robinspoketothemthus:
"Nowwewillliehereinambushuntilwecangetnews,foritdothbehooveustobecunningandwaryifwewouldbringourfriendWillStutelyofffromtheSheriff’sclutches."
Sotheylayhiddenalongtime,untilthesunstoodhighinthesky.Thedaywaswarmandthedustyroadwasbareoftravelers,exceptanagedpalmerwhowalkedslowlyalongthehighroadthatledclosebesidethegraycastlewallofNottinghamTown.WhenRobinsawthatnootherwayfarerwaswithinsight,hecalledyoungDavidofDoncaster,whowasashrewdmanforhisyears,andsaidtohim,"Nowgettheeforth,youngDavid,andspeaktoyonderpalmerthatwalksbesidethetownwall,forhehathcomebutnowfromNottinghamTown,andmaytelltheenewsofgoodStutely,perchance."
