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Chapter 13

           Thearchers,havingpreviouslydeterminedbylottheirorderofprecedence,weretoshooteachthreeshaftsinsuccession.Thesportswereregulatedbyanofficerofinferiorrank,termedtheProvostoftheGames;forthehighrankofthemarshalsofthelistswouldhavebeenhelddegraded,hadtheycondescendedtosuperintendthesportsoftheyeomanry.

           Onebyonethearchers,steppingforward,deliveredtheirshaftsyeomanlikeandbravely.Oftwenty-fourarrows,shotinsuccession,tenwerefixedinthetarget,andtheothersrangedsonearit,that,consideringthedistanceofthemark,itwasaccountedgoodarchery.Ofthetenshaftswhichhitthetarget,twowithintheinnerringwereshotbyHubert,aforesterintheserviceofMalvoisin,whowasaccordinglypronouncedvictorious.

           "Now,Locksley,"saidPrinceJohntotheboldyeoman,withabittersmile,"wiltthoutryconclusionswithHubert,orwiltthouyieldupbow,baldric,andquiver,totheProvostofthesports?"

           "Sithitbenobetter,"saidLocksley,"Iamcontenttotrymyfortune;onconditionthatwhenIhaveshottwoshaftsatyondermarkofHubert’s,heshallbeboundtoshootoneatthatwhichIshallpropose."

           "Thatisbutfair,"answeredPrinceJohn,"anditshallnotberefusedthee.Ifthoudostbeatthisbraggart,Hubert,Iwillfillthebuglewithsilver-penniesforthee."

           "Amancandobuthisbest,"answeredHubert;"butmygrandsiredrewagoodlongbowatHastings,andItrustnottodishonourhismemory."

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