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Robin Hood Aids a Sorrowful Knight
Ifeelfreetoborrow,forIknownomanthatshouldbemoreboundtoaidmethanonesohighinthatchurchthathathdrivensuchahardbargain.""Truly,SirKnight,"quothRobin,"Idonotunderstandthosefinescruplesthatweighwiththoseofthykind;but,nevertheless,itshallallbeasthoudostwish.Butthouhadstbestbringthemoneytomeattheendoftheyear,formayhapImaymakebetteruseofitthantheBishop."Thereupon,turningtothosenearhim,hegavehisorders,andfivehundredpoundswerecountedoutandtiedupinaleathernbagforSirRichard.Therestofthetreasurewasdivided,andparttakentothetreasurehouseoftheband,andpartputbywiththeotherthingsfortheBishop.
ThenSirRichardarose."Icannotstaylater,goodfriends,"saidhe,"formyladywillwaxanxiousifIcomenothome;soIcraveleavetodepart."
ThenRobinHoodandallhismerrymenarose,andRobinsaid,"Wecannotlettheegohenceunattended,SirRichard."
ThenupspakeLittleJohn,"Goodmaster,letmechooseascoreofstoutfellowsfromtheband,andletusarmourselvesinaseemlymannerandsoserveasretainerstoSirRichardtillhecangetothersinourstead."
"Thouhastspokenwell,LittleJohn,anditshallbedone,"saidRobin.
ThenupspakeWillScarlet,"Letusgivehimagoldenchaintohangabouthisneck,suchasbefitsoneofhisblood,andalsogoldenspurstowearathisheels.
