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The Chase of Robin Hood
ThenIwillhiemetoLondonTownwithatroopofmenbehindme,andthoushaltminglewiththem,andthuswillIbringtheetowherethoumaystseeandspeakwiththeQueen.ThyonlyhopeistogettoSherwood,fortherenonecanreachthee,andthouwiltnevergettoSherwoodbutinthisway."
SoRobinwentwithSirRichardoftheLea,anddidashesaid,forhesawthewisdomofthatwhichtheknightadvised,andthatthiswashisonlychanceofsafety.
QueenEleanorwalkedinherroyalgarden,amidtherosesthatbloomedsweetly,andwithherwalkedsixofherladies-in-waiting,chatteringblithelytogether.Ofasuddenamanleapeduptothetopofthewallfromtheotherside,andthen,hangingforamoment,droppedlightlyuponthegrasswithin.Alltheladies-in-waitingshriekedatthesuddennessofhiscoming,butthemanrantotheQueenandkneeledatherfeet,andshesawthatitwasRobinHood.
"Why,hownow,Robin!"criedshe,"dostthoudaretocomeintotheveryjawsoftheraginglion?Alas,poorfellow!ThouartlostindeediftheKingfindstheehere.Dostthounotknowthatheisseekingtheethroughalltheland?"
"Yea,"quothRobin,"IdoknowrightwellthattheKingseeksme,andthereforeIhavecome;for,surely,noillcanbefallmewhenhehathpledgedhisroyalwordtoYourMajestyformysafety.Moreover,IknowYourMajesty’skindnessandgentlenessofheart,andsoIlaymylifefreelyinyourgracioushands.
