. Life in the greenwood . ee,said Robin ; * thou art doubly welcome, bothfor these tidings thou hast brought and forthyself and thy courtesy. 96 LIFE IN THE GREENWOOD II How Robin entertained the king with a game of archery Now shalt thou see what life we lead, Ere hence thou wend thy way ;Then thou mayest inform our king,When ye together stay. Thus spoke Robin when the feast wasdone, and at a word from Little John the menof the band all leaped up from the table andseized and bent their bows. The king wassore aghast for a moment. He knew not whatwas coming next. But the men had no ill in-tent
. Life in the greenwood . ee,said Robin ; * thou art doubly welcome, bothfor these tidings thou hast brought and forthyself and thy courtesy. 96 LIFE IN THE GREENWOOD II How Robin entertained the king with a game of archery Now shalt thou see what life we lead, Ere hence thou wend thy way ;Then thou mayest inform our king,When ye together stay. Thus spoke Robin when the feast wasdone, and at a word from Little John the menof the band all leaped up from the table andseized and bent their bows. The king wassore aghast for a moment. He knew not whatwas coming next. But the men had no ill in-tent against him. Two rods were set up on the were so far apart that the king declaredthe distance was a good fifty paces too longfor any archers he had ever seen, but Robinonly smiled and bade him wait and see. Oneach rod was hung a rose garland, and thearcher was to stand in an appointed placewith the two rods in line and shoot his arrowthrough the two rose garlands at once. v- - ?1 &lj:wSm&^^->mim. Whoso fails of the rose garlands,His tackle he shall lose. 98 LIFE IN THE GREENWOOD Whoever faileth of these rose garlands,announced Robin, shall lose his shootinggear. That he shall give up to his better inshooting, be it never so fine, and more thanthat, he shall receive a good buffet over thehead from his master. Aye, aye, pluck-buffet, cried the men, forthis game of making a buffet the penalty forpoor shooting was one of their favorite sports. Skillful archers as they were, this test thatRobin had set was one that few could an arrow went through one of the gar-lands but swerved away before it came to thesecond. Twice Robin shot and both times thearrow sped true. Gilbert of the White Handdid as well. Little John and Will Scarlet bothmissed the garland in one of their turns, andRobin gave them a good buffet over the last only Robin and Gilbert were left tosee which could hold out longest. Neitherhad missed as yet. The last time Robin shothe missed
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