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3t) Robin Hood.<br />
sworn to spare none of his fellows."<br />
"But we<br />
are going on a messuage from the king," said<br />
Richard. Robin Hood then let<br />
go the bridle ;<br />
and said, "God save the king<br />
!<br />
his foes !"<br />
and confound ail<br />
"Thoucursest thyself,"<br />
said Richard,<br />
"for thou art a robber, an outlaw, and a traitor."<br />
"If you were not his servant," said the other,<br />
"I should say,<br />
You lye;<br />
for I never yet hurt<br />
man that was honest and true, but only those<br />
who give their minds to live upon other people's<br />
earnings. I never hurt the farmer who<br />
tills the ground; I protect women and children,<br />
and the poor for twenty miles round are the<br />
belter for me/'<br />
Robin Hood then asked the strangers to dine<br />
with him.<br />
" You would not be used so," said<br />
he, "if you were not the king's servants: yet,<br />
for King Richard's sake, if you had as much<br />
money as ever I told, I would not deprive you<br />
of a penny." Then Robin Hood put his horn