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I
might
as
well
shoot
at
the
edge
of
our
parson
's
whittle
,
or
at
a
wheat
straw
,
or
at
a
sunbeam
,
as
at
a
twinkling
white
streak
which
I
can
hardly
see
.
"
"
Cowardly
dog
!
"
said
Prince
John
.
--
"
Sirrah
Locksley
,
do
thou
shoot
;
but
,
if
thou
hittest
such
a
mark
,
I
will
say
thou
art
the
first
man
ever
did
so
.
However
it
be
,
thou
shalt
not
crow
over
us
with
a
mere
show
of
superior
skill
.
"
"
I
will
do
my
best
,
as
Hubert
says
,
"
answered
Locksley
;
"
no
man
can
do
more
.
"
So
saying
,
he
again
bent
his
bow
,
but
on
the
present
occasion
looked
with
attention
to
his
weapon
,
and
changed
the
string
,
which
he
thought
was
no
longer
truly
round
,
having
been
a
little
frayed
by
the
two
former
shots
.
He
then
took
his
aim
with
some
deliberation
,
and
the
multitude
awaited
the
event
in
breathless
silence
.
The
archer
vindicated
their
opinion
of
his
skill
:
his
arrow
split
the
willow
rod
against
which
it
was
aimed
.
A
jubilee
of
acclamations
followed
;
and
even
Prince
John
,
in
admiration
of
Locksley
's
skill
,
lost
for
an
instant
his
dislike
to
his
person
.
"
These
twenty
nobles
,
"
he
said
,
"
which
,
with
the
bugle
,
thou
hast
fairly
won
,
are
thine
own
;
we
will
make
them
fifty
,
if
thou
wilt
take
livery
and
service
with
us
as
a
yeoman
of
our
body
guard
,
and
be
near
to
our
person
.
For
never
did
so
strong
a
hand
bend
a
bow
,
or
so
true
an
eye
direct
a
shaft
.
"
"
Pardon
me
,
noble
Prince
,
"
said
Locksley
;
"
but
I
have
vowed
,
that
if
ever
I
take
service
,
it
should
be
with
your
royal
brother
King
Richard
These
twenty
nobles
I
leave
to
Hubert
,
who
has
this
day
drawn
as
brave
a
bow
as
his
grandsire
did
at
Hastings
.
Had
his
modesty
not
refused
the
trial
,
he
would
have
hit
the
wand
as
well
I.
"
Hubert
shook
his
head
as
he
received
with
reluctance
the
bounty
of
the
stranger
,
and
Locksley
,
anxious
to
escape
further
observation
,
mixed
with
the
crowd
,
and
was
seen
no
more
.
The
victorious
archer
would
not
perhaps
have
escaped
John
's
attention
so
easily
,
had
not
that
Prince
had
other
subjects
of
anxious
and
more
important
meditation
pressing
upon
his
mind
at
that
instant
.
He
called
upon
his
chamberlain
as
he
gave
the
signal
for
retiring
from
the
lists
,
and
commanded
him
instantly
to
gallop
to
Ashby
,
and
seek
out
Isaac
the
Jew
.
"
Tell
the
dog
,
"
he
said
,
"
to
send
me
,
before
sun-down
,
two
thousand
crowns
.
He
knows
the
security
;
but
thou
mayst
show
him
this
ring
for
a
token
.
The
rest
of
the
money
must
be
paid
at
York
within
six
days
.
If
he
neglects
,
I
will
have
the
unbelieving
villain
's
head
.
Look
that
thou
pass
him
not
on
the
way
;
for
the
circumcised
slave
was
displaying
his
stolen
finery
amongst
us
.
"
So
saying
,
the
Prince
resumed
his
horse
,
and
returned
to
Ashby
,
the
whole
crowd
breaking
up
and
dispersing
upon
his
retreat
.
In
rough
magnificence
array
'd
,
