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One by one the archers
Stepping forward
Delivered their shafts yeomanlike and bravely. Of twenty-four arrows, shot in succession, ten were fixed in the target, and the others ranged so near it, that, considering the distance of the mark, it was accounted good archery.
Of the ten shafts
Which hit the target, two within the inner ring were shot by Hubert, a forester in the service of Malvoisin, who was accordingly pronounced victorious.
Now, Locksley
Said Prince John to the bold yeoman, with a bitter smile, “wilt thou try conclusions with Hubert, or wilt thou yield up bow, baldric, and quiver, to the Provost of the sports?”
Sith it be no better
Said Locksley, “I am content to try my fortune; on condition that when I have shot two shafts at yonder mark of Hubert’s, he shall be bound to shoot one at that which I shall propose.”
EXPLANATION WITH STEPS
Prince John held his high festival in the Castle of Ashby
This was not the same building of which the stately ruins still interest the traveller, and which was erected at a later period by the Lord Hastings, High Chamberlain of England, one of the first victims of the tyranny of Richard the Third, and yet better known as one of Shakespeare’s characters than by his historical fame.
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The castle
And town of Ashby, at this time, belonged to Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, who, during the period of our history was absent
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In the Holy Land
Prince John, in the meanwhile, occupied his castle, and disposed of his domains without scruple and seeking at present to dazzle
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Men’s eyes by his
Hospitality and magnificence, had given orders for great preparations, in order to render the banquet as splendid as possible.