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side, while the queen’s champions, all clad in green, with Robin Hood at their head, took their station on the others ; but the queen was the only person there who knew them. After sounding the trumpets, King Richard announced the prizes which were to be bestowed on the best marksmen, and the courtiers began to offer bets of six to one in favour of the king’s men ; but no one would bet against them. “Will no knight venture his money on my side? said the queen. “Come, Sir Robert Lee, you must try your fortune ;” but the knight begged to be excused, as there was no chance of success. The queen then asked the Bishop of Hereford, Robin Hood’s old foe; but he swore by his silver mitre, that he would not bet one penny, “ you won’t bet on the queen’s side, how much will you venture on the king’s?’ said Robin, “ All the gold I have with me, which is five hundred pounds,” replied the Bishop, & he laid the money on the ground. Robin immediately produced a bag of the same value, and threw it down upon the green. Before the bowmen began, Queen Eleanor craved this boon from the king