Chapter 23 HOW ROBIN HOOD AND MAID MARIAN WERE WED

"Stand up again," then said the King,

"I'll thee thy pardon give;

Stand up, my friend, who can contend,

When I give leave to live?"

Then Robin Hood began a health

To Marian, his only dear,

And his yeomen all, both comely and tall,

Did quickly bring up the rear.

"Your pardon, sire!" exclaimed Robin Hood. "Pardon, from your ro