Chapter 12 HOW MAID MARIAN CAME BACK TO SHERWOOD FOREST; ALSO, HOW ROBIN HOOD CAME BEFORE QUEEN ELEANOR.

But Robin Hood, he himself had disguis'd,

And Marian was strangely attir'd,

That they proved foes, and so fell to blows,

Whose valor bold Robin admir'd.

And when he came at London's court,

He fell down on his knee.

"Thou art welcome, Lockesley," said the Queen,

"And all thy good yeomandree."

Now it fell out that one day not