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Who is your master? asked the Knight. Robin Hood, answered Little John.
這名騎士問誰是你的主人？小約翰稱羅賓漢。
I have heard much good of him, replied the Knight, and will go with you gladly.
騎士說我聽說他做過許多好事，我很樂意和你一同去。
Then they all set off together, tears running down the Knight's cheeks. But he said nothing; neither was anything said to him.
他們一起上了路，眼淚從騎士的面頰留下來，但他什么都沒說，也沒人和他說話。
In this manner they came to Robin Hood. Welcome, Sir Knight, cried he, and thrice welcome,
就這樣他們去見了羅賓漢，羅賓漢大叫道歡迎，騎士，再次歡迎你，
for I waited to eat till you or some other had come to me. God save you, good Robin, answered the Knight;
我等著你或其他人來才開始吃飯，騎士回答道，上帝拯救你，偉大的羅賓漢。
and after they had washed themselves in the stream, they sat down to dine off bread and wine,
他們在小河中清洗完身子后，他們坐下來吃面包和喝紅酒，
with flesh of the King's deer, and swans and pheasants. Such a dinner have I not had for three weeks and more, said the Knight.
還有國王的鹿肉，天鵝和野雞，騎士說這樣的美味我已經有三周或更久沒有享用過了。
And if I ever come again this way, good Robin, I will give you as fine a dinner as you have given me.
如果我能夠再次來到這里，偉大的羅賓漢，我將以同樣的盛宴招待你。
I thank you, replied Robin. But before you go, pay me, I pray you, for the food which you have had.
羅賓漢對此表示感謝，但在你走之前，請給我錢，我給你祈禱，為你吃的這頓飯給我錢。
It was never the custom for a yeoman to pay for a knight.
還沒有自耕農向騎士支付的習俗。
My bag is empty, said the Knight, except for ten shillings only. Go, Little John, and look in his wallet, said Robin,
騎士說我的口袋是空的，除了十先令，羅賓漢說小約翰去看看，看看他的錢包，
and, Sir Knight, if in truth you have no more, not one penny will I take; nay, I will give you all that you shall need.
騎士，如果你真的沒有錢，我不會拿走你身上一分錢，不會，我還會給你你需要的一切。
So Little John spread out the Knight's mantle and opened the bag, and therein lay ten shillings and nothing else.
小約翰展開了騎士的披風，打開了包裹，里面只有十先令，什么都沒有了。
What tidings, Little John? cried his master. Sir, the Knight speaks truly, said Little John.
主人叫嚷道，怎么樣了小約翰？小約翰說主人，騎士說的沒錯。
Then tell me, Sir Knight, whether it is your own ill doings which have brought you to this sad condition.
騎士說請告訴我，是不是你做的壞事讓你深陷現在的困境。
For a hundred years my fathers have dwelt and prospered in the forest, answered the Knight.
騎士回答道一百年了，我們的先輩在森林中棲息和發展。
But within two years misfortune has befallen me and my wife and my children. How did this evil come to pass? asked Robin.
但在兩年內，厄運降臨在我身上，孩子和妻子身上，羅賓漢詢問道，厄運是如何產生的？
Through my own folly, answered the Knight, and because of the great love I bore my son, who, before he was twenty years old,
騎士回答道我自己的愚笨，因為我對兒子深深的愛，在他20歲之前，
slew a knight of Lancaster and his servant. For their deaths I had to pay a large sum,
殺死了蘭卡斯特騎士和他的仆人，因為他們的死，我必須要支付大量資金，
which I could not raise without pledging my lands to a rich man at York.
由于我無法支付，我不得不把約克的土地抵押給富人。
If I cannot give him the money by a certain day, my lands will be lost to me forever.
如果我無法在限定時間還清，我將永遠失去土地。
