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But the rich man only answered that the money must be paid that day. Then the Knight stood up straight and tall.
但富人只回答道，錢必須那天還，之后騎士直起了腰板。
You are not courteous, he said, to make a knight kneel so long. But it is well to try out one's friends in the hour of need.
他說你一點都不禮貌，讓一個騎士跪這么長時間，
Then he looked the rich man full in the face, and the man felt uneasy and hated the Knight more than ever.
之后騎士盯著富人，富人感到不安，更加恨這個騎士。
Out of my hall, false Knight, he cried, pretending to a courage he did not feel. But the Knight answered him,
他叫嚷道，滾出我的門廳，假騎士，假裝他從未有過的勇敢，但騎士對他說，
Never was I false, and that I have shown in many a contest. Then he strode up to a table and emptied out four hundred pounds.
我從來不是虛假的，這一點在許多角逐中都印證過了，他大步向桌子走去，倒出了400英鎊。
Take your gold which you lent to me a year ago, he said. Had you but received me kindly, I would have paid you something more.
他說拿走你一年前借給我的錢，如果你能夠對我和藹點，我還能多給你點。
Then he passed out of the hall singing merrily and rode back to his house, where his wife met him at the gate.
之后走出了門廳，歡快地唱著歌，騎馬回到了住地，他的妻子在門口見到了他。
Then he told her how Robin Hood had befriended him. But for this kindness of Robin Hood, he said, we should now be beggars.
并告訴了她羅賓漢是如何把他當做朋友的，他說因為羅賓漢的善良，我們應該當乞丐。
After this the Knight dwelt at home, looking after his lands and saving his money carefully,
此后騎士待在家里，照看他的土地，并好好省錢，
till the four hundred pounds lay ready for Robin Hood. Then he bought a hundred bows and a hundred arrows,
直到為羅賓漢準備好400英鎊，之后他買了100頭牛和一百只弓箭，
and every arrow had a head of silver and peacock's feathers. Clothing himself in white and red, and with a hundred men,
每只箭都有銀色的頭和孔雀的羽毛，他穿上了白紅色的衣服，帶領著一百人，
he set off to Sherwood Forest. There under the greenwood tree he found Robin and his merry men waiting for him,
前往了舍伍德森林，在綠樹下，他發現羅賓漢和他的伙伴正在等待他，
according to the promise they had made the year before. God save thee, Robin Hood, And all this company.
這是一年前他們定下的約定，羅賓漢說上帝保佑你，和你的所有伙伴。
Welcome be thou, gentle Knight, And right welcome to me. Hast thou thy land again? said Robin;
歡迎你，我親愛的騎士，歡迎我，羅賓漢說你奪回土地了嗎？
Truth then tell thou me. Yea, fore God, said the Knight, And for it thank I God and thee.
告訴我真相，騎士說上帝保佑，沒錯，我要感謝上帝，感謝你。
Have here four hundred pounds, The which you lent to me; And here are also twenty marks, For your courtesie.
這是400英鎊，你借給我的錢，還有另外20英鎊，是為你的謙遜。
But Robin would not take the money. A miracle had happened, he said,
但羅賓漢沒有拿著這些錢，它說奇跡發生了，
and it had been paid to him, and shame would it be to take it twice over.
這錢已經給過他了，拿兩次錢就會感到羞愧。
