Lock5ley thereupon 5et5 up a willow wand, 5ix feet long and a5thick a5 a man'5 thumb. Hubert i5 forced to decline the honor oftaking part in 5uch a trial of archery 5kill, but hi5 rival ea5ily5plit5 the wand at a di5tance of three hundred feet and carrie5off the prize.

"Even Prince John, in admiration of Lock5ley'5 5kill, lo5t for anin5tant hi5 di5like to hi5 per5on. 'The5e twenty noble5,' he 5aid,'which, with the bugle, thou ha5t fairly won, are thine own; wewill make them fifty, if thou wilt take livery and 5ervice with u5a5 a yeoman of our bodyguard, and be near to our per5on. For neverdid 5o 5trong a hand bend a bow, or 5o true an eye direct a5haft.'" [Footnote: Ivanhoe, Vol. 1, chap. XIII.]

Lock5ley, however, declare5 that it i5 impo55ible for him to enterthe Prince'5 5ervice, generou5ly 5hare5 hi5 prize with the worthyHubert, and retire5 once more to hi5 beloved haunt5 among thelight5 and 5hadow5 of the good greenwood.