Robin
Hood,
bold and free of every man is unafraid
till one day he meets his match with Marion the name.
Oh.
There we are,
Robin,
on its way to the tax coffers of Prince John.
Uh,
we can use the money better than Prince John.
Did the courier see it our way,
Ned,
with a little persuasion.
Well,
Robin,
did we do a good day's work?
You meant no harm,
Ned,
but you made a mistake.
Mistake relieving this foolish prince of taxes,
he'll only squander,
but this treasure wasn't Prince John's.
Until the courier handed it over in London.
It belongs to the family of Sir William Fitzwalter.
Fitzwalter?
Why,
he's at the Crusades with King Richard,
isn't he?
He is indeed,
and as good a man as lives and one of King Richard's most loyal soldiers.
Well,
how'd you know all this is his?
Because here on this ring is his crest.
Are you certain that is his crest,
Robin?
I know it as well as my own.
Our families were friends.
I used to go hunting with his daughter when we were children.
She was as good with a longbow as I was.
It's hard to imagine her,
a young lady wearing these jewels.
If she has this much treasure,
she can spare some of it for those in more need.
If she were not in need herself,
she wouldn't be sending her jewels to pay the tax collector.
I say this goes back.
Anyone want to take issue?
It may well be our friend Robin still has a soft spot for this young huntress.
I had to add my own jewels to pay the
high taxes that your Prince John has burdened us with,
or both of my lands.
And now the outlaws have taken them in the main highway and in broad daylight,
where we are soldiers,
my Lord sheriff at the time.
If I had 10 times as many men,
I couldn't patrol all the highways against these bandits.
They never strike twice in the same place.
Why wait for them to strike?
Why not strike first?
You have superior numbers.
As if numbers counted in that forest of theirs,
but they've turned every tree into a bowman and every hedge into an ambush.
What's the matter,
my Lord Sheriff?
Are you afraid of these outlaws?
We are biding our time until Robin Hood makes a mistake.
Once again lay our hands on him.
Dealing with the others will be easy.
I used to know Robin when we were children.
I could shoot as straight and narrow as he could.
Would it help if you knew where his camp is,
then you could capture him?
If we knew that we could bring a large force down
on them at night and clean out the whole nest.
You shall have this information,
the Lord.
And
What's going on in that head of yours?
You'll hear soon enough.
If you have any foolhardy notion of venturing into that forest.
I want you to know that I forbid it.
By your own admission,
Sherwood Forest is outside your control.
Oh dear,
dear,
whistling ladies and cackling hens are sure to come to disastrous end.
Nanny,
well,
isn't that what your dear mother used to warn you?
Hardly a good omen for my plans.
Are these your brother Albert's clothes you've got out again,
but he'll have outgrown them when he returns from the Crusades.
Oh,
my lady,
I beg of you,
you're too old to go climbing trees and playing the hoyden.
Remember what your father said when he first saw you in trousers and wrestling.
Didn't I promise him before he left?
I know.
I sit quietly embroidering while all we hold dear is lost.
If we are to lose the manor,
then it is in God's hands.
It's not a woman's place to interfere.
I'm not interfering with a woman.
Now listen to me quietly,
Nanny.
The sheriffs to be informed that I'm riding for Sherwood Forest,
and he's to send a force of soldiers out to meet me at sun up.
Do you understand,
Nanny,
it must be a Raiders's hollow.
Robin is going to rule this business.
Truce,
truce.
How can I tell from the way you looked that you could shoot?
And how could I tell from the noise you made?
You were a man.
So arrows aren't your only Bobs,
I see.
Well they don't need to stand there like a maiden defending her honor here.
I just don't like to be tricked,
nor do I.
What's your name,
lad?
Peter Watts.
There's no meat in our house and I came hunting.
Without a bag for the game.
Well,
what of it anyway.
Would you like to join me?
I was just about to eat when you came crashing along.
I can track as silently as anyone.
You were as touchy as a young mare with a thorn under a saddle.
Come on,
sit down.
Now then,
if your name is Peter Watts,
mine's Will Meadows,
and I'm glad to have your company.
Eating by yourself is a dollar fare.
But tell me,
aren't you afraid to go hunting alone in Sherwood Forest?
The outlaws,
I can shoot as well as any of them.
Just let them try and rob me.
Not that I have any money.
No,
but,
um,
going around hooded on a hot day like this,
well,
they might think you had something to hide.
Go on,
take it off.
Never take it off.
It's
really to make me look older.
Do you think it does?
Oh,
yes,
it,
it really ages you.
Tell me about the outlaws.
Have you ever seen Robin Hood?
Oh,
yes,
um,
frequently.
Really?
Well,
what's he like?
Well,
he's um.
He's rather a pleasant fellow,
but of a devilish quick temper.
He's very touchy about having his lands taken away from him and
his friends badly treated by the sheriff and Prince John's favorites.
Oh,
I can tell you a lot more about him,
but I doubt if you're really that interested.
Oh,
but I am interested.
I wish I could meet him.
I'll take you to see him if you like.
If you came as a friend,
he'd welcome you.
It would be foolish to seek his camp as an enemy.
We seem to be walking in circles.
Oh yes.
Well,
Robin Hood wouldn't like me to bring a stranger into camp
without first making certain that the visitor couldn't retrace his steps.
Then we're close to his camp.
Which one's Robin Hood?
You,
you're Robin Hood.
Welcome to our camp.
I thought you weren't telling me the truth.
Strange.
I had the same feeling about you.
I didn't come into the forest to hunt,
not animals at least.
You mean you were looking for us?
I didn't want to tell you everything because I didn't know who you were.
I'm a page of Prince John's palace.
Court life bored me and I wanted adventure.
All I'd heard about Robin Hood made me want to find him and join his band.
If they'd have me
The man will have to have a say in that as well.
Well,
lads,
what's the vote?
Do we take Peter into our band or no?
Looks a bit puny to my way of thinking.
Ah,
he's got ankles like a woman.
Don't be too hard on the lad,
those legs have only walked on velvet rugs.
How do we know he really was a page?
Like he says,
yeah,
that's right.
He's got a truthful face,
Edgar.
You can see that.
I can tell you exactly how the court looks.
Every single room.
It's an awfully squeaky voice for an outlaw.
Oh,
come,
Ned,
the lad's young.
His voice is changing.
Give it time to settle down.
But there's no muscle on his arm.
Couldn't even draw a bow.
Well,
and,
if you can draw a bow the way you can wrestle,
you'll have my vote.
Set up a mark and we'll shoot against each other.
Fair enough.
And my liking.
He wander as the sheriff of Nottingham when he truly belongs hanging from a tree.
What say you,
Peter,
we try to puncture his tough hide with an arrow.
Very good,
Ned.
Let's see you do better.
The sheriff has hung there long enough.
Give me leave to cut him down.
By the saints,
this I must see.
Peter,
you deserve to be one of us.
What say you,
lads?
I'm for him.
What say we take him down to the stream.
Yes,
the swim will cool you off.
Oh no,
please,
I don't swim.
Oh,
come on,
there's nothing to it.
Yes,
you just take off your clothes and jump in.
No,
both my parents were drowned.
Oh,
we'll look at you,
please.
All right,
all right,
we've had our sports.
Now we have work to do.
It's our custom to let the latest recruit prepare our evening meal.
I should warn you,
these are the hungriest outlaws in all England.
Oh,
more venison.
For a court dandy or makes a passing fair cook.
That's enough,
Peter.
The rest can wait for the morning.
There's your bed.
Well,
I trust you're enjoying the outdoor life.
This morning when you found out who I was,
you weren't really surprised,
though you pretended to be.
You'd already guessed I was Robin,
hadn't you?
Yes.
You're sure there's nothing else you'd like to tell me,
lad?
About what?
What about
you?
I'm very tired.
Perhaps in the morning.
Be well.
Cedric,
I'm posting an extra guard tonight.
Will you take the first watch?
Hi,
Robin.
Am I to go up with the lookout and see nobody slips in?
No,
you ought to see nobody slips out,
hm.
Oh,
but he seems like a good lad.
Even a good lad can get into mischief.
Come on then,
rouse yourself,
lad,
your watch.
Come on then,
stir yourself your watch.
Come on,
lads,
shake your brains.
How did little silver spoon get on with no feather mattress?
Not a move.
I should think he'd have turned like a spindle,
cute little tight.
Come on,
wake up.
Siric
Robin,
wake up.
It's Peter.
He's gone.
Don,
well,
I thought I told you.
I swear I don't know how he did it,
Robin.
He,
I must have been too trusty.
I.
Never mind,
Cedric,
it's my fault for taking chances with somebody I suspected.
Uh,
sound of blast on this horn if I need help.
Stay here,
alert the men.
You haven't changed,
Marian.
I can hardly say the same for you.
When did you first find out who I was?
I guessed almost at once,
but I had to find out what you were up to,
though I almost left it too late.
Now what is the gallant Robin Hood going to do?
rob me again?
I'll save you the trouble.
I hoped you'd understand us better by now,
after visiting our camp and meeting my men.
If your father in England,
he'd be with his heart and hand.
How'd you expect by making me your cook and dishwasher
would change my mind about a den of thieves?
That was for trying to trick me.
I'm sorry I hurt you,
but I couldn't have you leading the sheriff's men back to our camp,
could I?
You rob me of almost all I have,
and you still expect me to regard you as a friend.
I returned your money to your home yesterday morning.
When you were still in the forest,
I was on my way back to camp when we met.
Now,
stand up and see how the ankle is.
It is the same girl,
the way I remember you all these years.
Even the boys' clothes you like to wear.
I've thought of you often,
Robin,
but
they say such things about you.
What am I to believe?
What your heart tells you.
Surround
The name of the sheriff.
My lady,
my lady,
the jewels and the money.
You haven't been gone an hour when it came hurtling
through the window and fell at my very feet.
Not a soul in sight.
Nanny,
there are more coins here than I had.
Enough to pay Prince John.
Well,
I vow.
Some people do say that Robin Hood is more saint than outlaw.
Now you can keep your mother's jewels,
bless her.
But this
Forgive us
and the affectionate regards of an old friend.
Well,
you don't seem overjoyed,
I must say.
You got what you went after,
didn't you?
Nanny fetch my rough dress.
I'm off to Nottingham.
Prince John has declared a public holiday for the hanging.
And he has dispatched 100 men at arms to escort the prisoner to London.
How further in your cap,
if I may say so,
my lord.
You may indeed,
but we must not forget the Lady Marion's part in his capture.
I still marvel that he walked into your trap.
You must have planned it very carefully.
Yes,
yes,
we worked it all out thoroughly before she went into the forest.
Lady Marion Fitzwalter,
Lord,
show her in.
Marion,
my dear,
we were just singing your praises.
My compliments,
Lady Marion.
Delivering Robin Hood into our hands was no small feat.
Thank you.
Be seated.
I'm writing to the prince to ask him that you
should have the seat of honor at the hanging and
one half of the reward.
Does that meet with your approval?
One thing more I crave,
my lord.
You shall have whatever you need.
The return of my jewels.
I beg permission to visit the prisoner in his
cell and find out where he's hidden them.
Before the hanging.
Your request is granted.
But supposing
as is most likely.
He refuses to tell you.
But then?
I thought perhaps you might have means of persuading him.
That would be a pleasure.
Sergeant,
Lord,
you will escort the Lady Marian to the prisoner's cell
and do as she requests.
But any torture,
it may seem necessary to inflict must stop short of the prisoner's death.
I have Prince John's command to hand him over alive.
Yes,
my lord.
Grant me one favor before you die.
A favor for you.
I'm hardly in a position to grant anyone a favor.
Where are my jewels that you've stolen from me?
I already told you I took them back to your home.
Go there and see for yourself.
I've just come from my home,
and no one's seen either you or the jewels.
Have it your own way,
but don't leave me alone.
Sergeant,
bring me 2 of your strongest men.
And the instruments to make him talk.
Yes,
the lady.
The years have given you a taste for strange pleasures.
Mary,
quickly,
Robin,
tie me up and bind me.
But what about you?
I can't right.
They'll never suspect me.
What happened?
Where is he?
He broke free and escaped.
Don't stand there.