Monday, June 15, 2015

Quote #3 from The Black Arrow

“I had four black arrows under my belt,
four for the grief’s that I have felt,
Four for the number of ill mine that have oppressed me now and then.

One is gone; one is well sped;
Old Applegard is dead.

One is for Master Bennet Hatch that burned Brimstone, walls and thatch.
One is for Sir Oliver Oates that cut Sir Harry Shelton’s throat.
Sir Daniel, you will have the fourth, we think it’s fair sport.

You shall each have your own part, a black arrow in each of your black hearts
Get to your knees to pray: You are dead thieves’, by yea and nay!

Jon Amend-All of Green Wood, and his jolly fellowship.

‘Item, we have more arrows and good hemp cord for others of your following’ “


Prologue-John Amand-All, The Black Arrow-A Tale of Two Roses, Robert Louis Stevenson

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