This must serve till the King 's clerks write out thy title on a parchment . England is all ours -- if we can hold it . '' ' `` What service shall I pay ? '' I asked , and I remember I was proud beyond words . ' `` Knight 's fee , boy , knight 's fee ! '' said he , hopping round his horse on one foot . -LRB- Have I said he was little , and could not endure to be helped to his saddle ? -RRB- `` Six mounted men or twelve archers thou shalt send me whenever I call for them , and -- where got you that corn ? '' said he , for it was near harvest , and our corn stood well . `` I have never seen such bright straw . Send me three bags of the same seed yearly , and furthermore , in memory of our last meeting -- with the rope round thy neck -- entertain me and my men for two days of each year in the Great Hall of thy Manor . '' ' `` Alas ! '' said I , `` then my Manor is already forfeit . I am under vow not to enter the Great Hall . '' And I told him what I had sworn to the Lady Ælueva . ' ` And had n't you ever been into the house since ? ' said Una . ` Never , ' Sir Richard answered , smiling . ' I had made me a little hut of wood up the hill , and there I did justice and slept ... De Aquila wheeled aside , and his shield shook on his back . `` No matter , boy , '' said he .
`` I will remit the homage for a XXXXX . '' '
Aquila England Hall King Richard Una archers year yearly Ælueva