"But tell me, good Quince," said Robin, "hast thou a mind to sell those things to me?
Quoth he, "By the turn of thy voice, good Quince, I know that thou hast a fair song or two running loose in thy head like colts in a meadow.
Said he in a slow, wondering voice, "Am I in very truth that fellow?-- Now I had thought--but nay, Quince, thou art mistook--yet--am I?--Nay, I must indeed be Robin Hood!
"Is it so?" said Quince. "Then, indeed, I am somebody else, and can be none other than Robin Hood.
Robin stood looking after them, and when they were gone he laughed till the tears rolled down his cheeks; for he knew that no harm would befall the honest fellow, and he pictured to himself the Bishop's face when good Quince was brought before him as Robin Hood.
INGREDIENTS 1 head of finely shredded red cabbage, 2tbsp olive oil, 1 thinly sliced onion, 2 cloves garlic (crushed), 3
quinces (peeled, cored and cut into large slices), 4tbsp red wine vinegar, 300ml vegetable stock, salt and freshly ground black pepper, 3 peeled and grated beetroot.
To Make Marmalade (From The Little Book of Jams, Jellies and Preserves) Take
quinces and pare then and cut of the cores: then seeth them verie tender in cleane water and straine them in canvas of viij d an ell and let them stande in the vessel wherein they be strained.