But But now now seven seven habits habits such as as Black Black Friars Friars wear wear were were brought brought , , and and the the King King and and those those about about him him having having clad themselves themselves therein therein , , and and His His Majesty Majesty having having hung hung a a purse with with a a hundred hundred golden golden pounds pounds in it it beneath beneath his his robes robes , , they they all all went went forth forth and and mounted mounted the the mules mules that that had had been been brought brought to to the the door door for for them them . . Then the King bade the Sheriff be silent as to their doings , and so they set forth upon their way . Onward they they traveled traveled , , laughing laughing and and jesting jesting , , until until they they passed passed through through the the open open country country ; ; between between bare bare harvest harvest fields fields whence whence the the harvest harvest had had been been gathered gathered home home ; ; through through scattered scattered glades glades that that began began to to thicken thicken as as they they went went farther farther along along , , till till they came came within within the the heavy heavy shade shade of of the the forest forest itself itself . . They traveled in the forest for several miles without meeting anyone such as they sought , until they had come to that part of the road that lay nearest to Newstead Abbey .
Но теперь было принесено семь одеяний, какие носят Черные монахи, и король и его окружение облачились в них, и его Величество повесил под одеждой кошелек с сотней золотых фунтов, все они вышли и сели на мулов, которых привели к двери для них. Тогда король велел шерифу молчать об их деяниях, и они отправились в путь. Они ехали дальше, смеясь и шутя, пока не пересекли открытую местность; между голыми полями, с которых урожай был собран домой; через разбросанные поляны, которые начали сгущаться по мере их продвижения, пока они не оказались в густой тени самого леса. Они прошли по лесу несколько миль, не встретив никого, кого искали, пока не добрались до той части дороги, которая лежала ближе всего к Ньюстедскому аббатству.
