"But I provoked the earl to the conflict," said Richmond: "I was the
aggressor."

"Your grace will represent the matter as you see fit to your royal
father," rejoined the officer. "I shall fulfil my duty. My lord, to the guard-
house!"

"I will procure your instant liberation, Surrey," said Richmond.

The earl was then led away, and conveyed to a chamber in the lower
part of Henry the Eighth's gate, now used as a place of military
punishment, and denominated the "black hole."



VIII. Of Tristram Lyndwood, the old Forester, and his Grand-daughter
Mabel--Of the Peril in which the Lady Anne Boleyn was placed during
the chase--And by whom she was rescued.


In consequence of the announcement that a grand hunting party would
be held in the forest, all the verderers, rangers, and keepers assembled
at an early hour on the fourth day after the king's arrival at Windsor in
an open space on the west side of the great avenue, where a wooden
stand was erected, canopied over with green boughs and festooned
with garlands of flowers, for the accommodation of the Lady Anne
Boleyn and her dames, who, it was understood, would be present at the
chase.

At a little distance from the stand an extensive covert was fenced