\starttext

\definepairedbox
  [mylegend]
  [location={right,top}]

\startitemize[n,packed,joinedup][stopper=)]
    \startitem
        some introduction text \blank and some more \blank
        \startplacemylegend
            \startcontent
                \starttable[|l|l|]
                    \HL \VL foo     \VL bar \VL \NR \HL
                    \VL \VL \VL \AR \VL \VL \VL \AR \HL
                    \VL \VL \VL \AR \VL \VL \VL \AR \HL
                    \VL \VL \VL \AR \VL \VL \VL \AR \HL
                \stoptable
            \stopcontent
            \startcaption
                \input ward
            \stopcaption
        \stopplacemylegend
    \stopitem
    \startitem
        and even more
    \stopitem
\stopitemize

\stoptext
