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How Sir Richard of the Lea Paid His Debts
NowwhenthejudgesofthewrestlingsawSirRichardcomingandknewwhohewas,thechiefofthemcamedownfromthebenchwhereheandtheotherssat,andwenttotheKnightandtookhimbythehand,beseechinghimtocomeandsitwiththemandjudgethesport.SoSirRichardgotdownfromhishorseandwentwiththeotherstothebenchraisedbesidethering.
Nowtherehadbeengreatdoingsthatmorning,foracertainyeomannamedEgbert,whocamefromStokeoverinStaffordshire,hadthrownwitheaseallthosethatcameagainsthim;butamanofDenby,wellknownthroughallthecountrysideasWilliamoftheScar,hadbeenbidinghistimewiththeStokeman;so,whenEgberthadthrowneveryoneelse,stoutWilliamleapedintothering.Thenatoughboutfollowed,andatlasthethrewEgbertheavily,whereattherewasagreatshoutingandshakingofhands,foralltheDenbymenwereproudoftheirwrestler.
WhenSirRichardcame,hefoundstoutWilliam,puffedupbytheshoutsofhisfriends,walkingupanddownthering,daringanyonetocomeandtryathrowwithhim."Comeone,comeall!"quothhe."HerestandI,WilliamoftheScar,againstanyman.IfthereisnoneinDerbyshiretocomeagainstme,comeallwhowill,fromNottingham,Stafford,orYork,andifIdonotmakethemoneandallrootthegroundwiththeirnoseslikeswineintheforests,callmenomorebraveWilliamthewrestler.
