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How Sir Richard of the Lea Paid His Debts
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ButinthemeantimethreemenhadcomeforwardandliftedstoutWilliamfromthegroundandfoundthathewasnotdead,thoughbadlyshakenbyhisheavyfall.Thenthechiefjudgeroseandsaid,"Youngman,theprizeisdulythine.Hereisthered-goldring,andherethegloves,andyonderstandsthepipeofwinetodowithwhatsoeverthoudostlist."
Atthis,theyouth,whohaddonnedhisclothesandtakenuphisstaffagain,bowedwithoutaword,then,takingtheglovesandthering,andthrustingtheoneintohisgirdleandslippingtheotheruponhisthumb,heturnedand,leapinglightlyovertheropesagain,madehiswaythroughthecrowd,andwasgone.
"Now,Iwonderwhoyonyouthmaybe,"saidthejudge,turningtoSirRichard,"heseemethlikeastoutSaxonfromhisredcheeksandfairhair.ThisWilliamofoursisastoutman,too,andneverhaveIseenhimcastintheringbefore,albeithehathnotyetstrivenwithsuchgreatwrestlersasThomasofCornwall,DicconofYork,andyoungDavidofDoncaster.Hathhenotafirmfootinthering,thinkestthou,SirRichard?"
"Ay,truly,andyetthisyouththrewhimfairly,andwithwondrousease.Imuchwonderwhohecanbe."ThussaidSirRichardinathoughtfulvoice.
ForatimetheKnightstoodtalkingtothoseabouthim,butatlasthearoseandmadereadytodepart,sohecalledhismenabouthimand,tighteningthegirthsofhissaddle,hemountedhishorseoncemore.
