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How Sir Richard of the Lea Paid His Debts

           

           ThenSirRichardcalledaloud,"Friends,thisisDavidofDoncaster;sothinkitnoshamethatyourDenbymanwascastbysuchawrestler.Hebearethyounoillwillforwhathathpassed,butletitbeawarningtoyouhowyetreatstrangershenceforth.Hadyeslainhimitwouldhavebeenanilldayforyou,forRobinHoodwouldhaveharriedyourtownasthekestrelharriesthedovecote.Ihaveboughtthepipeofwinefromhim,andnowIgiveitfreelytoyoutodrinkasyelist.Butneverhereafterwardfalluponamanforbeingastoutyeoman."

           Atthisallshoutedamain;butintruththeythoughtmoreofthewinethanoftheKnight’swords.ThenSirRichard,withDavidbesidehimandhismen-at-armsaround,turnedaboutandleftthefair.

           Butinafterdays,whenthementhatsawthatwrestlingboutwerebentwithage,theywouldshaketheirheadswhentheyheardofanystalwartgame,andsay,"Ay,ay;butthoushouldsthaveseenthegreatDavidofDoncastercaststoutWilliamoftheScaratDenbyfair."

           RobinHoodstoodinthemerrygreenwoodwithLittleJohnandmostofhisstoutyeomenaroundhim,awaitingSirRichard’scoming.Atlastaglintofsteelwasseenthroughthebrownforestleaves,andforthfromthecovertintotheopenrodeSirRichardattheheadofhismen.HecamestraightforwardtoRobinHoodandleapingfromoffhishorse,claspedtheyeomaninhisarms.

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