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Little John Goes to Nottingham Fair
Thenthepeopleshoutedsoloudthatfolkcamerunningfromallabouttoseewhatwastheado;whileLittleJohnleapeddownfromthestandandgavethestaffbacktohimthathadlentittohim.AndthusendedthefamousboutbetweenLittleJohnandErico’Lincolnofgreatrenown.
Butnowthetimehadcomewhenthosewhoweretoshootwiththelongbowweretotaketheirplaces,sothepeoplebeganflockingtothebuttswheretheshootingwastobe.Nearthetarget,inagoodplace,sattheSheriffuponaraiseddais,withmanygentlefolkaroundhim.Whenthearchershadtakentheirplaces,theheraldcameforwardandproclaimedtherulesofthegame,andhoweachshouldshootthreeshots,andtohimthatshouldshootthebesttheprizeoftwofatsteerswastobelong.Ascoreofbraveshotsweregatheredthere,andamongthemsomeofthekeenesthandsatthelongbowinLincolnandNottinghamshire;andamongthemLittleJohnstoodtallerthanalltherest."Whoisyonstrangercladallinscarlet?"saidsome,andothersanswered,"ItishethathathbutnowsosoundlycrackedthecrownofErico’Lincoln."Thusthepeopletalkedamongthemselves,untilatlastitreachedeventheSheriff’sears.
Andnoweachmansteppedforwardandshotinturn;butthougheachshotwell,LittleJohnwasthebestofall,forthreetimeshestrucktheclout,andonceonlythelengthofabarleycornfromthecenter.
