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Then

,

after

they

had

rested

a

short

time

,

those

ten

stout

men

stepped

forth

to

shoot

again

.

Each

man

shot

two

arrows

,

and

as

they

shot

,

not

a

word

was

spoken

,

but

all

the

crowd

watched

with

scarce

a

breath

of

sound

;

but

when

the

last

had

shot

his

arrow

another

great

shout

arose

,

while

many

cast

their

caps

aloft

for

joy

of

such

marvelous

shooting

.

"

"

Now

Now

by

by

our

our

gracious

gracious

Lady

Lady

fair

fair

,

,

"

"

quoth

quoth

old

old

Sir

Sir

Amyas

Amyas

o

'

'

the

the

Dell

Dell

,

,

who

who

,

,

bowed

bowed

with

fourscore

fourscore

years

years

and

and

more

more

,

,

sat

sat

near

near

the

the

Sheriff

Sheriff

,

,

"

"

ne'er

saw

saw

I

I

such

such

archery

archery

in

in

all

all

my

my

life

life

before

before

,

,

yet

yet

have

have

I

I

seen

seen

the

the

best

best

hands

hands

at

at

the

the

longbow

longbow

for

for

threescore

threescore

years

years

and

and

more

more

.

.

"

"

And

now

but

three

men

were

left

of

all

those

that

had

shot

before

.

One

was

Gill

o

'

the

Red

Cap

,

one

the

tattered

stranger

in

scarlet

,

and

one

Adam

o

'

the

Dell

of

Tamworth

Town

.

Then

all

the

people

called

aloud

,

some

crying

,

"

Ho

for

Gilbert

o

'

the

Red

Cap

!

"

and

some

,

"

Hey

for

stout

Adam

o

'

Tamworth

!

"

But

not

a

single

man

in

the

crowd

called

upon

the

stranger

in

scarlet

.

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"

Now

,

shoot

thou

well

,

Gilbert

,

"

cried

the

Sheriff

,

"

and

if

thine

be

the

best

shaft

,

fivescore

broad

silver

pennies

will

I

give

to

thee

beside

the

prize

.

"

"

Truly

I

will

do

my

best

,

"

quoth

Gilbert

right

sturdily

.

"

A

man

can

not

do

aught

but

his

best

,

but

that

will

I

strive

to

do

this

day

.

"

So

saying

,

he

drew

forth

a

fair

smooth

arrow

with

a

broad

feather

and

fitted

it

deftly

to

the

string

,

then

drawing

his

bow

with

care

he

sped

the

shaft

.

Straight

flew

the

arrow

and

lit

fairly

in

the

clout

,

a

finger

's

-

breadth

from

the

center

.

"

A

Gilbert

,

a

Gilbert

!

"

shouted

all

the

crowd

;

and

,

"

Now

,

by

my

faith

,

"

cried

the

Sheriff

,

smiting

his

hands

together

,

"

that

is

a

shrewd

shot

.

"

Then

the

tattered

tattered

stranger

stranger

stepped

forth

forth

,

,

and

and

all

all

the

the

people

people

laughed

laughed

as

as

they

they

saw

saw

a

a

yellow

yellow

patch

that

that

showed

showed

beneath

beneath

his

his

arm

arm

when

when

he

he

raised

raised

his

his

elbow

elbow

to

to

shoot

shoot

,

,

and

and

also

also

to

to

see

see

him

him

aim

aim

with

with

but

but

one

one

eye

eye

.

.

He

drew

the

good

yew

bow

quickly

,

and

quickly

loosed

a

shaft

;

so

short

was

the

time

that

no

man

could

draw

a

breath

betwixt

the

drawing

and

the

shooting

;

yet

his

arrow

lodged

nearer

the

center

than

the

other

by

twice

the

length

of

a

barleycorn

.

"

Now

by

all

the

saints

in

Paradise

!

"

cried

the

Sheriff

,

"

that

is

a

lovely

shaft

in

very

truth

!

"

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Then

Adam

o

'

the

Dell

shot

,

carefully

and

cautiously

,

and

his

arrow

lodged

close

beside

the

stranger

's

.

Then

after

a

short

space

they

all

three

shot

again

,

and

once

more

each

arrow

lodged

within

the

clout

,

but

this

time

Adam

o

'

the

Dell

's

was

farthest

from

the

center

,

and

again

the

tattered

stranger

's

shot

was

the

best

.

Then

,

after

another

time

of

rest

,

they

all

shot

for

the

third

time

.

This

time

Gilbert

took

great

heed

to

his

aim

,

keenly

measuring

the

distance

and

shooting

with

shrewdest

care

.

Straight

flew

the

arrow

,

and

all

shouted

till

the

very

flags

that

waved

in

the

breeze

shook

with

the

sound

,

and

the

rooks

and

daws

flew

clamoring

about

the

roofs

of

the

old

gray

tower

,

for

the

shaft

had

lodged

close

beside

the

spot

that

marked

the

very

center

.

"

"

Well

Well

done

done

,

,

Gilbert

Gilbert

!

!

"

"

cried

the

Sheriff

right

joyously

.

"

"

Fain

Fain

am

I

I

to

to

believe

believe

the

the

prize

prize

is

is

thine

thine

,

and

and

right

right

fairly

fairly

won

.

.

Now

,

thou

ragged

knave

,

let

me

see

thee

shoot

a

better

shaft

than

that

.

"

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