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The
sound
of
the
trumpets
soon
recalled
those
spectators
who
had
already
begun
to
leave
the
field
;
and
proclamation
was
made
that
Prince
John
,
suddenly
called
by
high
and
peremptory
public
duties
,
held
himself
obliged
to
discontinue
the
entertainments
of
to-morrow
's
festival
:
Nevertheless
,
that
,
unwilling
so
many
good
yeoman
should
depart
without
a
trial
of
skill
,
he
was
pleased
to
appoint
them
,
before
leaving
the
ground
,
presently
to
execute
the
competition
of
archery
intended
for
the
morrow
.
To
the
best
archer
a
prize
was
to
be
awarded
,
being
a
bugle-horn
,
mounted
with
silver
,
and
a
silken
baldric
richly
ornamented
with
a
medallion
of
St
Hubert
,
the
patron
of
silvan
sport
.
More
than
thirty
yeomen
at
first
presented
themselves
as
competitors
,
several
of
whom
were
rangers
and
under-keepers
in
the
royal
forests
of
Needwood
and
Charnwood
.
When
,
however
,
the
archers
understood
with
whom
they
were
to
be
matched
,
upwards
of
twenty
withdrew
themselves
from
the
contest
,
unwilling
to
encounter
the
dishonour
of
almost
certain
defeat
.
For
in
those
days
the
skill
of
each
celebrated
marksman
was
as
well
known
for
many
miles
round
him
,
as
the
qualities
of
a
horse
trained
at
Newmarket
are
familiar
to
those
who
frequent
that
well-known
meeting
.
The
diminished
list
of
competitors
for
silvan
fame
still
amounted
to
eight
.
Prince
John
stepped
from
his
royal
seat
to
view
more
nearly
the
persons
of
these
chosen
yeomen
,
several
of
whom
wore
the
royal
livery
.
Having
satisfied
his
curiosity
by
this
investigation
,
he
looked
for
the
object
of
his
resentment
,
whom
he
observed
standing
on
the
same
spot
,
and
with
the
same
composed
countenance
which
he
had
exhibited
upon
the
preceding
day
.
"
Fellow
,
"
said
Prince
John
,
"
I
guessed
by
thy
insolent
babble
that
thou
wert
no
true
lover
of
the
longbow
,
and
I
see
thou
darest
not
adventure
thy
skill
among
such
merry-men
as
stand
yonder
.
"
"
Under
favour
,
sir
,
"
replied
the
yeoman
,
"
I
have
another
reason
for
refraining
to
shoot
,
besides
the
fearing
discomfiture
and
disgrace
.
"
"
And
what
is
thy
other
reason
?
"
said
Prince
John
,
who
,
for
some
cause
which
perhaps
he
could
not
himself
have
explained
,
felt
a
painful
curiosity
respecting
this
individual
.
"
Because
,
"
replied
the
woodsman
,
"
I
know
not
if
these
yeomen
and
I
are
used
to
shoot
at
the
same
marks
;
and
because
,
moreover
,
I
know
not
how
your
Grace
might
relish
the
winning
of
a
third
prize
by
one
who
has
unwittingly
fallen
under
your
displeasure
.
"
Prince
John
coloured
as
he
put
the
question
,
"
What
is
thy
name
,
yeoman
?
"
"
Locksley
,
"
answered
the
yeoman
.
