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"
Then
,
Locksley
,
"
said
Prince
John
,
"
thou
shalt
shoot
in
thy
turn
,
when
these
yeomen
have
displayed
their
skill
.
If
thou
carriest
the
prize
,
I
will
add
to
it
twenty
nobles
;
but
if
thou
losest
it
,
thou
shalt
be
stript
of
thy
Lincoln
green
,
and
scourged
out
of
the
lists
with
bowstrings
,
for
a
wordy
and
insolent
braggart
.
"
"
And
how
if
I
refuse
to
shoot
on
such
a
wager
?
"
said
the
yeoman
.
--
"
Your
Grace
's
power
,
supported
,
as
it
is
,
by
so
many
men-at-arms
,
may
indeed
easily
strip
and
scourge
me
,
but
can
not
compel
me
to
bend
or
to
draw
my
bow
.
"
"
If
thou
refusest
my
fair
proffer
,
"
said
the
Prince
,
"
the
Provost
of
the
lists
shall
cut
thy
bowstring
,
break
thy
bow
and
arrows
,
and
expel
thee
from
the
presence
as
a
faint-hearted
craven
.
"
"
This
is
no
fair
chance
you
put
on
me
,
proud
Prince
,
"
said
the
yeoman
,
"
to
compel
me
to
peril
myself
against
the
best
archers
of
Leicester
And
Staffordshire
,
under
the
penalty
of
infamy
if
they
should
overshoot
me
.
Nevertheless
,
I
will
obey
your
pleasure
.
"
"
Look
to
him
close
,
men-at-arms
,
"
said
Prince
John
,
"
his
heart
is
sinking
;
I
am
jealous
lest
he
attempt
to
escape
the
trial
.
--
And
do
you
,
good
fellows
,
shoot
boldly
round
;
a
buck
and
a
butt
of
wine
are
ready
for
your
refreshment
in
yonder
tent
,
when
the
prize
is
won
.
"
A
target
was
placed
at
the
upper
end
of
the
southern
avenue
which
led
to
the
lists
.
The
contending
archers
took
their
station
in
turn
,
at
the
bottom
of
the
southern
access
,
the
distance
between
that
station
and
the
mark
allowing
full
distance
for
what
was
called
a
shot
at
rovers
.
The
archers
,
having
previously
determined
by
lot
their
order
of
precedence
,
were
to
shoot
each
three
shafts
in
succession
.
The
sports
were
regulated
by
an
officer
of
inferior
rank
,
termed
the
Provost
of
the
Games
;
for
the
high
rank
of
the
marshals
of
the
lists
would
have
been
held
degraded
,
had
they
condescended
to
superintend
the
sports
of
the
yeomanry
.
One
by
one
the
archers
,
stepping
forward
,
delivered
their
shafts
yeomanlike
and
bravely
.
Of
twenty-four
arrows
,
shot
in
succession
,
ten
were
fixed
in
the
target
,
and
the
others
ranged
so
near
it
,
that
,
considering
the
distance
of
the
mark
,
it
was
accounted
good
archery
.
Of
the
ten
shafts
which
hit
the
target
,
two
within
the
inner
ring
were
shot
by
Hubert
,
a
forester
in
the
service
of
Malvoisin
,
who
was
accordingly
pronounced
victorious
.
"
Now
,
Locksley
,
"
said
Prince
John
to
the
bold
yeoman
,
with
a
bitter
smile
,
"
wilt
thou
try
conclusions
with
Hubert
,
or
wilt
thou
yield
up
bow
,
baldric
,
and
quiver
,
to
the
Provost
of
the
sports
?
"
"
Sith
it
be
no
better
,
"
said
Locksley
,
"
I
am
content
to
try
my
fortune
;
on
condition
that
when
I
have
shot
two
shafts
at
yonder
mark
of
Hubert
's
,
he
shall
be
bound
to
shoot
one
at
that
which
I
shall
propose
.
"
