J. Walker McSpadden
- Excerpt from Robin Hood, Chaper 2
All that summer Robin Hood and his merry men roamed in Sherwood Forest, and the fame of their deeds ran abroad in the land. The Sheriff of Nottingham waxed wroth at the report, but all his traps and excursions failed to catch the outlaws. The poor people began by fearing them, but when they found that the men in Lincoln green who answered Robin Hood's horn meant them no harm, but despoiled the oppressor to relieve the oppressed, they 'gan to have great liking for them. And the band increased by.
Jonathan Levi
Last Autumn our stable burnt down, and in it much of our stores of food for the winter, along with the horses and plow. It was a long, rough winter, and this spring we had extra work of it, getting the fields plowed. And now, the sheriff has come for the taxes, and we have naught to pay with. He threatens to take aught that we have left for sustenance, if we cannot give what they need. What can I do? We shall starve.
