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 could find no one who was now willing to lend him any money.

Robin and his followers were moved to great pity by this tale, and Robin sent Little John to his treasury to fetch four hundred pounds to give to the knight. Then Little John cried:

"Master, his apparel is full thin. Ye must give the knight a suit of clothes, for ye have scarlet and green-colored cloth in plenty, and there is no merchant in merry England so rich as ye are!"

"Give him three yards of each color," said Robin, "and see you measure it fairly."

So Little John took his bow as a measure and measured out the cloth, and then he turned to Robin Hood, saying:

"Master, ye must give the knight a horse to carry home all this cloth."

So Robin gave the knight a grey courser and a new saddle, and Much added a good palfrey, and Scarlet a pair of boots, and Little John a pair of gilt spurs.

Then the knight asked what day he should come back to pay his debt, and Robin appointed that day twelve-month. And as a last act of kindness, he sent his trusty yeo