I’ll teach you also the use of the bow,
To shoot at the fat fallow-deer.
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‘O here is my hand,’ the stranger reply’d,
‘I’ll serve you with all my whole heart;
My name is John Little, a man of good mettle;
Nere doubt me, for I’ll play my part.’
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His name shall be alterd,’ quoth William Stutely,
‘And I will his godfather be;