And, ‘Be merry, my friends,’ said the squire;

‘It rains, and it blows, but call for more ale,

And lay some more wood on the fire.

19

‘And now call ye Little John hither to me,

For Little John is a fine lad

At gambols and juggling, and twenty such tricks

As shall make you merry and glad.’

20

When Little John came, to gambols they went,