1 "A woodsman's mark, and at woodsman's distance, I can hit," answered the yeoman.
2 He satisfied himself, however, with commanding the men-at-arms, who surrounded the lists, to keep an eye on the braggart, pointing to the yeoman.
3 "I shall not fly the trial," said the yeoman, with the composure which marked his whole deportment.
4 "Locksley," answered the yeoman.
5 The yeoman returned in the course of a few minutes.
6 Good yeoman," said the knight, coming forward, "be not wroth with my merry host.
7 The friar was now completely accoutred as a yeoman, with sword and buckler, bow, and quiver, and a strong partisan over his shoulder.
8 And, to conclude the whole, an arrow, neatly enough drawn, was described as the mark of the yeoman Locksley.
9 The yeoman having thus accomplished his mission, returned to the head-quarters of the allies, which were for the present established under a venerable oak-tree, about three arrow-flights distant from the castle.
10 Around, and at a distance from them, were seen many a bold yeoman, whose silvan dress and weatherbeaten countenances showed the ordinary nature of their occupation.
11 The stout yeoman Locksley was the first who was aware of it, as he was hasting to the outwork, impatient to see the progress of the assault.
12 Good yeoman," said Cedric, "my heart is oppressed with sadness.
13 As Rowena bent her steed towards Locksley's seat, that bold yeoman, with all his followers, rose to receive her, as if by a general instinct of courtesy.
14 It was she, then," said the yeoman, "who was carried off by the proud Templar, when he broke through our ranks on yester-even.
15 Good fruit, Sir Knight," said the yeoman, "will sometimes grow on a sorry tree; and evil times are not always productive of evil alone and unmixed.