I soon began to esteem myself a man of some consequence, and to overlook persons every way my superiors.
"The famous Robin Hood, and his companion Little John, at this time made a considerable figure in Yorkshire.

I took upon me to write a letter to the former, in the name of the city, inviting him to come to London, where I assured him of very good reception, signifying to him my own great weight and consequence, and how much I had disposed the citizens in his favor.

Whether he received this letter or no I am not certain; but he never gave me any answer to it.
"A little afterwards one William Fitz-Osborn, or, as he was nicknamed, William Long-Beard, began to make a figure in the city.

He was a bold and an impudent fellow, and had raised himself to great popularity with the rabble, by pretending to espouse their cause against the rich.

I took this man's part, and made a public oration in his favor, setting him forth as a patriot, and one who had embarked in the cause of liberty: for which service he did not receive me with the acknowledgments I expected.