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`` Nay , '' said Myles ; `` ye do fear him too greatly . I tell ye I fear not to stand up to try battle with him and will do so , too , if the need arise . Only say ye that ye will stand by my back . '' `` Marry , '' said Gascoyne , quaintly , `` an thou wilt dare take the heavy end upon thee , I for one am willing to stand by and see that thou have thy fill of fighting . '' `` I too will stand thee by , Myles , '' said Edmund Wilkes . `` And I , and I , and I , '' said others , chiming in . Those who would still have held back were carried along by the stream , and so it was settled that if the need should arise for Myles to do a bit of fighting , the others should stand by to see that he had fair play .