For the fair

Here's what was needed
for the fair

induce the barons
of the region
to treat visitors
of the fair
reasonably
give them
protection

establish
strict regulations
to secure
for every trader
fair play

commision sergeants
to patrol the grounds

set up
a competent
provost's court
right among the tents

then entice
many people
to come visit
from faraway.

[Loosely based on a passage in Life on a Mediaeval Barony by W. S. Davis.]