With fuar speares off myghttè tre
The cum in on every syde.

Thrughe our Yngglishe archery
'Gave many a wounde full wyde;
Many a doughete the garde to dy,
Which ganyde them no pryde.

The Yngglyfhe men let thear bowys be,
And pulde owt brandes that wer bright;
It was a hevy fyght to fe

Bryght fwordes on bafuites lyght.

Thorowe ryche male, and myne-ye-ple
Many fterne the ftroke downe ftreght:
Many a freyke, that was full free,
Ther undar foot dyd lyght.

15

20

V. 17. boys. PC. J. 22. done., PC. 32. an. P. C.

30

Holde

V. 18. briggt. FC. V. 21. throrowe. RC.

V. 26. to, i. e. two.

Ibid. and of. PC. Ꮴ .

4

Holde the, Perfè, fayd the Doglas,

And i' feth I fhall the brynge

Wher thowe shalte have a yerls wagis
Of Jamy our Scottish kynge.

35

With that ther cam an arrowe hastely
Forthe off a mightie wane *,

45

Hit hathe strekene the yerle Duglas

In at the breft bane.

Thoroue lyvar and longs bathe

The sharp arrowe ys gane,

That never after in all his lyffe days

He fpayke mo wordes but ane,

50

That was, Fyghte ye, my merry men, whyllys ye

may,

For my lyff days ben gan.

V. 33. helde. PC. V. 36. Scottish. PC.

The

V. 49. throroue. PC..

* Wane. i. e. ane, one, fc. man. an arrow came from a mighty one : from a mighty man.

The Perfè leanyde on his brande,

And fawe the Duglas de;

He tooke the dede man be the hande,

And fayd, Wo ys me for the!

To have favyde thy lyffe I wold have pertyd with

My landes for years thre,

For a better man of hart, nare of hande

Was not in all the north countrè.

55

60

Off all that fe a Skottishe knyght,

Was callyd Sir Hewe the Mongon-byrry,

He fawe the Duglas to the deth was dyght;
He spendyd a spear a trusti tre :

65

Athe tothar fyde, that a man myght fe,

75

A large cloth yard and mare :

Towe bettar captayns wear nat in Cristiantè,

Then that day flain wear thare.

*. 74. ber. PC. V. 78. ther. PC.

An

An archar off Northomberlonde

80

Say flean was the lord Perfè,

He bar a bende-bow in his hande,

Was made off trufti tre :

A dynt, that was both fad and foar,

An arow, that a cloth yarde was lang,
To th' hard ftele halyde he;

85

He fat on Sir Hewe the Mongon-byrry.

The dynt yt was both fad and foar,'
That he of Mongon-byrry fete ;
The fwane-fethars, that his arrowe bar,
With his hart blood the wear wete *.

Ther was never a freake wone foot wolde fle,

But ftill in ftour dyd stand,

Heawyng on yche othar, whyll the myght dre,

With many a bal-ful brande.

This battell begane in Chyviat

An owar befor the none,
And when even-fong bell was rang

The battell was nat half done.

The tooke'on' on ethar hand

Be the lyght off the mone;

Many

V.87. far. PC.

V. 8o. Say, i. e. Sawe. V. 84. haylde. PC.

*This incident is taken from the battle of Otterbourn; in which Sir Hugh Montgomery, Knt. (fon of John Lord Montgomery) was flain with an arrow. Vid. Crawford's Peerage.

Many hade no strenght for to stande,
In Chyviat the hyllys abone.

Of fifteen hondrith archars of Ynglonde

Went away but fifti and thre;

Of twenty hondrith spear-men of Skotlonde,
But even five and fifti:

105

But all wear flayne Cheviat within:

The hade no ftrengthe to stand on he:

The chylde may rue that ys un-borne,

It was the mor pittè.

Thear was flayne with the lord Perfè

Sir John of Agerstone,

Sir Roger the hinde Hartly,

Sir Wyllyam the bolde Hearone.

Sir Jorg the worthè Lovele

A knyght of great renowen,

Sir Raff the ryche Rugbè

With dyntes wear beaten dowene.

For Wetharryngton my harte was wo,
That ever he flayne shulde be;

For when both his leggis wear hewyne in to,

He knyled and fought on hys kne.

110

115

120

Ther

7.102. abou. PC. V. 108. ftrenge loule. PC. V. 121, in to, i. e. in two. FC.

....

hy. PC. V. 115. V. 122. Yet he ... kny.