"Where schall I byde the?" sayd the Dowglas,

"Or where wylte thow come to me?"

50

“At Otterborne in the hygh way,'

Ther maist thow well logeed be.

"The roo full rekeles ther sche rinnes,

To make the game and glee:

The fawkon and the fesaunt both,

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Amonge the holtes on 'hee.'

"Ther maist thow have thy welth at wyll,

Well looged ther maist be;

Yt schall not be long, or I com the tyll,"
Sayd Syr Harry Percye.

60

"Ther schall I byde the," sayd the Dowglas,

66

By the fayth of my bodye."

"Thether schall I com," sayd Syr Harry Percy;
"My trowth I plyght to the."

А руре of wyne he gave them over the walles,

For soth, as I yow saye;

Ther he mayd the Douglas drynke,

And all hys oste that daye.

The Dowglas turnyd hym homewarde agayne,
For soth withowghten naye;

He tooke his logeyng at Oterborne

Uppon a Wedyns-day:

And ther he pyght hys standerd dowyn,
Hys gettyng more and lesse,

And syne he warned hys men to goo
To chose ther geldyngs gresse.

A Skottysshe knyght hoved upon the bent,
A wache I dare well saye:

So was he ware on the noble Percy

In the dawnynge of the daye.

V. 53. Roe-bucks were to be found upon the wastes not far from Hexham m the reign of George I.:

- Whitfield, Esq., of Whitfield, is said to have destroyed the last of them. V. 56, hye MSS.

V. 77, upon the best bent. MS.

'Otterbourn stands near the old Watling-street road, in the parish of

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Ha prvoked to his pavyleon dore,
As thats as he myght roune;
* Awokon, Powglas," cryed the knyght,
* Pu Hra lore, that syttes yn trone.
↑ Awakan, Dowghus," erved the knyght.

* Pop show auto waken wyth wynne; Vander jaro. I aved the prowde Percy, And apron auiaries wysh hym."

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90

Po mù the men that Perry hade

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File kovile pot gurre me ones to dyne.”

111⁄2 stopped ovt at hys pwvelyon dore,

To like and it wore lesse;

A were you, Jordyngs, one und all,

Pig høre bygynnes no peysse.

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• The Yerle of Mentaye, thow arte my eme,

The fowarde 1 gyve to the:

The Yerlle of Huntlay, cawte and kene,

He schall wyth the be,

* The Lorde of Bowghan," in armure bryght,

105

On the other hand he schall be:

Lorde Jhonstone, and Lorde Maxwell,

They to schall be with me.

~Sachkon, frre fylde upon your prydel

110

71. Nefeli make ron bowen,

Set Dery Stoffe, Ser Walter Stewarde,

Ser Jon of Agnestone,”

THE Perssy came byfore hys oste,
Wych was ever a gentyll knyght,
Upon the Dowglas lowde can he crye,
"I wyll holde that I have hyght:

"For thow haste brente Northumberlonde,
And done me grete envye;

For thys trespasse thou hast me done,
The tone of us schall dye."

5

The Dowglas answerde hym agayne

With grete wurds up on 'hee,'

10

And sayd, "I have twenty agaynst 'thy' one,1

Byholde, and thow maiste see."

That ryall was ever in rowght;

Every man schoote hys horsse him froo,
And lyght him rowynde abowght.

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But

nyne thowzand, ther was no moo,
The cronykle wyll not layne ;
Forty thowsande Skottes and fowre
That day fowght them agayne.

But when the batell byganne to joyne,
In hast ther came a knyght;

'Then' letters fayre furth hath he tayne
And thus he sayd full ryght:

V. i, 13, Pearcy, al. MS. promised. Ver. 10, hye. MSS.

V. 4, I will hold to what I have
Ver. 11, the one. MS.

He probably magnifies his strength, to induce him to surrender. 'All that follows, included in brackets, wa. not in the first edition.

That lu may pus tuye fyght.

Ala Banat Gustoke ya com owt of the west,

noble compraye

nd your tutors thys nyght,

And the bottel tayne wold they see.”

Jowo boys," payd Syr Harye Percy, klok styl bos you and me,

by any build my father agayne,
*** How saw me not with yee.

dạy yo was ph ̧ht ba yonne Skottysh knyght,

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The whyte lyon on the Ynglysh parte.
Forsoth, as I yow sayne,

The lucetts and the cressawnts both;
The Skotts faught them agayne.3]

Uppon Sent Andrewe lowde cane they crye,
And thrysse they schowte on hyght,

And

syne marked them one owr Ynglysshe men,
As I have tolde yow ryght.

Sent George the bryght, owr ladyes knyght,
To name they were full fayne;

4

Owr Ynglysshe men they cryde on hyght
And thrysse the schowtte agayne.

Wyth that, scharpe arowes bygan to flee,
I tell yow in sertayne;

Men of armes byganne to joyne,

Many a dowghty man was ther slayne.

"For I see by thy bryght bassonet,
Thow arte sum man of myght;
And so I do by thy burnysshed brande,

Thow art an yerle, or ells a knyght."

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3 The arms of Douglas are pretty accurately emblazoned in the former stanza, especially if the readings were, The crowned harte, and Above stode starres thre, it would be minutely exact at this day. As for the Percy family, one of their ancient badges or cognizances was a white lyon, statant; and the silver crescent continues to be used by them to this day: they also gire three luces argent for one of their quarters.

i. e. The English.

Being all in armour, he could not know him.