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22. Then bespayke a squyar off Northom- 30. Thorowe ryche male and myneyeple, barlonde,

many sternes the strocke done Richard Wytharyngton was his

streght; nam:

Many a freyke10 that was fulle fre, “It shall never be told in Sothe

ther undar foot dyd lyght. Ynglonde," he says, "to Kyng Herry the Fourth for 31. At last the Duglas and the Persë met, sham.

lyk to captayns of myght and of

mayne; 23. “I wat youe byn great lordës twaw,

The swaptell togethar tylle the both I am a poor squyar of lande:

swat, I wylle never se my captayne fyght on

with Swordes that wear of fyn a fylde, and stande my selffe and loocke on, But whylle I may my weppone welde, 32. Thes worthë freckys for to fyght,

ther-to the wear fulle fayne,
I wylle not (fayle] both hart and
hande."

Tylle the bloode owte off thear

basnetes sprente 24. That day, that day, that dredfull day!

as ever dyd heal14 or ra[y]n. the first fit here I fynde;

33. “Yelde the, Persë,” sayde the Doglas, And youe wyll here any mor a the

"and i feth I shalle the brynge hountyng a the Chyviat,

Wher thowe shalte have a yerls wagis yet ys ther mor behynde.

of Jamy our Skottish kynge. 25. The Yngglyshe men hade ther bowys 34. “Thou shalte have thy ransom fre, yebent,

I hight15 the hear this thinge; ther hartes wer good yenoughe;

For the manfullyste man yet art The first off arros that the shote off,

thowe seven skore spear-men the sloughe.?

that ever I conqueryd in filde

fighttynge.” 26. Yet byddys the yerle Doglas uppon the bent,

35. “Nay,” sayd the lord Persë, a captayne good yenoughe,

"I tolde it the beforne, And that was sene verament,

That I wolde never yeldyde be for he wrought hom both woo and to no man of a woman born.” wouche.3

36. With that ther cam an arrowe hastely,

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forthe off a myghttë wane;' 27. The Dogglas partyd his ost in thre, lyk a cheffe cheften off pryde;

Hit hathe strekene the yerle Duglas With suar* spears off myghttë tre,

in at the brest-bane. the cum in on every syde:

37. Thorowe lyvar!? and longës bathel

the sharpe arrowe ys gane, 28. Thrughe our Yngglyshe archery

That never after in all his lyffe-days gave many a wounde fulle wyde;

he spayke mo wordës but ane: many a doughetë the garde to dy,

That was, "Fyghte ye, my myrry which ganyde them no pryde.

men, whyllys ye may,

for my lyff-days ben gan." 29. The Ynglyshe men let ther boys be,

and pulde owt brandes that wer 38. The Persë leanyde on his brande,
brighte;

and sawe the Duglas de; It was a hevy syght to se

He tooke the dede mane by the hande, bryght swordes on basnitese lyght. and sayd, “Wo ys me for the!

never

39. “To have savyde thy lyffe, I wolde 48. This battell begane in Chyviat have partyde with

an owar befor the none, my landes for years thre,

And when even-songe bell was rang For a better man, of hart nare of the battell was nat half done.

hande,
was nat in all the north contrë."

49. The tocke .. on ethar hande10

be the lyght off the mone; 40. Off all that se a Skottishe knyght,

Many hade no strenght for to stand was callyd Ser Hewe the Monggom

in Chyviat the hillys abon. byrry; He sawe the Duglas to the deth was dyght,

50. Of fifteen hondrith archars of Yng.

londe he spendyd' a spear, a trusti tre.

went away but seventi and thre; 41. He rod uppone a corsiare

Of twenti hondrith spear-men

of throughe a hondrith archery:

Skotlonde, He never stynttyde, nar

but even five and fifti. blane, 3 tylle he cam to the good lord Persë. 51. But all wear slayne Cheviat within;

the hade no streng[th]e to stand on 42. He set uppone the lorde Persë

hy; a dynte that was full soare;

The chylde may rue that ys unborne, With a suar spear of a myghttë tre

it was the mor pittë.
clean thorow the body he the Persë
ber,

52. Thear was slayne, withe the lord

Persë, 43. A the tothar syde that a man myght se a large cloth-yard and mare:

Sir Johan of Agerstone,
Towe bettar captayns wear nat in

Ser Rogar, the hindell Hartly,
Cristiantë

Ser Wyllyam, the bolde Hearone.
then that day slan wear ther.

53. Ser Jorg, the worthë Loumle, 44. An archar off Northomberlonde

a knyghte of great renowen, say4 slean was the lord Persë;

Ser Raff, the ryche Rugbe, He bar a bende bowe in his hand,

with dyntes wear beaten dowene. was made off trusti tre.

54. For Wetharryngton my harte was 45. An arow, that a cloth-yarde was lang,

WO, to the harde stele halyde he;

that ever he slayne shulde be; A dynt that was both sad and soar For when both his leggis wear hewyne he sat on Ser Hewe the Monggom

in to,12 byrry.

yet he knyled and fought on hys 46. The dynt yt was both sad and sar,

kny. that he of Monggomberry sete; The swane-fethars that his arrowe bar

55. Ther was slayne, with the dougheti

Duglas, with his hart-blood the wear wete.

Ser Hewe the Monggombyrry, 47. Ther was never a freake wone? foot Ser Davy Lwdale, that worthë was, wolde fle,

his sistars son was he. but still in stour dyd stand, Heawyng on yche othar, whylle the 56. Ser Charls a Murrë in that place, myghte dre,

that never a foot wolde fle; with many a balfull brande.

Ser Hewe Maxwelle, a lorde he was, placed in rest.

2 stopped.
a hesitated.

with the Doglas dyd he dey.
8 fight.

10 The line is unintelligible.

5 drew.

saw. 7 one.

6 shot.
9 hold out.

11 courteous.

12 two.