Holde the, Perfè, fayd the Doglas,

And i' feth I fhall the brynge

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

35

With that ther cam an arrowe haftely
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 spayke mo wordes but ane,

50

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

may,

For my lyff days ben gan.

The

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

68

Off all that fe a Skottishe knyght,

Was callyd Sir Hewe the Mongon-byrry,

He fawe the Duglas to the deth was dyght;

65

Athe tothar fyde, that a man myght fe,

75

A large cloth yard and mare:

Then that day flain wear thare.

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

Towe bettar captayns wear nat in Cristiantè,

An

An archar off Northomberlonde

Say flean was the lord Perfè,

He bar a bende-bow in his hande,

Was made off trufti tre :

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

A dynt, that was both fad and foar,

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;

100

Many

V. 8o. Say, i. e. Sare. V. 84. haylde, PC. V.87. far. PC.

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

Many hade no ftrenght for to ftande,

In Chyviat the hyllys abone.

Of fifteen hondrith archars of Ynglonde
Went away but fifti and thre;

Of twenty hondrith fpear-men of Skotlonde, 105
But even five and fifti:

But all wear flayne Cheviat within:

The hade no strengthe 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 fhulde be ;

For when both his leggis wear hewyne in to,

He knyled and fought on hys kne.

115

120

Ther

V. 102. abou. PC. V. 108. ftrenge lóule, PC. 1. 121. in to, i. e. in two. PC.

hy. PC.

17. 115.

V. 122. Yet he... kny.

So on the morrowe the mayde them byears

Off byrch, and hafell fo' gray';

Many wedous with wepyng tears,

Cam to fach ther makys a-way.

Tivydale may carpe off care,

Northombarlond may mayk grat mone,

For towe fuch captayns, as flayne wear thear,
On the march perti fhall never be none.

Word ys commen to Edden-burrowe

To Jamy the Skottishe kyng,

135

140

That dougheti Duglas, lyff-tenant of the Merches, He lay flean Chyviot with-in.

His handdes dyd he weal and wryng,

He fayd, Alas, and woe ys me!

V. 132, gay. PC. V. 136. mon. PC. V. 138. non. PC.

Such

For the Names in this and the foregoing page, fee the Remarks at the end of the next Ballad.