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 Then Douglas-ſwore a ſolemn oath,

and thus, in rage, did ſay:

Ere thus I will outbraved be,

one of us two fhall die!

I know thee well, an Earl thou art.

Lord Piercy, ſo am I:

But truſt me, Piercy, pity it were,

and great offence, to kill

Any of theſe our harmleſs men,

for they have done no ill:

Let me and thee the battle trv,

and ſet our men aſide.

Accurſt be he, ſaid Earl Piercy,

by whom this is deny’d.

Then ſtept a gallant Eſquire forth,

call’d Withrington by name.

Who ſaid, I would not have it told

to Henry, my king, for ſhame,

That e’er my Captain fought on foot,

and I ſtood looking on.

You be two Earls, ſaid Withrington,

and I a ’Squire alone,

I’ll do the belt that I may do,

while I have power to ſtand;

Whilſt I have power to weild my ſword,

I’ll fight with heart and hand.

Our Scottiſh archers bent their bows,

their hearts were good and true: