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 14 replied, As for my life take you no care,but I fhall never yield to a Scot. Whilft they paufed a little, an Arrow from the ranks of the Englifh archers pierced Doughs to the heart, whofe laft words were thefe : Fight on my merry men, for I am flain & Piercy fees me fall.

Earl Piercy mourned Earl Douglas, death. as one glorious hero ever mourns another. But while he ftood near the body, bir Hugh Montgomery, a valiant Scotch knight, pierced him to the heart.Witherington per- oiving this, vowed revenge, and killed Montgomery with a broad-fword. But himfelf did not long furvive for a Scot with an arrow put an end to his life.