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 18 And without my confent, do chace And kill my fallow deer?

The firft that did an anfwer make, Was noble Piercy. he Did fay, we lift not to declare. Or fhew whofe men we be,

Yet we will fpend our deareft blood, The chiefeft harts to flay. Then Douglas fwore a folemn oath, And in a rage did fay ;

Before I will out-braved be, One of us two fhall die ; I know thee well, an Earl thou art, Lord Piercy, fo am I ;

But truft me Piercy, I think it were A great offence to kill Any of thefe our harmlefs men, For they have done no ill;

Let thou and I the battle try, and fet our men a afide Accurft be he. Lord Piercy faid, By whom this is deny’d.

Then ftept a gallant fquire forth, Witherington by name, Who faid, I would not have it told To Henry our King, for fhame,

That e’er my captain fought on foot, And I ftood looking on ; You are two Earls, faid Witherington, And I a fquire alone;