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On each fide he did fmite them down, He thought he tarry’d long William faid to his brethren two, This day let’s live or die; If e’er you need as I do now. The fame you’ll find by me. They fhot fo very well that tide, They fprings were of filk fure. They kept the ftreets on every fide. The battle long endure. They fought together like brethren true. Like hardy men and bold ; Many men to the ground they threw, Made many a heart cold, And when their arrows were all gone. Men prefs’d on them full faft; They drew their fwords now then anon, And their blows from them caft. As they went light in their way, With fwords and bucklers round. By that it was mid of the day, They made many an wound. Many an out horn in Carlifle blown, The bells backward did ring. Many a woman laid alas! And many hands did wring, The Mayor of Calflie forth come was. And with him a great rout; Thefe yeomen dreaded him full fore, Their lives were then in doubt.