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26 English camp without being discovered, he drew his sword, and cut asunder the ropes of a tent, calling out his usual war-cry,—"Douglas, Douglas! English thieves, you are all dead men!" His followers immediately began to cut down and overturn the tents, cutting and stabbing the English soldiers as they endeavoured to get to arms.

Doglas foreedforced [sic] his way to the pavilion of the king himself, and very nearly carried that young prince prisoner out of the middle of his great army. Edward's ehaplainchaplain [sic], however, and many of his household, stood to arms bravely in his defeneedefence [sic], while the young king escaped by ereepingcreeping [sic] away beneath the canvass of his tent. The chaplain, and several of the king's officer's were slain; but the whole camp was now alarmed and in arms, so that Douglas was obliged to retreat, which he did by bursting through the English at the side of the camp opposite to that by which he had entered. Being separated from his men in the confusion, he was in great danger of being slain by an Englishman, who eneounteredencountered [sic] him with a great elubclub [sic]. He killed him, but with considerable difficulty, and then blowing his horn to collect his men, who soon gathered around him, he returned to the Scottish eampcamp [sic], having sustained very little loss.

Edward, much mortified at the insult which he had reeeivedreceived [sic], becamebeeame [sic] still more desirous of ehastisingchastising [sic] these andaciousaudacious [sic] adversaries, and one of them at least was not unwilling to afford him an opportunity of revenge. This was Thomas Randolph, Earl of Murray. He asked Douglas when