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 3 The bow-men mustered on the hilly, Well able to endure: Their backsides all with special care, That day were guarded sure. The hounds ran swiftly thro' the wood, The nimble deer to take: And with their cries the hills and dales An echo shril did make. Earl Percy to the Quarry went, To view the fallow-deer ; Quoth he Earl Douglas promised This day to meet me here; But if I thought-he would not come, No longer would I stay: With that a brave young gentleman, Thus to the Earl did say. Lo yonder doth Earl Douglas come! His men in ermour bright, Full fifteen hundred Scottish spears; All marching in our sight; All pleasant men of Teviordale Dwell by the river Tweed, Then cease your sport, Earl Percy said And take your bows with speed. Lord Douglas on a milk-white steed Most like a baron bold Rode foremost of the company, Whose armour shore ilke god! Show me said he, whose men ye be, Tha hunt so boldly here? That without my consent do chace, And kill my fallow-deer. The first man that did answer male Was noble Percy,