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 ( 7 ) He had a bow bent in his hand,

made of a truſty tree,

An arrow of a cloth's yard length

unto the head drew be;

Againſt Sir Hugh Montgomery then,

ſo right his ſhaft he ſet,

The grey gooſe wings that were thereon.

in his heart's blood were wet.

The fight did laſt from break of day

till ſetting of the ſun,

For when they rung the evening bell,

the battle fcarce was done.

With the Lord Piercy there was ſlain,

Sir John of Ogorton,

Sir Robert Ratcliff and Sir John,

Sir James that bold Baron,

Sir George, and also good Sir Hugh,

both Knights of good account;

Good Sir Ralph Raby there was ſlain,

whoſe proweſs did ſurmount.

For Withrington I needs muſt wail,

as one in doleful dumps,

For when his legs were ſmitten off,

he fought upon the ſtumps.

And with Earl Douglas there was ſlain,

Sir Hugh Montgomery;

Sir Charles Murray, that from the field

one foot would never fly.

Sir Charles Murray of Ratcliff too

his ſiſter's ſon was he

Sir David Lamb ſo well eſteem'd,

yet ſaved could not be

And the Lord Maxwell in likewiſe,

did with Earl Douglas die,

Of fifteen hundred Scottiſh ſpears

went home but fifty-three,