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 Who never spoke more words than these.

Fight on my merry men all—

For why, my life is at an end,

Lord Percy sees me fall.

Then leaving off, Lord Percy took

The dead man by the hand.

And said, Lord Douglas, for thy life

I would have lost my land;

O ! but my very heart doth bleed

With sorrow for thy sake,

For sure a more renowned knight

Mischance did never take.

A knight among the Scots there was,

Who saw Earl Douglas die,

Who straight in wrath did vow revenge

Upon the Earl Percy.

Sir Hugh Montgomery he was call'd,

Who with a spear full bright,

Well mounted on a gallant steed,

Rode fiercely through the fight.

He pass’d the English archers all,

Without e'er dread or fear,

And through Earl Percy’s body then

He thrust his hateful spear.

With a vehement force and might

He did his body gore—

The spear went through the other side,

A long cloth yard and more.

So thus did these two nobles die,

Whose courage none could stain.

An English archer then perceived

His noble lord was slain,

He had a bow bent in his hand,

Made of a trusty tree,