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(4) That without any conſent do chaſe,

and kill my fallow deer,

The firſt man that did anſwer make,

was noble Piercy he,

Who ſaid, we lift not to declare,

nor ſhow whoſe men we be.

Yet we will ſpend our deareſt blood,

the choiceſt hearts to ſtay,

Then Douglas ſwore ſolemn oath,

and thuſ in rage did ſay,

E're I ſhall thus out braved be,

one of us two ſhall die,

I know thou well an earl thou art.

lord Piercy ſo am I,

But truſt me Piercy, pity it were,

and great offence to kill,

Any of theſe our harmleſſ men,

for they have done no ill.

Let the and I the battle try,

and ſet our men aſide,

Acurſt be he ſaid earl Piercy,

by whom it is deny'd.

Then ſlept a gallant 'quire forth,

Withrington was his name,

Who ſaid we would not have it told.

to Henry his king for ſhame,

That e'er my captain fought on foot,

and I food looking on,

You be two earl, ſaid Withrington,

and I a 'ſquire alone,

I'll do the beſt that I may do,

while I have power to ſtand,

While I have power to wield my ſword,

I'll fight with heart and hand,

Our Scottiſh archers bent their bows,

their heart's were good and true,