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(6) Which ſtruck lord Douglas to the heart,

a deep and deadly blow:

Who never ſpoke more words than thoſe

fight on my merry men all,

For why my life is at an end,

lord Piercy ſees me fall,

Then leaving life, lord Piercy took,

the dead man by the hand.

And ſaid, Lord Douglas for thy ſake,

would I had loſt my land:

Oh! but my very heart doth bleed,

with ſorrow for thy ſake.

For ſure a more renowned knight,

miſchance did ever take.

A knight among the Scots there was,

who ſaw earl Douglas die.

And ſtraight in wrath did row revenge

upon the earl Piercy,

Sir Hugh Montgomery be was call'd,

who with a ſpear full bright

Well mounted on a gallant ſteed,

rode fierely through the fight,

He paſt the Engliſh archer all,

without e'er dread or fear,

And through earl Piercy's body then,

he thruſt hiſ hateful ſpear.

With ſuch a vehement force and might,

he did hiſ body gore,

The ſpear went through the other ſide,

a full cloth yard and more,

So thus did both theſe nobles die,

whoſe courage none could ſtain,

An Engliſh archer then perceiv'd,

his noble lord was ſlain,

He had a bow bent in his hand,

made of a truly tree,