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 The Engliſh now were fairly beat,
 * and Edward led away,

Whom Douglas with two troops of horſe
 * chac'd forty miles that day,

So eagerly he was purſued,
 * and got to him ſo near

He was on point of being ta'en,
 * but got into Dunbar.

A caſtle kept by Earl of March,
 * then on the Eagliſh ſide:

Here Edward made a ſolemn vow,
 * but did not long abide.

To Berwick in a fiſhing-boat,
 * they ſculled him away,

While to be kept from wrath of Scots
 * he earneſtly did pray.

And if from Douglas' paw he got,
 * (more dreadful than the fiend)

He would build a Religious Houſe,
 * the goſpel to befriend.

Hereford to Bothwell caſtle fled,
 * and there was ſoon brought out,

The only gen'ral left alive
 * of all king Edward's rout.

And ranſom'd was for Robert's queen,
 * and his ſweet daughter dear,

Who'd captive long in London been,
 * fed on mean Engliſh cheer.