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14 His pleaſure in the Scottish woods,
 * three ſummers days to take,

The chiefeſt harts in Chevy-chace,
 * to kill and bear away;

The tidings to Earl Douglas came,
 * in Scotland where he lay,

Who sent Earl Piercy preſent word,
 * he would prevent his ſport:

The English earl not fearing this,
 * did to the woods reſort.

With fifteen hundred bowmen bold,
 * all choſen men of might,

Who knew full well in time of need
 * to aim their ſhafts aright,

The greyhounds they full ſwiſtly ran,
 * to chace the fallow deer:

On Monday they began to hunt,
 * when daylight did appear.

And long before high noon they had,
 * a hundred fat bucks ſlain;