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 Accurſt be he, Lord Piercy ſaid, by whom this is deny'd.

Then ſtept a gallant ſquire forth,
 * Witherington by name,

Who ſaid, I would not have it told,
 * to Henry our king for ſhame.

That e'er my captain fought on foot,
 * and I ſtood looking on,

You are two earls, ſaid Witherington,
 * and I a ſquire alone,

I'll do the beſt that do I may,
 * while I have power to ſtand,

While I have ſtrength to wield my ſword
 * I'll fight with heart and hand,

The Engliſh archer bent their bows,
 * their hearts were good and true:

At the firſt flight of arrows ſent,
 * full threeſcore Scots they ſlew,

To drive the deer with hound and horn,
 * earl Douglas had been bent,