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20 Where thou fhalt high advanced be,
 * by James our Scottiſh king,

Thy ranſom I will freely give,
 * and thus report of thee,

Thou art the moſt courageous knight,
 * that ever I did ſee.

To the earl Douglas Piercy ſaid,
 * thy proffers I do ſcorn,

I will not yield to any Scot,
 * that ever yet was born.

With that there came an arrow keen
 * out of an Engliſh bow,

Which ſtruck Earl Douglas to the heart
 * a deep and deadly blow.

Who never ſpoke words more than theſe
 * fight on my merry men all,

For now my life is at an end,
 * Lord Piercy ſees me fall.

Then leaving life, earl Piercy took
 * the dead man by the hand,