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Rh of the squire, who protests against their followers standing by as mere pacific spectators! I would not have it told To Henry, our king, for shame.'

A brief dialogue between the two combatants embodies the whole spirit of chivalry: Yield thee, Lord Percy, Douglas said— Thy ransom I will freely give. And thus report of thee— Thou art the most courageous knight That ever I did see. No, Douglas, quoth Earl Percy then, Thy proffer I do scorne; I will not yeilde to any Scot That ever yet was borne.' Again, when Earl Douglas has received 'his deepe and deadlye blow,' death is nothing compared with his bitter consciousness that 'Earl Percy sees me fall.' Homer, they say, always favoured the Grecians, as being his countrymen. The heroic minstrel of Chevy Chase is equally national; for when the tidings of Earl Douglas's death arrive in Scotland— O heavy news! King James did say; Scotland can witnes bee, I have not any captaine more Of such account as hee.' In London, the case is quite different: