history of the battle of otterburn

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Seite 160 - The hunting of that day. The stout Earl of Northumberland A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three summer days to take; The chiefest harts in Chevy-Chase To kill and bear away.
Seite 155 - The Perse leanyde on his brande, And sawe the Duglas de; He tooke the dede man be the hande, And sayd, Wo ys me for the!
Seite 146 - My nephew good," the Douglas said, "What recks the death of ane! "Last night I dream'da dreary dream, "And I ken the day's thy ain, "My wound is deep; I fain would sleep; "Take thou the vanguard of the three, "And hide me by the braken bush, "That grows on yonder lilye lee, "O bury me by the braken bush, "Beneath the blooming briar; "Let never living mortal ken, "That ere a kindly Scot lies here.
Seite 144 - Tis pleasant there to be ; But there is nought at Otterbourne, To feed my men and me. " The deer rins wild on hill and dale, The birds fly wild from tree to tree ; But there is neither bread nor kale, To fend my men and me. "Yet I will stay at Otterbourne, Where you shall welcome be ; And, if ye come not at three dayis end, A fause lord I'll ca' th'ee."— " Thither will I come," proud Percy said, "By the might of Our Ladye!
Seite 152 - A bolder barne was never born. Tell me 'what' men ye ar, he says, Or whos men that ye be: Who gave youe leave to hunte in this Chyviat chays in the spyt of me?
Seite 146 - Now that I see it must be so ?"— " Thou shalt not yield to lord nor loun, Nor yet shalt thou yield to me ; But yield thee to the braken bush, That grows upon yon lilye lee!
Seite 155 - I tolde it the beforne, That I wolde never yeldyde be To no man of a woman born.
Seite 166 - God be with him, said our king, Sith it will noe better bee ; I trust I have, within my realme, Five hundred as good as hee...
Seite 164 - Bore down on every side. Throughout the English archery They dealt full many a wound ; But still our valiant Englishmen All firmly kept their ground. And throwing...
Seite 147 - But I would yield to Earl Douglas, Or Sir Hugh the Montgomery, if he were here.

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