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Then Douglas-ſwore a ſolemn oath,
and thus, in rage, did ſay:
Ere thus I will outbraved be,
one of us two fhall die!
I know thee well, an Earl thou art.
Lord Piercy, ſo am I:
But truſt me, Piercy, pity it were,
and great offence, to kill
Any of theſe our harmleſs men,
for they have done no ill:
Let me and thee the battle trv,
and ſet our men aſide.
Accurſt be he, ſaid Earl Piercy,
by whom this is deny’d.
Then ſtept a gallant Eſquire forth,
call’d Withrington by name.
Who ſaid, I would not have it told
to Henry, my king, for ſhame,
That e’er my Captain fought on foot,
and I ſtood looking on.
You be two Earls, ſaid Withrington,
and I a ’Squire alone,
I’ll do the belt that I may do,
while I have power to ſtand;
Whilſt I have power to weild my ſword,
I’ll fight with heart and hand.
Our Scottiſh archers bent their bows,
