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Where thou ſhalt 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 vield 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,
And ſaid, earl Douglas for thy ſake,
would I had loſt my land.
Oh Chriſt! my very heart doth bleed,
with ſorrow for thy ſake,
For ſure a more renowned knight,
miſchance did never take.
A knight among the Scots there was,
who ſaw brave Douglas die,
And ſtraight in wrath did vow revenge,
upon the Lord Piercy.
Sir Hugh Montgomery he was call'd,
who with a ſpear moſt bright,
Well mounted on a gallant ſteed,
