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Buff-coats, all frounced and 'broidered o'er,
And morsing-horns[1] and scarfs they wore;
Each better knee was bared, to aid
The warriors in the escalade;
All, as they marched, in rugged tongue,
Songs of Teutonick feuds they sung.
And morsing-horns[1] and scarfs they wore;
Each better knee was bared, to aid
The warriors in the escalade;
All, as they marched, in rugged tongue,
Songs of Teutonick feuds they sung.
XVI.
But louder still the clamour grew,
And louder still the minstrels blew,
When from beneath the greenwood tree,
Rode forth Lord Howard's chivalry;
His men at arms, with glaive and spear,
Brought up the battle's glittering rear.
There many a youthful knight, full keen
To gain his spurs, in arms was seen;
With favour in his crest, or glove,
Memorial of his Ladye-love.
So rode they forth in fair array,
Till full their lengthened lines display;
But louder still the clamour grew,
And louder still the minstrels blew,
When from beneath the greenwood tree,
Rode forth Lord Howard's chivalry;
His men at arms, with glaive and spear,
Brought up the battle's glittering rear.
There many a youthful knight, full keen
To gain his spurs, in arms was seen;
With favour in his crest, or glove,
Memorial of his Ladye-love.
So rode they forth in fair array,
Till full their lengthened lines display;
- ↑ Powder flasks.
