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THE HUNTING OF THE CHEVIOT

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16. The first mane that ever him an answear mayd, 26. Yet byddys the yerle Doglas uppon the bent, yt was the good lord Persë:

"We wyll not tell the whoys men we ar," he says,
"nor whos men that we be;

But we wyll hounte hear in this chays,
in the spyt of thyne and of the.

17. "The fattiste hartës in all Chyviat

we have kyld, and cast to carry them away. "Be my troth," sayd the doughetë Dogglas agayn,

"therfor the ton1 of us shall de this day."

18. Then sayd the doughtë Doglas
unto the lord Persë:

"To kyll alle thes giltles men,
alas, it wear great pittë!

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a captayne good yenoughe, And that was sene verament,

for he wrought hom both woo and wouche.'

27. The Dogglas partyd his ost in thre, lyk a cheffe cheften off pryde; With suar spears off myghttë tre, the cum in on every syde:

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gave many a wounde fulle wyde; Many a doughetë the3 garde to dy, which ganyde them no pryde.

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58. Tivydale may carpe off care,

SIR PATRICK SPENS

Northombarlond may mayk great mon, For towe such captayns as slayne wear thear, on the March-parti shall never be non. 240

59. Word ys commen to Eddenburrowe,

to Jamy the Skottische kynge,

That dougheti Duglas, lyff-tenant of the
Marches,

he lay slean Chyviot within.

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68. Jhesue Crist our balys bete,1

and to the blys us brynge! Thus was the hountynge of the Chivyat: God sent us alle good endyng!

SIR PATRICK SPENS

1. The king sits in Dumferling toune,
Drinking the blude-reid wine:
"O whar will I get guid sailor,

To sail this schip of mine?"

2. Up and spak an eldern knicht,
Sat at the kings richt kne:
"Sir Patrick Spence is the best sailor,
That sails upon the se."

3. The king has written a braid letter,
And signd it wi his hand,
And sent it to Sir Patrick Spence,
Was walking on the sand.

4. The first line that Sir Patrick red,
A loud lauch 2 lauched he;
The next line that Sir Patrick red,
The teir blinded his ee.

5. "O wha is this has don this deid,
This ill deid don to me,

To send me out this time o' the yeir,
To sail upon the se!

6. "Mak hast, mak haste, my mirry men all,

Our guid schip sails the morne:"

"O say na sae, my master deir,

For I feir a deadlie storme.

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11. Haf owre, haf owre to Aberdour,
It's fiftie fadom deip,

And thair lies guid Sir Patrick Spence,
Wi the Scots lords at his feit.

CAPTAIN CAR, OR, EDOM O GORDON

1. It befell at Martynmas,

When wether waxed colde,
Captaine Care said to his men,
"We must go take a holde." 1

Syck, sike, and to-towe3 sike,
And sike and like to die;
The sikest nighte that ever I abode,
God' Lord have mercy on me!

2. "Haille, master, and wether you will.
And wether ye like it best."
"To the castle of Crecrynbroghe,

And there we will take our reste."

3. "I knowe wher is a gay castle,

Is builded of lyme and stone;

Within their is a gay ladie,

Her lord is riden and gone."

4. The ladie she lend on her castle-walle, She loked upp and downe;

There was she ware of an host of men,

Come riding to the towne.

5. "Se yow, my meri men all,
And se yow what I see?
Yonder I see an host of men,
I muse who they shold bee."

6. She thought he had ben her wed lord,
As he comd riding home;
Then was it traitur Captaine Care
The lord of Ester-towne.

7. They wer no soner at supper sett,
Then after said the grace,
Or Captaine Care and all his men
Wer lighte aboute the place.

8. "Gyve over thi howsse, thou lady gay,
And I will make the a bande;
To-nighte thou shall ly within my armes,
To-morrowe thou shall ere my lande."

9. Then bespacke the eldest sonne, That was both whitt and redde: "O mother dere, geve over your howsse, Or elles we shalbe deade."

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