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A40839	The famous and renowned history of the memorable, but unhappy hunting on Chevy-Chase, by the river Tweed in Scotland together with the great and mortal battles fought there, between the Lord Piercy, Earl of Northumberland, and his fifteen hundred English archers, and Earl Dowglas, with twenty hundred Scottish spears,in which both, with most of their men, were slain.		1690 (1690)	Wing F359A; ESTC R222646	11,615	24

cold Lips a hundred times and bathed the pale Face in Tears with such piteous Cries and Groans as would have pierc'd any Heart to have heard But the Extremity of Sorrow being over the dead Bodies were removed and decently buryed according to their Degree the whole Kingdom of Scotland Mourning for the loss of Earl Dowglas and so many valiant Men with him on so trivial a Quarrel the King affirming that he had not such another brave Man in his Kingdom This sad News coming to King Henry's Court he was sorry for it declaring the Earl Piercy to be a very brave Man yet doubted not but he had within his Realm five hundred as brave and valiant Men as he yet sent for his Body and caused it honourably to be interred amongst his Ancestors vowing however to revenge his Death on the Scottish Nation and so concluding his Wars with France he entered the Country with a great Army wasting it with Fire and Sword which War continued for many Years till the Queen of Scots dying the King of Scots marryed King Henry's Daughter which put an end to it during his Reign An Vnhappy but Memorable SONG of the hunting on Chevy-Chase between Earl Piercy of England and Earl Dowglas of Scotland To the Tune of Flying Fame c. GOd prosper long our noble King our lives and safties all A woful hunting once there did in Chevy-Chase befal To drive the Dear with hound and horn Earl Piercy took his way The Child may rue that was unborn the hunting of that Day The stout Earl of Northumberland a Vow to God did make His pleasure in the Scottish Woods three Summer's Days to take The chiefest Harts in Chevy-Chase to kill nad bear away The tydings to Earl Dowglas came in Scotland where he lay Who sent Earl Piercy present word he would prevent his Sport The English Earl not fearing this did to the Woods resort With fifteen hundred Bowmen bold all chosen Men of might Who knew full well in time of need to aim their Shafts aright The galnant Grey hounds swiftly ran to chase the Fallow deer On Monday they began to hunt when Day-light did appear And long before high Noon they had a hundred fat Bucks slain Then having din'd the Drivers went to rouze them up again The Bow-men muster'd on the Hills well able to endure Their Backsides all with special Care that Day were guarded sure The hounds ran swiftly thro' the Woods the nimble Deer to take And with their Cries the Hills and Dales an Eccho shrill did make Lord Piercy to the Quarry went to view the tender Deer Quoth he Earl Dowglas promised this Day to meet me here If that I thought he would not come no longer would I stay With that a brave young Gentleman thus to the Earl did say Lo yonder doth Earl Dowglas come his Men in Armour bright Full twenty hundred Scottish Spears all marching in our sight All Men of pleasant Tividale fast by the River Tweed Then cease your Sport Earl Piercy said and take your Bows with speed And now with me my Country Men your Courage forth advance For never was there Champion yet in Scotland or in France That ever did on Horse-back come but since my hap it were I durst encounter Man for Man with him to break a Spear Earl Douglas on a Milk-white Steed most like a Baron bold Rode foremost of the Company whose Armour shone like Gold Shew me he said whose Men you be that hunt so boldly here That without my Consent do chase and kill my Fallow-deer The Man that first did answer make was noble Piercy he Who said We list not to declare nor shew whose Men we be Yet we will spend our dearest Blood thy chiefest Harts to slay Then Dowglas swore a solemn Oath and thus in Rage did say E're thus I will Out-braved be one of us two shall dye I know thee well and Earl thou art Lord Piercy so am I. But trust me Piercy pity it were and great Offence to kill And of these our harmless Men. for they have done no Ill. Let thee and I the Battel try and sot our Men aside Acurst be he Lord Piercy said by whom this is deny'd Then stept a gallant ' Squire forth Witherington was his Name Who said I would not have it told to Henry our King for shame That e're my Captain fought on Foot and I stood looking on You be two Earls said Whitherington and I a ' Squire alone I 'll do the best that do I may while I have Power to stand While I have Power to wield my Sword I 'll fight with Heart and Hand Our English Archers bent their Bows their Hearts were good and true At the first flight of Arrows sent full threescore Scots they flew To drive the Deer with Hound and Horn Earl Dowglas had the bent A Captain moved with mickle Pride the Spears to shivers sent They clos'd full fast on every side no slackness there was found And many a gallant Gentleman lay gasping on the Ground O Christ It was great Grief to see and likewise for to hear The Cries of Men lying in their Gore and scattered here and there At last these two stout Earls did meet like Captains of great might Like Lyons mov'd they laid on load and made a cruel Fight They fought until they both did sweat with Swords of tempered Steel Until the Blood like drops of Rain they trickling down did feel Yield thee Lord Piercy Dowglas said in Faith I will thee bring 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 Couragious Knight that ever I did see To Dowglas quoth Earl Piercy then Thy Proffer I do scorn I will not yield to any Scot that ever yet was born With that there came an Arrow keen out of an English Bow Which struck Earl Dowglas to the Heart a deep and deadly blow Who never spoke more Words than these Fight on my merry Men all For why my Life is at an end Lord Piercy sees my fall Then leaving Life Earl Piercy took the dead Man by the hand And said Earl Dowglas for thy Life would I had lost my Land O Christ my very Heart doth bleed with Sorrow for thy sake But sure a more renowned Knight mischance did ever take A Knight amongst the Scots there was which saw Earl Dowglas dye Who straight in Wrath did vow Revenge upon the Earl Piercy Sir Hugh Montgomery was he call'd who with a spear most bright Well mounted on a gallant steed ran fiercely through the Fight And pass'd the English Archers all without all dread or fear And through Earl Piercy's body then he thrust his hateful spear With such a vehement force and might he did his body gore The spear went through the other side a large Cloath-yard and more So thus did both these Nobles dye whose courage none could stain An English Archer then

The Famous and Renowned HISTORY Of the Memorable but Unhappy Hunting on CHEVY-CHASE BY The River TWEED in SCOTLAND Together with the great and mortal Battles fought there between the Lord Piercy Earl of Northumberland and his fifteen Hundred English Archers and Earl Dowglas with twenty Hundred Scottish Spears in which both with most of their Men were Slain London Printed by and for C. Brown and sold by the Booksellers of Pye corner and London-bridge The History of the Hunting on Chevy-Chase Chap. I. How the Pierces had that Name and came to be Earls of Northumberland how this Lord Piercy the third Earl of the Descent in King Henry the Second's Reign made a Vow to hunt three Days in Chevy-Chase and with his Archers passed the Tweed THe noble Family of the Pierces Earl of Northumberland have had a high Esteem amongst the English Nobility and for their Valour and noble Exploits famed not only in our History but throughout the World I might give you a large account of the Descent of that noble Earl who is to be a chief part of the Subject of the following Story however by the way I must tell you that History records him for the fortunate Valour of a couragious Knight who kill'd the King of Scots by running his Spear into his Eye as he was besieging Roxborough Castle and his other Name was chang'd and that of Piercy given together with the Earldom of Northumberland and to the first Earl This Earl of whom I now treat was Grand-son and Heir both of his Virtues and Valour But to come nearer to the intended Purpose The noble Earl of Northumberland taking his Progress gallantly attended with fifteen hundred stout Archers passed on to the Marches of Scotland of which by Commission from the King he was to have been Lord-Lieutenant and wishing for some Venison at a Dinner he was informed that in a curious Forrest beyond the Tweed called Chevy-Chase belonging to Earl Dowglas a Scotch Nobleman there was such Store of it that the like was in no part of the Kingdom and Provision being scarce on the English side on those Borders this Report made his Men so forward that they desired they might go out in Parties and bring as much as they could away undiscovered But he despising such a way that look'd too much like Deer-stealing told them if their Courage was sufficient to venture for it fairly he would venture with them and so hunting it down as a fair Game it should be brought off with Honour as a lawful Prize taken in an Enemy's Country For then King Henry the Second of England in whose Reign it hapned there was a Rupture with the Scots though there had been for a while an Interval or Cessation of Arms. To this Motion of the Noble Earl's they gave their unanimous Consent by throwing up their Caps with a loud Shout and so the Earl made a vow That for three Days he would take his Pleasure in hunting on Chevy-Chase and thereupon sending for his Dogs and Toils early on a Midsummer Morning they passed the Tweed and were by a Guide directed to the Place which was about six Miles nearer Edenborough So to the Game they went The Dogs were put in to rouse the Harts the Horns founded and the Huntsmens Shouts with the Dogs Cries made a pleasant Noise yet the Villagers thinking it had been the Sound of War on some sudden Invasion were so terrified that many of them fled with what they could carry away for fear of being plunder'd and with their groundless Fears alarm'd the Country many Miles putting all into a Consternation and Confusion Chap. II. How they killed a great many Deer and at Supper-time Earl Dowglas sent a threatning Message to command them to depart and the stout Answer Earl Piercy returned Also the Preparations for the Fight made on both sides THe Harts and Roes though as swift in their running as the Wind could not however outstrip the English Arrows our Archers laying some Scores of them on the Ground so that they had killed such store of Venison that they began to be in doubt how they should be able to carry it away This happened on the first Day yet having refreshed themselves with the fat Haunches and Sides in the Evening making Fires and roasting it in the Forrest there being such a number of them they sound their Store much lessened But whilst the Earl was at Supper with divers Knights Esquires and Gentlemen on a Table of Boards laid on Supporters of Turf and sitting on Seats raised on Turf-banks such Accommodation as the rural Place would afford at the Close of it just as he was about to give Order to the Huntsmen to begin the Sport the next Morning with the Sun-rising in came a Messenger in a scarlet Livery laced with Gold and a Badge of Arms on a Plate of Silver fastned on his Breast This spoke him to be sent by some Person of Quality whereupon the Earl commanding Silence demanded from whom he came or what his Business was Upon which he thus began with a haughty Mein Sir said he whoever you are I know not but my Master the noble valiant and always victorious Earl Dowglas chief Ranger to the King of Scotland and to whom these Parks and Chases belong hearing you have boldly presumed to enter them and destroy his Deer without Leave or Consent by me tells you That if you do not suddenly depart your Lives shall pay for the Injury you have done before to Morrow Noon This being denounc'd he was about to depart but the undaunted Earl Piercy taking him by the Sleive said It is but convenient you should carry an Answer back to your Lord And that is this Tell him my Name is Piercy a Name at which Scotland has trembled and that I am of so true English Courage that Threats are in vain to terrifie me Tell him moreover I have proposed to take my Pleasure in these Forrests and Chases for two Days longer and if he be Valiant as you say let him hinder my Sport if he be so bold as to attempt it at the Hazard of his Life Upon this the Messenger departed with speed to the Scotch Earl who lay at Edenborough and related what was given him in Charge by Earl Piercy at which the Scotch Man stormed and fretted walking up and down in a great Fury muttering Revenge and all manner of Punishments on those he should take Prisoners he diligently enquired the Number of the English But the Messenger could give him no certain Account only guessed for many of them were in distant Parts of the Wood when he delivered what he had in Charge there might be about ten or twelve hundred Men whereupon he ordered his Horse and Armour which was guilded with Gold to be got ready against Morning-light also all his Friends and Servants together with as many as made up two thousand Spear-men to be mustered without letting them know what Design he had in