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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

and of the same Opinion crying out They would not hazard their noble Earl in single Combate but fight with him and for him to the last Drop of their blood found him self constrained to yield to their Importunities and so both sides immediately were ordered to make ready for the Battle Chap. V. How the mortal Battle began by the English Archers who slew sixty Scots at the first Flight of Arrows and continued with such Fury that all the place was paved with dead and dying Men how the two Earls after a cruel Fight were slain with the manner of it c. THe English Archers on the left Division immediately sent a Flight of fatal Arrows which laid threescore of the Scots dead on the place and the right Division letting fly on the Flank of their Battalion gauled them most miserably Earl Dowglas seeing his Men discouraged to be killed so at distance and that another Vollue might put them into Disorder commanded them speedily to advance and come to a close Fight by which means he thought to tender the English Bows which was their chiefest Weapons useless but in this he was deceived for they kept such excellent Order that whenever the Front opened the Archers behind feather'd the Scots with Showers of deadly Arrows whilst the others kept them in play with their Swords however both being furious they fought desperately insomuch that the Ground was cover'd with dead and dying Men Arrows shivers of Spears broken Swords and streams of Blood nothing was heard but confus'd Noises Groans and Cries And now Earl Piercy being backed by divers Knights and Esquires Men at Arms c. out of the Tops of the Enemy's Spears pointed against him and like a Tempest broke in amongst them with such Fury and Slaughter that he laid heaps of dead on either hand and before him so that his way was in a manner stoped with the Carcasses of the Slain which raised a great Cry about him insomuch that Earl Dowglas who was fighting on the other side and had signaliz'd his Valour very much was forced to give over and come to the succour of his broken Forces where these two Earls met like two enraged Lyons no Armour was Proof against their Well-temper'd Swords so that by the mighty stroaks they gave each other it fell Piece-meal to the Ground the Place they fought on was sprinkled with noble Blood and Earl Dowglas hereupon beginning to faint yet ashamed to yield thus bespake Earl Piercy Noble Lord You see your Blood flows fast and Death you cannot ' scape if you contend with me much longer I therefore in pity to your Life would have you yield yourself my Prisoner you shall be nobly used and I 'll prefer you with James our King by making him sensible of your Worth and Courage To this Earl Piercy replyed with a sorrowful smile As for my Life take you no care but surely guard your own my Honour I prefer before all things on Earth and it never shall be said that Piercy yielded to a Scot. Whilst they paus'd a little on these Words and were again renewing the Fight and Arrow coming from among the Ranks of the Archers ended that Combat by piercing Earl Dowglas to the Heart who thereupon falling to the Ground his last Words with a faint and dying Voice were Fight on my merry Men revenge my Death for I am slain and Piercy lives to see me fall The noble Earl Piercy on the fall of brave Dowglas by such an unwished or unexpected way was much troubled for his Death and to be deprived of the Honour of the Conquest he expected laboured to raise him from the Ground that he might send him out of the Battle to have his Wounds dressed if peradventure his Life might be in him but finding him dead he much bemoaned him commending like a generous Enemy his Valour and wishing he had or could have done any thing to save him But whilst he was lamenting his Death his own was near at hand for the noise being carried through the Battle that Earl Dowglas was slain Sir Hugh Montgomery who was Dowglas's chief Favourite putting his Spears in his Wrest and vowing Revenge broke through the Rank and whilst the noble Piercy's Thoughts were imploy'd on the dead Earl he came behind him at Unawares and run him quite through the Body so that he fell on Earl Dowglas and only having time to encourage his Men gave up the Ghost But was not long unreveng'd for an English Archer perceiving what had happened drew an Arrow up to the head which proved a sure Messenger of Death for it passed quite through Montgomery's Body so that the Feathers of the Arrow were wet in his Heart's Blood Chap. VI. How the Battle after the Death of the noble Chiefs continued till but fifty five of the Scots and fifty three of the English were left alive it holding a whole Summer's Day of the Lamentation the Widows made over their dead Husbands and the Revenge for the Earl's death c. THough the Chiefs were slain the Fight continued with great Fury being spurred on with Courage and Desire of Revenge either side scorning to yield though the Sun declined and Night was hasting on a pace it having held almost a whole Summer's Day till in the end those few that were left alive were so wounded and wearied that they were constrained to part by Consent Eighteen hundred forty three of the Scots being killed so that of the two Thoufand there remained but fifty five and of the English but fifty three so fatal and desperate were these two small Armies contending for the Honour of cither Nation more than for any thing else Witherington especially in this Action behaved himself as he had promised for a Scot coming behind him with a mighty broad Sword and cutting his Legs off he raised himself on his bleeding Stumps with his Hands and pierced his Enemy who had so wounded him to the Heart and so continued fighting till through loss of Blood he fainted and dyed Besides these of Note dyed in this Battle Sir John Ogerton Sir Robert Sir John and Sir James Ratcliff three valiant Brothers and of a noble Family also Sir George and Sir James Tyrell Father and Son and Sir Ralph Raby all gallant English Men. And of the Scots of Note besides Sir Hugh Montgomery Sir Charles Currel Sir Charles Murrel and his Sister's Son also Sir David Lamb a Man Valiant and of great Council much beloved by the whole Nation but nothing in this mortal Battle could rescue him from Death there fell likewise the Lord Markwell Lord of a Clan in the High-lands of that Name Nor was this Few'd scarce ended when the Bell rung to Evening-song the woful News of this bloody Day being known to the Widows of these Persons that were slain they came running with doleful Cries torn Hair and Garments each searching among the Dead for her Husband's Corps and no sooner finding it but falling on it kissed the

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