The blood ran them between.
23. (H.)
But Piercy wi’ his good broadsword
Was made o’ the metal free,
Has wounded Douglas on the brow
Till backward did he flee.
24. (S.)
But Piercy wi’ his broadsword good
That could so sharply wound,
Has wounded Douglas on the brow,
Till he fell to the ground.
25. (H.) Here Hogg has mixed prose and verse, and does his best. Scott deletes Hogg’s 25.
27. (H.) Douglas repeats the story of his dream. Scott deletes the stanza.
28. In Hogg’s second line,
Nae mair I’ll fighting see.
Scott gives, from Herd,