In Yorkshire was this gentleman born,
And William Horsley was his name.
15.
‘Horsley,’ says he, ‘I must sail to the sea,
To seek out an enemy; God be my speed!
Before all others I have chosen thee;
Of a hundred bowmen thou’st be my head.’
16.
‘My lord,’ says he, ‘if you have chosen me
Of a hundred bowmen to be the head,