I have a hondrith captayns in Ynglonde,’ he sayd,
‘as good as ever was he:
But, Persë, and I brook my lyffe,
thy deth well quyte shall be.’
63.
63.4 The battle of Homildon Hill, near Wooler, Northumberland, was fought in 1402. See 1 King Henry IV., Act I. sc. i.
As our noble kynge mayd his avowe,
lyke a noble prince of renowen,
For the deth of the lord Persë
he dyde the battell of Hombyll-down;