And thrice about he did him swing,
Till on the grund he light,
Where he has halden young Edward,
Tho' he was great in might.240
"Now let him up," King Edward cried,
"And let him come to me:
And for the deed that thou hast done,
Thou shalt hae erldomes three."
"It's ne'er be said in France, nor e'er245
In Scotland, when I'm hame,
[That Edward once lay under me,]
And e'er gat up again!"
He pierced him through and through the heart,
He maul'd him cruellie;250
Then hung him ower the draw-brigg,
Beside the other three.
"Now take frae me that feather-bed,
Make me a bed o' strae!
I wish I hadna lived this day,255
To mak my heart sae wae.
"If I were ance at London Tower,
Where I was wont to be,
I never mair suld gang frae hame,
Till borne on a bier-tree."260
[25]. North-Berwick, according to some reciters.—S.
[27, 28]. These two lines have been inserted by Mr. Hogg, to complete the verse. Dunbar, the fortress of Patrick, Earl of March, was too often opened to the English, by the treachery of that baron, during the reign of Edward I.—S.
[70]. If this be a Flemish or Scottish corruption for Ville de Grace, in Normandy, that town was never besieged by Edward I., whose wars in France were confined to the province of Gascony. The rapid change of scene, from Scotland to France, excites a suspicion that some verses may have been lost in this place.—S.