Besides as many more was slain.220
The lord went where Sir Andrew lay,
And quickly thence cut off his head;
"I should forsake England many a day,
If thou wert alive as thou art dead."
Thus from the wars Lord Howard came,225
With mickle joy and triumphing;
The pirate's head he brought along
For to present unto our king:
Who haply unto him did say,
Before he well knew what was done,230
"Where is the knight and pirate gay,
That I myself may give the doom?"
"You may thank God," then said the lord,
"And four men in the ship," quoth he,
"That we are safely come ashore,235
Sith you never had such an enemy;
That is Henry Hunt, and Peter Simon,
William Horsely, and [Peter's son;]
Therefore reward them for their pains,
For they did service at their turn."240
To the merchant therefore the King he said,
"In lieu of what he hath from thee tane,
I give thee a noble a-day,
Sir Andrew's whistle and his chain:
To Peter Simon a crown a-day,245
And half-a-crown a-day to Peter's son,
And that was for a shot so gay,
Which bravely brought Sir Andrew down.
"Horsely, I will make thee a knight,
And in Yorkshire thou shalt dwell:250
Lord Howard shall Earl Bury hight,
For this act he deserveth well.
Ninety pound to our Englishmen,
Who in this fight did stoutly stand;
And twelve-pence a-day to the Scots, till they255
Come to my brother king's high land."
[129-136]. In some copies this stanza is wrongly placed after the next.
[238]. The services of Peter's son, not mentioned in this ballad, are duly recorded in the older, unabridged copy. See [v. 53-56, on p. 64].