and all that ever with him be.

2. The fattiste hartes in all Cheviot

he sayd he would kyll, and cary them away:

"Be my feth," sayd the doughty Douglas agayn,

"I will let[43] that hontyng if that I may."

3. Then the Percy out of Banborowe cam,

with him a myghtee meany[44],

With fifteen hondred archares bold of blood and bone;

they were chosen out of shyars thre.

4. This began on a Monday at morn,