That a king crowned an earle durst not abide:
Yf Surrey bee so bolde to[1923] gieue battayle to mee,
I shall him tarry on Floddon hill side:
Open warre then soone was there cryde,”[1924]
And our doughty men were[1925] redily dight,
By the helpe of God, and in theyr prince’s right.
6.
S. Cutberd’s banner with the byshop’s men bolde,
In the vaunt garde[1926] forward fast did hye,
That royall relike more precious than golde,