"O Christ! it was great greeve to see
how eche man chose his spere
and how the blood out of their brests
Did gush like water cleare.">[
[909] [furious.]
[910] [Ver. 155. who scorke Erle Douglas on the brest, f. MS.]
[911] [V. 157. who never sayd, f. MS.]
[912] [V. 163. who said, Erle Dowglas, for thy sake, f. MS.]
[913] [Ver. 189. he had a good bow in his hand, f. MS.]
[914] [V. 192. to the hard head haled hee, f. MS.]
[915] Sc. the Curfew bell, usually rung at 8 o'clock, to which the moderniser apparently alludes, instead of the "Evensong Bell," or Bell for vespers, of the original author before the Reformation. See p. [31], Ver. 97.
[916] For the surnames, see the Notes at the end of the ballad.
[917] [Ver. 203. Sir Robert Harcliffe and Sir William, f. MS.]