they took with them the false Erle of Warwicke,
soe did they many another man;
vntill they came to yorke Castle,
I-wis they neuer stinted nor blan.152
"spread thy ancyent, Erle of Westmoreland!
The halfe moone ffaine wold wee see!"
but the halfe moone is fled and gone,
and the Dun bull vanished awaye;156
and ffrancis Nortton and his 8 sonnes
are ffled away most cowardlye.
Ladds with mony are counted men
men without mony are counted none;160
but hold your tounge! why say you soe?
men wilbe men when mony is gone.
ffins.]
FOOTNOTES:
[926] This circumstance is overlooked in the ballad.
[927] Besides this, the ballad mentions the separate banners of the two noblemen.
[928] This lady was Anne, daughter of Henry Somerset, E. of Worcester.
[929] [surety.]