Earl Douglas was buried at the braken bush,
And Percy led captive away.
THE HUNTING OF THE CHYVIAT.
Percy says this old ballad was wrote by one Richard Sbeale, about the time of Henry VI. in whose reign several James’s were kings of Scotland. See his Notes on this Poem.
The Persé owt off Northomberlonde,
And a vowe to God mayd he,
That he wold hunte in the mountayns
Of Chyviat within dayes thre;
In the magger of doughté Dogles,