‘For thow maste waken wyth wynne;

Yender haue I spyed the prowde Perssye,

And seven stondardes wyth hym.’

23

‘Nay by my trowth,’ the Dowglas sayed,

‘It ys but a fayned taylle;

He durst not loke on my brede banner

For all Ynglonde so haylle.

24

‘Was I not yesterdaye at the Newe Castell,