With his eightscore men so gallant to see,
The king he moved his bonnet to him;
He thought he had been a king as well as he.
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‘O pardon, pardon, my soveraign leige,
Pardon for my eightscore men and me!
For my name it is John Armstrong,
And a subject of yours, my leige,’ said he.
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‘Away with thee, thou false traitor!