My Lord of Yorke was one of them,
My Lord of Carlile was the other,
And my Lord Fitzwilliams,
The Bishop came with the other.
XLII
The Bishop of Durham commanded his men,
And shortlye he them bade,
That never a man shold goe to fight
Till he had served his God.
XLIII
Five hundred priests said mass that day
In Durham in the field,
And afterwards, as I hard say,
They bare both spear and shield.
XLIV
The Bishop orders himselfe to fight,
With his battell-axe in his hand;
He said, ‘This day now I will fight
As long as I can stand!’
XLV
‘And soe will I,’ sayd my Lord of Carlile,
‘In this faire morning gay’;
‘And soe will I,’ said my Lord Fitzwilliams,
‘For Mary, that mild may[1035].’