The Douglas turn’d him homeward again,
[And rode withouten stay];
He pyght[1048] his standard at Otterbourne
Upon a Wedensday.
XVIII
And syne he warned his men to go
To choose their geldings grass;
[And he that had no man to send]
His own servant he was.
XIX
A Scottish knight hoved[1049] on the bent[1050]
At watch, I dare well say,
So was he ware of the noble Percy
In the dawning of the day.
XX
He pryck’d to his pavilion[1051] door
As fast as he might run:
‘Awaken, Douglas!’ cried the knight,
‘For his sake that sits in throne!
XXI
‘Awaken, Douglas!’ cried the knight,
‘For thou mayst wake with wynne[1052]!
Yonder have I spied the proud Percy,
And seven standards with him.’