The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-03-25
CHEVY CHASE.

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CHEVY CHASE.
God prosper long onr noble king. -.
Our lives and safesies al
A woful hunting once there did =
In Chevy Chase befall. =.
TO drive ille deer with hound and horn :
Earl Percy took his way; ,.s. !
The child mayr rue ilIai Is unbaEn < =
The .hunling Of thai day. -.
The STOUT earl Of Northumberland =
A gov 10 God dill make, :
Ills pleasure in the Scottish woods
Three summers days 10 take;
The chiefest harris in Chevy Chase
To kill and bear away. 49,
The tidings 10 earl Douglas eame +
In Scotland, where he layi<s =,
Who sent earl Percy present word T..
' He would prevent his sport.
The English earl, not fearing this, p, :. ;
Did 10 the woods resort, .-.. ..-s
With fifteen hundred bowmen bold,
All chosen men Of might; -. : =
Who knew full well. in time Of need,
To aim their shafts Alright. =
The gallant grcyhounds swiftly ran, =. 4
To chase The lallOw deer; : q.
On Monday they began 20 hunt, =.
When daylight did appear; :
And long before high noon. they had p
/, A hundred fat bucks slain; =
Then, having dined, the drovers went
To rouse them mp again. Z.
The bow men musier'd on the hills, ]
| Well able 10 endure, 's -,
|, Their back-s1s all, with special care,
That day were guarded sure. "
The hounds ran swiftly through the woods
The nimble deer 10 take:
And with their cries ihe hills and dales
An echo shrill did make.
lord Percy to the quarry went.
! To view the slaughtered deer;
Quoth he, q Earl Douglas promised -
| This day 10 meet me here:
10 If that thought he would no. come,
No longer would l stay" p 3
i With that a brave young gentleman
Thus 70 the earl did say: =.
aI.o yonder doth earl Douglas come,
\ slsis men IN armour bright, go
/ Full twenty hundred Scottish spears
All marching in our sight;
"All men Of pleasant Trividale,
Fast by the river Tweed"
"Then cease your SPORT" earl Percy said
"And take your bows with speed:
And.now with me, nv countrymen,
Your courage forth advance;
For never was there champion vet,
In Scotland or in France,
That ever did on horseback come,
But, il my hap it were,
/ burst encounter man for man,
With him to break a spear"
Earl Douglas on milk-white s,eed,
Most like baron bold,
Rode foremost of the company,
Whose armour shone like gold:
"Show me" said he, "whose men you be,
That hunt so boldly here;
That, without my consent. do chase
And kill my fallow deer ~
The man that first did answer make,
Was noble Percy he: Il
Who said, ave list not TO declare.
Nor show whose men we be:
yet will we spend our dearest blood,
Thy ohiefest harts TO slay." $40
Then Douglas swore a solemn oath,
And thus in rage did say:
" Ere thus will outbrared be,
One of us two shall die:
know thee well an earl thou art,
Lord Percy: so am |. 49,
i" But trust me, Percy, pity ii were,
And great offence, to kill
ANY of these our harmless men,
For they have done no i'll.
" Let thou and | the battle try,
And set our men ASIDE!
Accurs'd be he," lord Percy SAID
"By whom this is denied"
Then step'd gallant squire forth.
Witherington was his name.
Who said, I" ! viii not have II told
To Henry our King, for shame,
"That e'er my captain fought on foot,
And stood looking on: /
You be two earls," said Wi.heringson,
sand I squire alone:
"I'll do the best that do may, |
While have strength to stands
While l have power to WELD my sword,
I'll fight with heart and hand /
Our English archers bent their bows,
Their hearts were good and true;
At the first fligh, of arrows sent,
Full three-score Scots they slew.
TO drive the deer WITH hound and horn.
Earl Douglas had the bent;
A captain, mov'd with mickle pride,
The spears to shivers sent.
,rL 40. .lo.od E,l e.. -, $3.50. .;Aa