The Battle of Floddon Field;: A Poem of the Sixteenth Century. : With the Various Readings of the Different Copies; Historical Notes, a Glossary, and an Appendix Containing Ancient Poems and Historical Matter Relating to the Same EventJames Ballantyne and Company, 1808 - 389 páginas |
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Página xv - Floddan Field, in Nine Fits, being an exact History of that famous memorable Battle, fought between English and Scots on Floddan Hill, in the time of Henry the Eighth, anno 1513: worthy the perusal of the English Nobility.
Página 319 - I shall hang thee, quarter thee, and draw thee, if thou shoot one shoot this day. I am determined that I will have them all before me on a plain field, and see then what they can do all before me.
Página 287 - At Brankiston feld wher the Kyng of Scottys was slayne He then beyng of the age of thre score and tene With the gode Duke of Northefolke y...
Página 298 - Bout stacks wi' the lasses at bogle to play; But ilk ane sits eerie, lamenting her dearie — The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away. Dool and wae for the order sent our lads to the Border ! The English, for ance, by guile wan the day; The Flowers of the Forest, that fought aye the foremost, The prime of our land, lie cauld in the clay.
Página 126 - He was my crowned king, and if the parliamentary authority of England snt the crown upon a stock, I will fight for that stock ; and as I fought then for him, I will fight for you, when you are established by the said authority.
Página 137 - The council board of England, at which the earl of Surrey held the chief place, was daily pestered with complaints from the sailors and merchants, that Barton, who was called Sir Andrew Barton, under pretence of searching for Portuguese goods, interrupted the English navigation. Henry's situation at that time rendered him backward from breaking with Scotland, so that their complaints were but coldly received. The earl of Surrey, however, could not smother his indignation, but gallantly declared at...
Página 195 - Caithness, and is marked with the drumstrings, having been cut out of a drum-head, as no other parchment could be found in the army. The Earl and his gallant band perished to a man in the battle of Flodden : since which period, it has been reckoned unlucky in Caithness to wear green, or cross the Ord on a Monday, the day of the week on which the chieftain advanced into Sutherland.