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THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ASTOR, LENOX AND
TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.

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LONDON, PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN & CO PATERNOSTER ROW, APRIL 1815.

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ough ye had drawn a hostile word

inst our ally, great England's Lord, Ir mail upon your shoulders børne, o battle with the Lord of Lorn,

outlaw'd, dwelt by greenwood tree With the fierce Knight of Ellerslie, raided even the murderous strife,

When Comyn fell beneath the knife
Of that fell homicide The Bruce,

This night had been a term of truce.

lo, vassals give these guests your care, 102

And shew the narrow postern stair."

fo land these two bold brethren leap, The weary crew their vessel kept)

bad. Bebe dhe the to.des' flare,

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Though ye had drawn a hostile sword
'Gainst our ally, great England's Lord,
Or mail upon your shoulders borne,
To battle with the Lord of Lorn,

Or, outlaw'd, dwelt by greenwood tree
With the fierce Knight of Ellerslie,
*Or aided even the murderous strife,
When Comyn fell beneath the knife
Of that fell homicide The Bruce,

This night had been a term of truce.-
Ho, vassals! give these guests your care,

And shew the narrow postern stair.”

XXVIII.

To land these two bold brethren leapt, (The weary crew their vessel kept)

And, lighted by the torches' flare,

That seaward flung their smoky glare,
The younger knight that maiden bare

Half lifeless up the rock;

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