A Textual． S tudy of The ．Battle一 of Otterbu`m`

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A Textual． S tudy of
The ．Battle一 of Otterbu'm'
Yuju Ikeda
I． Introductio篇．
This study is an attempt to see， by collating several versions， h6w
。a。i。。、1y。。， and，he sani。 hi、t。。i。al。v。n・i。，el。・。d i。 b。ll。d und。卦
・n・titl・．・f Tん・B・ttl・・／Otterb鵬・and h・w・・m・・！th・…i・ti・n・
were brought about． ．． The ballad is based upon a， Scottish invasiorl of
England made “about the．Lammas tid♂
of 1388， the tvレelfth year． of
R・・h・・d∬・fE．・gland VR・もert．宜・h…e・gn・・g・v・・S…land・
J・m・r・E・・1・．f Dr・gl…w・・hh・・b…h・・E・・1・f M・r'・ay・hd cer・・1・
qf the leading n．oblemen 6f ScQtland， invaded Northumberland at the
h・ad．・f lth・ee th…and血…whil・th・E・・1・f Fif・and hi・b…h…
．・・ns＼ Ef
Ki・g．．R・b・…．・・mmand・・g．・r・・ll m・・e num…U・ c・mpany・1・iq
・h・h…hwg ・．・erp・・'u…yi・w・・・・・…kC・・li・le ca・・1・and m・・ch・d
further southward．
But． the mairl body of the ballad is concerned．
with the e・p1・1亡・・fψ・d・t・⑳・・t・．th・a．・my・・d・・D・・gユ…wh・
penetr◎t・d a・far as Newcastle and．even tr Du「hatn・
On his way back he encounters at． the forme．r town． Henry Percy，・
の
・・‘H・tSp・・'・f Sh・k・・peaで・'・κi・g． H・・哩▽・wh・．1・y i・'9・・ri…
there．
They fight， Douglas seizes Percy's lance arld．pennon bearing
hi・c・at・f・・m・・． H・m・・ch…o「止・1・dg・・9P Ott・・b・m・・b・ut．
・h…ymi1・・NW・fN・w・a・・1・・．・・d・h・・eaw・…h・・an・・g・…t”・…．・・
・he P・・mi。e th・y h・d m・d・a・N・w・aS・1・． P・・cy．・alliesド・p・w・tifti1．
△・m・・n『th・晦・ches，． h・…n・．・・Ott・・bli・n，・・d・．m・k・・a・・gh・・tt・Ck
up6n the Scottish camp．
〔1〕．
A fierce battie ensues under a cIear moon
レ
・ ト
己∫．
／（ Cc'
stri”
凵CgrElio．1'i'IEF．1． 32）， and in．．one of the sl〈irmishes Pouglas． is slain，
Xk ．bY the heaY．y blow of Percy's ‘fine Collayne'・ （CA 50，56）， while
both Henry Percy and hi s brother Ralph are taken prisoners by Lord
Montgorpery， Douglas' nephew and the new commander of the S60ts．
Thus ends this memorable internecine battle，'leaving many・a widow ．‘wyth
wepyng tey｝es' ． （CA 67）．
． ' T．his ・story is '
狽盾撃?in mor，e of less vhried．forinsl according as the
sogrces differ from xXrhich the ballads are drawn． The 'following・
antholggies are what 1 have chosen as best servin， g my purpose of textual
．collation．， ' ・
Anthology
Abbreviation
Francis． i．
C
Child：Englisんαn（i Sc．o ttisんPopulαr Bα．”α（ls，
ed． H． C． Sargent and G． L． Kittredge， one-vol． edれ．1905
，
London（First edn．1883-98．5 v61s．）
George W． Edwards：ABook o／Engiish Bα”αds1
1896New York
F・・・…B・G' Emm・t…ld E・glis・β・〃・・…9・4．Bg・…
（First edn． 1894）
Dav｛d Herd：・4ncientαn（l Mo（le rn Sco ttish Son．g8， 、He ro ic
H
Bα”αds， Etc，，2vols． 、1870 Ed量nburgh， being ‘Apage
fQr page Reprint of the Ed｛tion of 1776' （First edn．1769；
Second edn． 1776）
㌦
Ok・k…，Y・・hi・ab・・Q・・ld E・g！isんB・〃・d・．1923．T・k・・
T｝16mas Percy：Reliques of Ancient Englisん Poetry．
1856．LondQn（F｛rst edn． 1765）
S｛rArthur T。 Quiller-Couch：The Ox／brd Booh o∫Bαtiαds・
1927 0xford．．
JOSeph RitSQn：、4nCient SOngS αn（1-Bα〃α（iS，2∼；OIS． 1829
London （First edn． 1790）
Sir Waiter Scott：Minstrelsy o／tんe．Scottish Border， ed．
s
T．F． H6nderson，4vols． 1902 New York （First edn．
180212 vols．
S6cond edn．
1803 3 vols'．）
x
（ '
Q ）
A Textual Study of Th．e Bdttle of Otterburn
These may be giv．ided intg th．ree groups， as ，tabulated below，
according to the likeness their versions bear to one another in． substance，
though they'
@ditfer to some extent in particulars， such a・s'spelling， '
魔盾モ≠h?
ulary， and part or even whgle of the stanzas． ． ． ” ．
Group
Compiler
VersiOn
Rits6n
H
70
1790
70
1883
70
Gummere．
1894
70
Edwards
1896
70
Okakura
1923
70
Quiller-COUch
1927
76
Herd
1769
14
1883
14
1802
35
1＄83
40
A
Child
1
Nu㎡1ber of stanzas
1765ρ
Percy
First edition
B
Child
皿
Scott．
C
Child
P
In e6cA'group， comparison is to be m'ade b6tween profes．sor，child's
▽・・r・・nand．lh・・中・・．．verr・・…vers・・n・l I・g…pl・m・dern・・a・…
of'
唐垂?撃撃奄??is so univer．sal with． Q version that the instances will be left'
unmentiohed in the co］lation except in a very few ea，ses．
As for the．sources of th．e v6rsions， some compllenys state 't｝temi
wh．ile o，th．ers do not Thu．g Professor Child indicates at the head of．
each of his v，ersions its origin， b． g．， A version as being fo．unded．upon
the two'MSS．， i． e．， Cotton MS． and Harleian MS．， both in the British
Mugeum，．B versiQn upon Herd's MS．， Herd's Scottish Songs， and
S・・tt・・脇trelsy．‘‘・…ec・・d”f・・m H・・d，1776，“b・・MS・・Qpy・”
an．d c version upon Scotch Ballads， ．materials for Borde．r Minstrelgy・・'・…
communicated to Scott， in a letter，' by James Hogg．
Percy's version， wbich is much the samg as Chi！d's A versign，
亡．，ゴ
may．be presumed a＄founded upon the same basis．as that of Child's．
・・1・h・・ay・…he c・mme・…yp・・b・f…hi・，…s・g・・“L・'
・v・・y・・'
Ekil・w・h・v・
戟E・l na・ra・・…f・h・wh・1・affa・・f・・m F・g・ssa…．・
秩Eum・・an
F・ench hi…riah・wh・apPea・．…b・unbiq・sed．．．F・・issa・t”s re1・・i6・．
・・p・・1…．1・h・ll・h…f・・e g…i・， w・th・． f・w・・1・・ec・・…，・・ab・・d・・d
by．C・・t…．t・・：1
，
Edwards says nothing part｛．cular in．the way．of the．source of his
version．
Gummere， after recommending in the ‘lNbtes” of his collec-
tion．Childls A vetision as ‘ポincomparably the best，”refebs to the、two
MSS…'．・h・B・・…h M．・・e・rli・nd F…ssat・'・Cん・・伽…wh・・h‘adm…
t．h・・d・n…y6f・h・…g…f．h・・veF…nw・・h・h・・．・f．child'・・
Ritson does ngt make any referenc6 in his cQllection．to the subj6ct．
Ok・k・・a nam・・i・．th・1・…d・c・i・n（xxii）qf hi・edi・i・n．Ψilli・'m
．AUinghaエn， the editor ofτんe．Bα〃αd Bσok（1864）， as the basis of his
verSlon．
correspondence of cA to Q is as fol16ws （‘x・indicates absence
of th6 whole stahza）：一
．CA star｝za（s）
レ7
、
Qstanza（s）．
1-7
8'． ．
x
9日18．
8-17
Q．18，11．3-4are from S 16，IL 3-4
19
．
．x
20-55
19-54
56
．x
．
．
．'
，
．
Q55-5S are from S．23-25 apd27．
57
． 59
58． ．
59-68
x
．
Q60-65 ar6．from S 28 and 30-34
66-75
69
x
70
． 76
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Q．ver．sion is， as seeh from・the above table and ｛he' tektual collatiQn
which follows， an inge'
獅奄盾浮?conflation of sevetal preceding versions．
In group 1［， CB version．is， as specified at the head of it， basgd
・p・・H6・d・・δ・伽んS・…Et・・， w・・h・…'f・W・即・・d・・｛・n・i・・p・lh・g，
punctuation and grammar． Sidney Gi］pin， editor of Herd's collection
just mentioned， says i．n his prefactory note appended to it （xii）， “The
gr'
no '
?р?drawback of Herd's'Coliggtion is that it gives no narnep of authors，
窒???窒?獅モ??to'the sourc6s ffom whence its 'contents were derived，
no． notes oi．．comments resarding 'their 'probable date， nor any other information of'
@a like character・ ln this respect it is a step or two behind
Allap Ra．msay's Ted． Tab4e 'MiscellanY．； but otherwiSe it has spolen， a
considerable march in advance of that work especially in point of taste
and condensation．'”
In group 皿， Scotch．ballads，宙hich．also furnished mater童als．for
Seott's Minstrelsg， are， as stated at．the head of the version， the
sources of CC． They ar'e mostly Hogg's two copies， which worked， ' as
Shown．below， complgmentqrily to 'make up Child's version．
Hogg's copies： lst'copy， 29 F．tanzas （1-24 35-38 40）
2nd copy， 11 stanza＄ （ 25-34 ”39 ） '
Scott ayailed ．himself of other' sources， besides．Hogg （with frequ'ent
emendations，' @truncations an．d interchanges of the order of veres），e．g．
Herd （gtanzas 21， 25， 26， 30， 31， 33-35）， traditional sto．ries（gt．2Q etc．），
or'
?奄唐b翌?composition （tsanzas 30， 32， etc．）'； cf． “Sir Walter． Scott，
in editing the Bqrdbr Minstrglsy． was under considerable oblig4tions to a
manuscriPt of Herd's containing many copies of curious old ballads， which
he hqd gathered ipto the g'
≠窒獅??and carefuily annotated； ” 一T-m'Herd：
r・・痂・ん．Songs・ 1”t「od”c‘ion viii・．
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．
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ll・． Textual CoUations
THE BATTLE OF OTTERBURN
A
■」
a．Cotton MS． Cleopatra， C． iv，
leaf 64，0f about 1550。 b．月［arleian
MS．．293， leaf 52． Bo．th in the British
Muse口m・
1YTl fe112abowght3th．e Lamasse4 ' ．11t-Q 2 felle-O， P 3 adout」Q
tyde，
4Lammas-Q s husbands-Q，
QI Whan husbondes5wynnes6ther．haye， husbonds-P 6 wynne-G，∼vynn-P
Th・d・w・h・y・D・wglasse7b・w・・d 8．7 D・wg1・・1一，8b・un．d（him）一s
hym to ryde，
In Ynglond．to take a praye．
〔5hUsbandmen 6Northumberland phrase，
‘get． in'8prepared（himself）〕
2The yerlle of Fyffe1．wythowghten2
2withouten-R
stryffe，
He bowynd3 hym over．Sulway；4
3bowyn-G， R
The gfete． wolde5 ever to-gether．ryde；
That raysse6 they may・rewe7
．
．
，
6race-P 7rue-P
f6r aye．
〔1The Ear1． of Fife， Robert StUart，
seρond son of K． RobertH
な
3hied（him）
．4SolWay Firth
5（9・e'・t）P・wer 6ridi・g，．・a｝d〕
For stanza 2， Q has
Q2 He has chosen the Graemes，
．
『
and the Lindsayz light，
，
And the gallant Gordons．．． gay；
And the Earl of Fyfe・withouten
strife，．
．
He's bomld himover Solway．
30v6．r HopPertope・hyll they2 cam3in，．10ttercap-G， P・Q・R 3came-P
Q3 Arld so4 dQwn5 by Rodelyffe6
crage；
．'
They come．in over Ottercap Hill-Q
4So、down…一Q 5dowyn-P， R
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A Textual Study of The Battle of Otterburn
Vp6n Grene7 Lynton．8 they lyghted' 6Rodeley（Cragge）一Q， Rodelyffe
dowyn， ． ． cragge＝P 7Green-Q' 8Leyton-P， Q
Styrande9 many a stage．iO iO stagge一一P， Q
〔28c．．the 耳ar）of Douglas and his
paFty 9Stirring iO stag） ，
4， And boldely brentei Notithomberlond，
And haryed2 many a towyn；3 ． 2harryed-Q 3Bamborowe shire-Q
They dyd owr Ynglyssh men grete．
， wrange，4 ．．'
To bate115 that・were riot bowyn．6 L 5battell-O， P， R
（iburnt 2pillaged ‘wrong， injury
6bound， ready）
Foristahza 4， Q has
Q4 And they have brent the dales of．
Tyne， ・
And hartyed Bamborowe shire，
And the Otter Dale they， have．brqnt
it hale， ・ ， ．
一
JAnd left，it a”on fire． ．
5 Than' spake a berne2 vpon the iThen-Q '
bent， 3
Q5 Of comforte that was not colde，
And sayd，' We haue brente No．rthomber一一
ラ
lond，
We haue'all welth‘ in holde． ' ‘wealth-Q
（2man 3field ）
6 Now we haue haryed all Bamborowe
schyie， K
Q6 All the welth in the worldei haue iworld-O
wee，'
1．
1 rede2 we ryde to Newe Castell，3 3Newcastell-Q
So styll and stalworthlye．4
（2advi＄e '4stoutly）
7 Vponi the morowe， when it was iUppon-P' 2daye一一P
day，2 ， 3standards-P， Q
Q7 The standebds3 schone‘ fu115 ‘shone-Q 5fulle-O， P
bryght；
（7）
To the Newe Castell the toke6 the '6they took-Q
waye， 一 一
And thether they cam 'fUll ryght．
‘cf． So shyneth in his whyte baner
large-The Knight's Tale L l18
8 S．ofr Hentiy'Perssyi laye at the iPercy（et aL exc． 15，32，34，
New Castell， where it is‘Percyel and 29
1 te112 yow wythowtten drede；3 ‘Perssy'）一Q ．2telle-P
He hadl byn q march-man‘'all hys
dayes，
And kepte Barwyke vpon Twede． ．
（3doubt ．‘scouber of the marc．hes） ．
9 To the Newe・Castelli when they ． iTo NewcastellrQ
cam，
Q8 The Skottes they2 cryde on hyght，3' 2The Doug｝as-Q'
‘Syr Hary Perssy， and‘ th6u． ‘'，nn-Q
byste5 within， 5bidest-Q
Com to the fylde， and fyght．
（3alQud ‘if ）
10 ‘For we haue brente Northomberlonde，
Q9 Thy erytage i good apd ryght，
And syne2 my logeyng 1 haue take3． 3taken-Q
W．qth'my brande dubbyd many a．
knyght：
（iheritage 2since ）
ll S．ur Harry Perssy cdm to the walles，
QIO The Skottyssch 'oste'for． to se， i
D ．iThe，Scottish hoFt for to se'
And sayd？ And thou hast brente 2‘And sayd' Vvanting in P
Northomberlond，
Fu｝1'sore it rewyth． me．3
' '
D（31 regret it） '
12Yf ﾑよast
@”
ha「yed all BamboroWe．．．一・
Qll Thow hast done me grete epvye；'i
For． the trespasse thQw has．t me done， ．． ． ' ．
The， tope2 6f vs schall dYe．3 3 shall die（et'al・）TQ
（8 ）．
・ ・／
?Q
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（iihjury・ 2The one ）
の
13 ‘Wbere schall 1 byde．． the？' sayd
磧
the Dowglas，
Q12 ‘Or where wylte thow．com to me？'
‘At Otterborne，．in the hygh way，i
：P，
［T）her mast2 thow well logeed be． 2maist
mays t一 E
（ithe old”Watling-street roadTPercy）．
For st 12， 11． 3-4， Q has
‘But gae ye up 'to Otterbourne，
And wait there dayb's three．
These are from S， st． 10， 11． 1-2．
14．‘・（T）he rooi full rekeles ther
iroe-Q
sche rinnes，
QIR （T）o make the game a（nd）' glee；
（T）h6 fawk en2' and the・fesaunt3
2favikon-P，
falcon-Q 3phesant一'Q
．／ both，・
Among‘ the holtes5'on hYe．6・・
‘amonge-P
6hee-P
（3pheasaht 5woods cf． Gerrp． Holz］
For the last line， Q has”
（'
To fend th￥ men and thee．
15
痰?Zstltho吻e thy宙llth
Q14 'Well looged2 ther mast be；
??獅п≠垂窒盾魔奄р?for）
isee st． 13 above
210dg' d‘ Q
Yt s'chall not be long or9 1 com
3ere-Q
the4 tylll 5
‘thee-Q
Sayd Syr'Harry Pefssye．6
may'st （et al・ ）一Q
6Percye一一P
［5unto， tO）・
16 ‘Ther schall 1 byde thel saya the
Dovigl as，
Q15 ‘By the fayth of my bodye：'
'‘Thether schall 1 coml sayd．S．vr
Harry Perss'y，
‘My trowth I plyght to thel i ' i‘My
17・A pypei of wyne he gaue them over
the walles，
（9）
tro th
1 plight'to th6e：一Q
Q16．． For soth a『1．． yow．
@saye；
Ther he ぬし
lnayd the Dowglass俘2 drynke， 2Douglas-P
And all hys ost3 that day年．
30ste-P『
．〔11・・ge ca・k〕
For．the． first two line．s， Q has
Apipe of wine over the wa11，』
He gave． them 〔to their pay〕，
（t・th・i・p・y」f・・中・ir sati・facti・・）
18The Dowglas turnyd． hym homewarde
agayne，
Q17 ．Foユsoth．withowghten naye；1
エstay-Q
He toke2 hys夏。．geyng at Oterborne，． 2took6-P
Vpon3 a Wedynsday？
3UpPon-P
耳or the second ar》d third lines， Q has
And rode withouten stay；．
He pyght his standard at Otterbourne
（pyght＝pitc．hed）
19Ahd th，・．1 h・pyghゆs st・pd・・d lth・・e P
dowyn，
｛
Hys gettyng2 more and lesse，
And． sype he． warned hys merl to goo
To chose3 ther geldynges． gresse5 3And get「E
／
〔2booty
4horse＄' grass〕
For stanza 18，』』Q has
Q18 Andsyロe he warnedhis men to go
To． cho69e their geldings grass；
〔And he that had no man to send〕
His、own servant he was・
20ASkottysshe knyght hovedl vpon
the bent，
Qlg A wache21dare well saye；
2At watch-Q
So．was he waie30n the noble ・
Perssy，
」
類・h・d・w・y・g4 gf・h・d・y・・ 4d・w・y・ge-P
〔1huぬg about， tarried
3aware（of）〕
21He pryckedl to hys pavyleon-dore，
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A Textual Study of The Baltle of Otterburn
Q2b As faste qs he myght ronng'；
‘Awaken， 'Dowgla．s'； cryed the．
knyght，
l
亀
' ‘For hys love'
@that sytteS in trorie．2
．
（isped 2i． e． for the love of the
For his sake that sits in
hrone！一Q
i
King of Scotlahd）'
22 '‘Awaken， Dowglasl cryed the
knyght，
Q21 ‘For thow'
窒垂≠唐狽??． waken wyth
maiste-P
wynne；2
Yender3 haue． 1 spyed the prowde x
yonde r一 Q
Perssye，
．And seven stondardes wyth hyrpr，
（2joy， delight）
23 ‘Nayi bY my trowthl the Dpwglasi
ノア
Now（by my troth），Q
sayed，
Q22 '‘lt ys but a fayn'ed2 taylle；
He durst3 not loke on my brgde4
fayn＞d（tale）一Q
durste-P．
banner
ebred-P．
、
For all Ynglonde t so ・ha＞rlle． 5
Were all． England in hail！一Q
（2felgned ‘outspread， ex￡6hded
spure， strong）
8・ 42' i‘Wca．S，，lii7Q‘ YeF‘grdaye' at the Newe
That stondesi so fayre on Ty'ne？
For all the men the Perssy had，2
He coudeF not garre4 me ones
stonds'P
hade一 P
3．cowde“P
to dynel
（4give me my dl'nner， my fill，'beat
th6roughly一一C； entertain me（at fighting）
一Q）
25 He stepped owt'
@at ．his pavelyon-dore，
Q24 To loke andi it were le・sse：2
‘A≠窒？．，Ye，．YOW， 16r，dypges；9 one and
To look， and it were less-E；
o look an it x・vere lease-Q
1ゆngs-P
For here bygy． nnes no peysse． 4
（．21eas， f．alsehood ‘，peac．e）．
（11）
26 ‘The Yerle 'of Mentaye，i thow arte ． iM．entayne一一P
Q25 my eme，2
The fowarde3 1 gyve to the：．．
The yerlle of Huntlay， cawte‘ and ‘caute（and keen）一Q
kene，
H・・ch・llb・w・・励・P．
5He s中all wyth th・b・・一P・R
He shall with thee be．'一E
（'The'Earl of Meriteith 2un61e
一／Take hiln to g o with thee．一Q'
3'van． 4wary， spirited）
27 ‘The 16rde of Bowghan，i in Srmure iThe Lord of．Buchan-Q
bryght，． ． '，
Q2F On the other hand he schall be；
Lord Jhonstoune2 and Lorde ・ 2Johnstone-Q
．Maxwell，
Th・γ・・S・h・ll b・． w・・んm・ρ 3Th・y伽・・h・ll・・．with m・・一Q
28，‘Swynton，' fayre fYlde i vpon your i SWynton fayre fylde・'・'一P
' pryde！ ・ Swynton' fayre， fylde…一R
Q27 To batell make yow bowen2 ． fair fallr Q i
Syr Davy Skottei． Syr W'ater3 3Walter-E，， P， Q
Stewarde，
Sgr Jhon Qf ．Agurs・tone 1' ‘．' ‘Sir Joh．n of・Agerstone-Q
（2ready］
29 The' Perssy caln byfore hYs oste，i ihost-Q ' '
@．'
Q28 W．Ych was ever2 a gentyll knyght； 2eveガwas・E
Vpon the Dowglas lorde can he crye，
レ
‘1 wYll holde that 1 haue hyght．3
（3whelt 1 have promised）
30 ‘For thOu haste brente Northomber-
Q29 londe，
And done・ me grete enVyb；i
For．thys trespasse，thou hast me
dQne，
The tone2 of vs schall dyel 2The one一一E
（ihos' 狽奄撃奄狽?v． st． 1？ note）
31 The Dowglas・answerde hym agayne，
Q30．'Wyth grett wurdes vpon hye｝' iWith great
words upon hie-Q
An，d ．sayd， l haue twenty agaynst・ grete wyrds一'P up on hee-E， P， Q
，
（12）
A．
s・k…IS・・dy・f Th・ B・塑ア働塑
thy' one，
Byholde｛ and thou mast．e2 s6e．
2'
x｝'． 13，22'
notes
（iWith hatighty words in a loud voice）．
32． Wyth that the PerssY was g'revydi
sore，
2sothe-P
Q31 For s．oth2 as 1 yow saye；
'He lyghted dovQyn vpon hi's foote，3
3fote-P
／
And'schoote4 hys horsse clene
a宙aye§
s
saway-P， Q
（ivexeq 4thrust， sent quickly）
33 'EuerY man sawe that he dyd soo，
Q32 That ryalli vaas euer in rowght；2
Euery man schoote hys horsse
hym froo，
And lyght hym rowynde abowght．
（g'100Ynagl ．rpe2．r，O）”i' corppany，．‘a king
34@Th
凾奄пCS，，y' ￥dry Perssye toke． the
?h
2Even thus， as 1-you say-Q
Q33・ For soth as 1 yow saye；2-
Jhesu Cryste in hevyn on hyght3
30n high‘E v． 31
Dyd helpe hym N4reli that daye．
（iopenbd．the campa．ign）
35 But nyhe thowz．and，・ther was no
moo，
Q34 The crdnykle wyll not'layne；i
Forty thowsande・of Skottes and
fowre
That day fowght them agayne．2
（iconcfal，' dec'eivg． ？'
№〟Dainst them）
36 But when the batell byganne to
loyne，
Q35 ln hast ther cami a k'
獅凾№?煤G
The letters fayre furth2 hath he
tayne，3 ． ，．
And thus hg say岬'「yghl：
（'13 ）
icame-P
（2fair forth， di．rectly． 3taken）
37 ‘M ．v lo rdei yo der fa th er he gre tes
iMy lorde， '”一J P， R
Q36 yow Lvell，
1”v'yth many 'a n6ble'knyght；
He desyres ．vow tc） byde ，
That he． ma．y see thys fyght／．
38 ‘T｝ie Baron of Grastokei ys'com．
］L Gr ays toke一 Q
out'．of t．he “rest，
Q37 N，IV，'］yTth h）．」'ip a nob' le coinipa'n．x，'e；
AII they loge at yozLr fathers thys
nygh t，
2batei-P ‘vGold-P
IAI，za． tl］．9，Patei12 f．at／／iie3 wo．ld，4
（ 3 f．ain）
39 ‘For Jhesusi'Iovel．sayd Syr
iJesu'smP
2Perc￡」一E
Harye Perssy，2
J
Q38 ‘．That dyed for yow and'
高?C
艦
Wende to． my ！or．de my' father
agayne，
And sayen thow s． awe me not
・wgth yee．3
40 ‘M．y trowth ys piyg｝lt to '
3Say thou
saw me not with
thee． 一 Q
ee（i． e． eye）一E
凾盾?奄獅
Skotty， sh knyght，
Q39，it'nedes me npt to layne，i
Tha，t 1 schulde bside・ hym vpon
thys bent，
And 1 hgine hys trot・vth agayne．
（ibreak rpy wo；d 'v． 35］
41 ‘And if that 1 w［e）ynde of thy's
Q40 growende，i
v
igrowend-P
Fgr soth， onfoNNghten2 awaye，
He． wol．de me caR， but．a kowarde'
knyght．
In hys londe ano'ther daye．'
（igo off thi's ground 2unfought）
42 ‘Yet had 1 leveri to be rynde
and rente，2
（ 14 ）i
iliefer一一一Q
A Textual Study of ・The Battle of Otterburn
Q41 By． Mary， tha'
?
高凾汲汲??mayeF'
Then ．ever， my manhood schulde be
3that mickle may（i e． mighty・
maid）一Q mykel-P
reprovyd'
Wyth‘ a Skotte another day．5
sdaye一 O
（2riven 'and rent， flayed ahd torn
4By）
43 ‘Wherforei schote， archar．s， for
iWherefore-O
Q42． my sake，
And let s6harpe aroweS flee； L
Mynstrells， playe2 vp for you．r
2play-P
3
waryson，
And well quyt4 it schali be6．5
sbe‘P
．（3reward ‘rewarded）
44 ‘Euery man thynke on hys t'rewelov，e， i
Q43 And m'arke'hym to2 the Trenite；3
3Trinitye-Q
For to God 1 make myne avowe
Thys day 'wyll 1 not fleel‘
4fle-P
．（itrue love of 90d 2crQss himse．lf
in the name of）
45 The'
b撃盾р?hartei in rhe Dowglas
ノ
armes罫
Q44 Hys standerde stode3 on hye，
3 s tood“一 O
Th'at euery rp． an myght full well
knowe；
‘Beside-E
By syde‘ stbde starres5 thfe．
sstarres'P
Bysyde-R
．
stanes-R
（ibloody heart 2coat of arms）
46 The whyte lyon on the Ynglyssh
iparte'一P
pe．r．te，i
Q45一 Fgr soth as 1 ，yow' sayne？
The lucettes3'and the cressawntes4
2Forsooth as 1． you 'sayn（i． e・
say）一一Q Forsoth-P 3Lucetts-P
4Cressawnts-P
bdth； ． ・
The SkottesP favght' them．agayne9
sSkotts-P
（31uces， or pikes（a kind of 'tiver fish＞
L． ‘c．rescents 6fought against them）
47 Vpon Senti' Androwe lowde can2
へ
（15）
iSeynt-Q sent一'P
2did一 E（so
，
also， 56-1，58-2）
・theY crye，
Q46 And thrysse3 they schowte pn
hyght， 4
‘ayght-R
And syne' merked5 them one6 owT
smarked一．P
'Ynglysshe men，．
As 1 haue ．tolde7'yo“r ryght．
7 told一 P
（iSaint Andtew， the guardia．n saint，
of Scotland '3thrice ‘shouted in
a loud voice 6took th6ir aim at
（ one ＝＝ on））
48 Sent George the bryght，' ． owr
iladies-P
ladyesi knyght，
Q47 To nanie they were full fayne；'
Owr ￥4g！yssh2 men they cryde on
2Yngiyssbe-P
hy琴ht，
And thrysse the3 sc．hovVtte agayne．
49 Wyth '
3they，一Q， R
狽?≠?scharpe arowes'bygan
to flee， ' ，
Q48 1'
@tell yQw in sertayne；
Men of armes． byganne to joyne，
ManY a dowghty man was ther
slayne．
EO The Perssy and the Dowglas mette，
Q49 That e．theri of． other was fayne；
They gwapped2 together whyl｝3
that the4 swette，5
脳s▽螂60f． fyne・collayne：7
ieither一一Q ather-R either of
them-E
2schapped-P
6swords'P
3whylle‘0
7Collayne'一P
（‘until they J”sweated． C．
7Colegne （oT Kbln）steel）
一
t
51 Tyll the bloode from ther ba＄sonlb4ssonne．tts-p
Q50 nettesi ranne，'
As the r．oke2 doth in the ra．yne；
‘Yelde the3 to mei sayd the
3yield thou-Q
'Dowglas，
‘Or elles‘ thow schalt be slayne．
（ibasinets， helmets 2reek）
（16）
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abassonets一'Q
A Textual Study of The Battle of Otterb．u｛：L．
52 ‘For I see by thy bryght bassonet，
Q51 Thow arte sum rran of．阻yght；
t
．A・d・・1ゆy th・b…yrshed
brapde；
Thow arte an． yerlel or ellε32 a
iea-rl一'
p 2ells-P
k”y零h t．．
53 ‘By my good faythe； sayd the
』・Q52
1
A鰍eh謡』d，、 f。ll。ygh，、
Yet wyll I pever．yelde me to the，
Whyll I叩ay stonde and fyght．
〔1hast thou read∫， divined〕
．54・TA・y rw・pP・d・・g・・h・・wh・Ul th・・
Q53 they swette，
Wyth sword6s scharpe and long；
Ych on other so faste．thee2 beette，
認，ll．e「helTes cam．in peyse『
2they2P
3came in pieces down-Q
〔1v・5073 2・h・y（bg・・）〕
，
．55The Perssy was'aman of
strenghth，
Q54 1 tell yow in thys stQunde；1．
'
He smote． the Dowglas at the
s．word'es2 1ength
2swordes-O， P
Th。、五。 f。ll。・、。 ih。 g。。wy。d。．
3fe 11-O
〔1time．．cf． Germ． Stunde〕
56The sworde was scharpe， and sore
can．1 byte，
1．tell yOw in Sertayne；
ノ
To．the harte he cowde2 hy、m smyte，
2did-E（so also 59-4）
Thus was the工）owglas slayne'．
〔'vL・47-1．2did〕．
57The stonderdesi stode styll on
'stonderds-P 2ilke-R
30n eke syde一一P． on each si・le一一E
・ke2 a．'・yd・ρ
Q59 Wyth．many a grevous grone；
Ther the fowght the day呉 and all
〔i7 ）
‘They fought tha．t day-Q
the nyght，
f
And many a dowghty man was
slayne ．5
5slone-E， P， Q
58 Ther was no t'reke' that ther wolde
flye，
2styffly-P
Bvt styffely2 in stQwre3 can stond，
Ychone4 hewyng'on other whyll
‘Ych one-R
they myght drye？ ' 'x
'Wyth many a bayllefu116 bronqe．7
（iman， bold man 3tumult， 'fight
sendure 6destructive， deadly
7brand， sword ）
iSkottes-P
59 Ther was slany'e vpon the Skotte'si．
syde，
Q66 一For soth and sertenly，
Sgr James a DOwglas ther was
slayne，
That day2 fhat he cowde dye．
2daye”P
iyerle-P
60 The yerllei・of．Mentaye2 he was
2Ea．rl of Ment'
．slayne，
?奄狽?Q
Q67 Grysely3 groned vpon the．growynd；
Syr Davy Skotte，．Syr Water
‘Walter Steward-P
Stewarae，‘
S'ybl Jhdn of Agurstoupe．5
sJohn of． Agurstonne-P
John of Agerstone-Q．
（3grisly，' frightfully ）
61 Syr Charlle'sl Morrey．2 in that place；
iCharlles一．P '？Sir Char！bs
Q68 That never a fote3 wold flee；
Murray-Q 3foot-Q cf．32-3
‘Hughe Maxwelle-P 5！erd-P
Syr Hewe M'axwell，‘ ． a lorde5 he was，
Wyth the Dgwglqs dyd he dye．
62 Ther was '
唐撃≠凾獅?vpon the Skott'e'si
iSk6ttes一一P
syde，
2Forsoth-R
Q69 For soth2 as 1 yow saye，
3fifty-Q
Of foWre and forty． 3 thowsande
‘Scotts-P
Scottes4．
Went bu't eyghtene awayei
〔．18〕噛
AT・x・ualS・・dy・fT塑・'4・σ伽伽
63 ．Ther was slayne vpon the YnglYsshe
Q70 syde，
F'or 'soth and sertenlyel
A躍臨eS誹On Fech『we弓鋸・聾n FitZhughe-P' Q lritZh．eWe-R
64 Syr James Hardbotelli ther was iHarebotell-P， R
slayne，
Q71 For hym ther hartes were sore；
The gentyll Lovell？ ther was slayne， 2Lovelle-P
That the Perssys3 stapderd bore； 3Pefcyes一一P Percy' s-Q
65 Ther wq．si sla'yne vpon the'Yngiyssh
1
perte，
・
Q72 1｝or s'oth2 as'lyow saye，， ・ 2FoysbthLR v．46-2 sooth-Q
Of ｳeh臨2d，謡9認，碧en．・hund。ed-Q
（ipart v． 46-1 3cf・ 'Ggrm・
HundeTt） ．． ' '
@，．
66 The other were slayne in ・the fylde；i iThe others slayne were in the
Q73 Cryste．kepe ther sowlles2 frorr｝ fielq． TQ 2their sowles-P
wo 1
Seyng3 ther was so fewef fryndes 3Seeing-Q ‘few-P fewb-Q
67 ・Thgng aoYnniStthSe9 mMoaPhYeathfeOyO' mayde2 ione一 P 2may'd一 P
Q74 them beerys3 ” 3beeres-P'
@bieres-Q
Of byrch and haysell graye；
Many a wydowe， wgth wepyng
teyre．s，4・
Ther' makes6 they fette6 awayel
（‘cf． with weeping tearsmAs You
五．凋・ll・iY・535m・… ．6f…h・d〕
68 Thys fraye bygani at Otterborne， ． iwas fought-Q
Q75 BytwenVe thVeVnyght2 and the da'
凵G'
@'2'
獅凾№?狽?P
Ther the Dowglqs lost-hys． lyffe，3 ．31yfeTP ．
And the Pe，rssy was lede ．awayg・
．ITor the．last two lings， Q．has
' Ear！ Douglas was ．buried at the bracken bush，
And t．he Percy ied cgpt．ive away．
69 Then was tber a Scottyslii prisoner iScottyshe-P
（19）
tayne，
2Hughe-P
Syr Hewe2 Mongomery was-hys
name；
3Forsoth-R
Fot soth3 as 1 yow． saye，
馳
He borowed‘ the'Perssy home
agayne．
（4ransomed）
70 Now let vs all for the Pers'
唐?prayg
Q76 To Jhesu' most of myght，2
iJesu一 P．
3sowleLP
し
To bryng hys sowlle3 'to．the
blys＄e of heven，
For he was a ge，ntyll knygbt．
（20m，nipotent）
﹁
For stanzas 55：58，' Q．has・
The Douglas' call'd to his little
'he一 S
foot一一page，
Q55 And．'saYd？‘Ruri speedilye，
2said一 S
And' fetch．my． ain dear sister's sopT．
Sir Hugh Montgomery．・
‘My， nephew goodi i the Dou．glas'
'bauld一 Hogg
Q56 sayd，
‘What recks2 the death of ape？3
2boots-Hogg
3ane ！一S ・t
‘Last nig．ht 1 dream'd a drea；y
dream，
A・d Lken th・d・y'・中y・i・・
‘My wound is deep： I am fayn tb
：1 fain Wgul．d． sleeP；一S．
2vangua；d一 S
Q57 sleep， i
Take thou the vaiXrard2 of me，3
Ang hide“me by‘ t．h．e bya'c．kgn bush
Grows5 on yon lilye-lee：．6
，3This line is from Herd．
Hogg reads，‘Nae mair 1'11
fighting seel ‘Gqg lay mg in-
Hogg 5That grows-S
6Hogg omits ‘lilye'
He has．lifted' up that npble lord2
Q58 With3 the siaut tears‘ in his e'e；5
He，has・ hidden6 hirh in the bracken
bush7
'He lifted一一S． 210rd， L S
3Wi'一S ‘tear-S 5ee；一S，
6He hid-S． 7bush， 一一S
8me rrie一一 me n一 S
That his merry men8 might not
gThis line is 'S'cott's． Hogg
reads： On yphder lily lee．．
see．9
（20）
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ATex：tua1 Study of The Battle（ゾOtterbllrn
These four 'stanzas are from S，
with a few empndations， stanzas 23，
24，25 and 27， tiespectively．
For stanzas 60一一65， Q has '
The morn．i was clear， the day imoon 2near，一Both
Q60 drew 'nie，2 i and 2，' S． st． 28， 1．1
H一 Yet stiffly in stowre they
stood；
Echone hewing anoth．er while they，
might drie，
Till aye ran down the blood． ．
For 11． 2一一3， cf． CA st． 58，11．2-3．
Tbe PercY and Montgomeryi tnet iWhen stout・Sir Hugh wi'
Q61 That either of other was2 ・fayn：9 Piercy 一Hogg 2were-S， 1 wat
They， swapped'swords，．and they he was right-Hogg '3fain；一一S
two‘ met ‘twa-S， till sair theyswqt-Hogg
・Ti115 the blood6 ran down between． 5And aye-S 6blud'e'一S
‘Now yield thee， yield thee， 'ii‘Yield thee， O yield thee，
Q62 Percyl'i
he said， ' PercY！'一S
‘Or2 1'vow I'le lay thee low 1' 2‘Or else-S
‘To whom3 shall I yield？'‘ 3‘Whom to-S ‘yield，'一S
said Earl Percy，
tNow5 I see it maun6 be so：一7 5‘Now that-S 6must一一S 7so？'一S
The stanza in Hogg reads'：一 ' '．
‘O yield． thee， 'Piercyl said' Sir Hugh，
‘O yield， or ye shall die；'
‘Fain would 1 yieldl proud Piercy said，
‘But neer to loun like thee．'
‘Thou shalt not Yield to lordi nor ． iknave-Hogg 2‘yet' is Scott's
Q63 10un， ． 3bush， The couplet is from
Nor yet2 shalt thov． to me； Herd．
But yield th．ee to the brackeh bush3 ‘That grows upon-H， S
Grow s． on‘ yon lilye7 1ee： 一一5 ． 51ilye lee 1' 一L S lil iy lie-H
‘1 winnai yield to a bracken2 bush， iwill not-S 2braken一一H， S
Q64 Nor yet．1 wil13 to a brere，；‘ 3will 1・一H，S 4yield to a brier；一S
Btit 1 would yield to Ear］ D6uglas， 50r Sir Hugh the Montgomery，一S
Or Montgomery5 if・he was6 herel 6were-S
（ 21' ）
t
As soon as he kneW・Montgomery，i
Q65 He stuck his sword's point in
it．was Montgomery， 一S
gro口nd；2
in the grQnde ；， 一S
Th
And the Montgomery-S
汲?
iYhOt？tgOmerx，3 wag a c．ourteous
．A4d quickly took him by the hand．‘
honde．．一 S
These'six． stanzas are from S，
with a few gmendations， stanzas
28， 30， ．31， 32， 33 and 34．
B
a・． ・Herd's MS．， 1，149， E，30；Herd's
cottish Songs，1776，1，153． b． Scott's
ins-trelsy，1，31，1802， “corrected” from
Herd：．
cottish Songs）
erd， 1776， “by a MS． copyl'
1 IT fell and abo．ut the Lammas time，
When husbandmen db win their
hay，
Earl Dougiassi 'is to the English
DOuGLAS （et al．）
woods，
And a' with him to fetch a PreY．
He has chosen the Lindsaysi light，
LINDSAYS
With them the ga｝lant Gordons2
GORDONS
gay，
And the ．Earl of Fyfe，3 withouten
FYFE（without a comma after it）
E
strife，
And Sir Hugh Montgomery‘ upon '
H UGH M ONTGOM ERY〈et al． ）
a grey．5
（5a grey horse）
'T
???have i taken Northumber｝and，
And sae hae they the north shire，2
And the Otter Dale，3 they hae burnt‘
hae
no；tA一，shire
0tter-dale
'x
they burnt
．it hale，5 ・
And set it a' into fire．6
into a fire
5whole， wholly）
Ou．t then spakei a bonnY boy，
That servd2 ane 03 Earl DQuglass‘
（22）
spack
's
?狽窒? d
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A Textual study of The Battle of olteptburn
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8
k、。．、・．'、．
・k、ri，
M。thi。k，1，ee。。 E。gli、h h。、tρ ・（with。。t。，。mma aft。，ん6、置）
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〔7gallOPIng〕
・
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mark
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Th早h㌢ξaざ二：舟ごhよ曽℃ご，瑠（蓋こ呈溜'f』eP 5morn、ng fee．
〔21f
3tell's't
4finest
5reward〕
6．‘B・tl if it b・f・・eF my littl・b・y・ 1（with・u・・qV・t・ti・n m・・k
B・・and3 a li・・h・t th・u t・lls4． b・f・・e B・t）21・1・e
me，
0・．th・high・rt pree．th・t'si・
Otterburn
Wi、h m，。i。・hand，1，ll hi。g． ・a壷i。
・hee hi・h：6 ' 6h、。（w、，h。u，。q。。，。，、。。 m。泳
?own〕and-Apd・1・・．．．4v・一5・3…eaf・・…）
〔3But
7．．
sh。 b。y，、．，。，。。。， hi。1itt｝。・
'
penknife，
That hanget Iow down by his
gare'
岬h・g・6d2 E・・I D・uglas』s a ・gae
degadly wound，
Al・・k！・drr・w・uhd・・d．・・a・eρ
汲獅??i9。，e
〔・i‘、e．1・wd・wh by hi・'
'
一9・・e） 29・Ve 3S・・e〕
8．E・・I D・uglas said．
E・Si・H・gh
Montgomery，
T'akel thou the vanguard o2
the threeジ
A。d．b。・ym，．
1Tack
2σ'
3th．ree；
Bty。nb，aken-b。、h5 4b。ak。nb。。h
That stands upop yon lilly lee．
9．Th。。 P6rcy・'
＝Bd． @M。。tg6m。｝，
m。，，・p，，c？（et。ム）
舘eel a．wOt2 they wa「na32wat 3wa「na
ラ
↑戸・y・w・p・d4 sw・rd・・and・h・y 4sw・pP・d
twa s宙at9
〔2．3〕
L
・．Ahd・y・h・bl・・d・q・d・w・
between．
〔2sivell I know， assuredly
3．were not
4smote（with）． 5they two sweated〕
／
i…．・y・・ld・her，…id・hb・， Percy；
一＆rs麗ζ，1。己wl・lll。y、heel。w， ・ '2
‘Whom to． shall I yield，'3 said ，
i （without a quotation mark
職e．伽ρ
3yield？
4P ERCY・；
Earl Percy←
‘Now that I see it maun5 be so？'
〔5must〕
11・Oyi。ld、hee．
C。 y。。‘
aBak，。一b。，h'
ibraken bush
That 9「ow∵ponγon lilly lee；
o
．
●
．
ロ
・
．
コ
12・lwinna．yi。ld、。 a b。ak，。二b。、h・
ibrak，en bush
．Nor yet will I unto．a brier；2
But I would3 yield to Earl Douglass，
3wad
Or Sir Hugh Montgomery， if he
was here：．
〔2P・i・・〕．
i3Ass。。na、h。k。ewi，was
Montgomery，
，
He．stuck his sword's po｛nt
in the groundl
iground：
And Sir Hugh Montgomery was a
courteous knight，
And he quickly broght2 him by
．2brought．
the hand．
14T J。繋e⑫s岬t Otte「一
Ab・ut th・b・eaki・g gf th・．d・y；l
Earl Douglass wa『buried at the
braken-bush2
ヲ
岬・Percy led caρtiVe響ay．．
C
Scotch D
BaUad3・Mate．「｛als fo「Bo「de「
〔24．〕
iday・
2biake'n bush
A Textual Spady of The Battle of'Otterburn
Minstrelsy， No． 132， Abbotsford，
'Rtoa．”zsa，S ，it一．2．4ia，35is3-83'4，403；g，lhe SaMe' （seo．tt：Min'streis，v）
N
，
Communicated to Scott， in a letter，
by Janies． Hogg． ．
． ，
1 IT fell abQut the Larrimas time，i 'tide
When．the muir-men won2 their 2win
Thh
g'it
≠≠
??doughty Eari4 Dougias 3'（wanting）'‘'（
翌≠窒奄狽奄獅〟j
' went5
， ． 5bound him to ride
Irito England6 to' cat6h7 a prey． 6England， 7drive
Ae chose the Gordons arid the．・ ' i（from Hbgg）； With the？n
Graemes，
WiLEi th'e Lindsays2 light and ”2Lindsays，
狽撃рxte／／，e．」ardines w'adna3．wi4 hlm 'gwald not． 4with
ui
And'tAey rueds it ￡o this 'day． 5rue
N
`nf Iirihee． has， burnti tbe daieS Q ' g？？，r・onm'd H）； 2BTaY．nbe，ough shi．e'
3
And part of Almonshire，3 （from English version）
nd thij．ee good toskrers on． Roxburgh‘． （from Hogg）；‘Reidswire
fells
He left them all on fire．
Thgn lhe lparchdi' up t．o Nelrycastle， IAnd Ae mabch'd ，
2about；
And rode it round about：2
‘O'whae's3 the lord of this castle，． 3wha's
Or whae 's3 the lady o't？'
But up spake'
Dp'r
盾浮?Lord Piercyi ．iPercy（et 一al． ）
then，
And O but he spak2 hie！ 2spake（et al．）
1 am the lord of this castle，
And3 my wife 's the lady gqye．‘ 3（withqut And） ‘gay
‘lf you arei lord2 of this castle， ithou 'rt 2the lord
Sae weel it pleases me； ・ 3For，
For3 ere 1 cross the border'again‘ ‘（from Hogg）； Border fells
The ane of uF shall die．' ' （ie， lls＝wild hillls）
7．
ge
狽撃pk a・lang．spei「1．
（25）
奄?his．
撃≠獅｢pea「
Was made of2 the metal free，
And for to rneet'the D6ugras then3
2Shod with
3there
He rode most furiously．‘
‘ （fr o' m Hogg＞ ；
8 But O how Pale his lady loo．kd，i
ilook7 d
Frqe' off2 the castle wa，3
2aff 3鴨'・
When down‘ befo're the Scottish
4dow．n，．
'5
spear5 ， ，
spear，
She saw brave6 Piercy fa ！7
9 How pale and wan'
right furiouslie
6proud 7fa'
@his lady lookd，
F，
Frae off the castle hieght，
When she beheld her ．P'iercy yield
To doughty Douglas' might 1
（This stanza， ivhich is virtually
a repetition of the・ preceding one，．
is not found in，． Scott's version．．），
1・O ‘Ha'
?we twa been uPon the'
№窒??氏C
'S9' And never an eye to see，
1'should have' had ye2 flesh and
iwad hae
2
you，
fell；3
But your sword shall gae wi me．'
（3hide） ．・ '！
ll ‘But gae youi ub to Otterburn，2
iye ．・ 20tterbourne（et．al．）
SIO And there wait dayes three，3
3wait there dayis．three
And if・．1．come， not ere three days'‘'
end
．・d註yiS
5 （frotn Hogg） ； k night
A fause lord5 ca6 ye me．'
6ca' （et aL）
'
12 ‘The Otterburn's a bonnyi burn，2
ib6nni．e （et aL） 2burn；
Sll 'T is3 pleasant there to be，‘
3 'Tis 4be；
．But there is n aught5 at Otterburn．
5'
獅盾浮№??'
To feed ！ny men and rne．
13 ‘The deer rins wild owri hill and-
ion
dale，
S12' The birds f｝y wild frae2'
3
1
@tree
2fro甲
3tree；
to tree，
And'there is neither bread nor
-kale‘
To． fend-5 rny men dnd mg・
（26）
5feed
，
A Textual StudY of The Battle of Otte．rburn
（iover ，4broth made of greens，
esp． of kale and rape Psupport）．
14 ‘Bupi 1 will stay at Otterburn，
i'
xet
S13 Where you．shall'welcome be；
And2 'if ye come nbt ere three
2And，
days' end3
3at three dayis end，
A coward4 1'11 ca thee．'
‘（from Hogg） ； A fause lord
15．‘Then ，gae ygur ways to Otterburn，
And．thete wait dayes three；
And if 1 come not ere three days'
erid
A coward ye 's ca me7．
This stanza is from Hogg． The
corresponding stan7 in Scott's
version reads：一
S14 ‘Thither．will 1 come； proud
Perqy said，
‘By the' might of Our Ladye 1”一'u
‘There will I bide thee，' said．the
Douglas，
‘My trowth 1 plight to thee．'
16 They． ligbted high on Otte rburn，
S15 ．Upon the benti so brown，2
2sae brown；
They iighted high on Otterburn，
And threw their pallions3 down．
（ifield， fields ．covered with benp
grass' 9pavilions）
17 And he thdt had a bonnY boy．
S16 Serit his horSesito grasis，2
And he that had not a bonny boy3
iSent out his horse
2
grass；
3boY，
His ain servant he was．
E
18 But-up then spdk a little page，
．S17 Before the' peep of theidaWn；2
i （wanting）
2dawn一
‘O waken ye， waken ye， my good
lord，
'For Piercy 's hard Eit hand 1'
19 ‘Ye lie， ye lie， ye loud liar， i'
（27）
'（from Hogg）； liar loudl
i
21ie ：
一
1
S18 Sae loud I hear ye lie 12 3For
Th-e3 ？．igrgy hadna‘ rngn yestreen5 4had not ．5yestreen，
To dight6 my men and me．
（6govern， rule； or（compel 'to） pfe'pare？）） '・ ‘
20 ‘But l have seeni a dreary dream， i（from Hogg）； ha6 dream'd
S19 BeyQnd the isle 02 Sky；3 ' ・． 20f
I saw a dead man won‘ the fight，
And 1 think that'man was L'
（3Skye， the largest island． of the
Hebrides， northwest of Scot］and
‘win， gain）
21 He belted on his'good br6ad-swordi iguid braid ．＄word．
S20 And to the field he ran，2 2ran；
Where he met wi・ the proud Piercy，
And a' his goodly t；ain．
t
The last two lines are from Hogg；
for these Scott has：一
But he forgot the helmet good，' ' ' ，．
That 'ghould have kept his brqin．
（Scott apparently wished to introduce
the traditional story． 一Henderson）
22 When Piercy wii，the DoUglas met， iwi'
S21 I wat he was right keen；2 ， 2fu' fain 1
'They swakked．3 their swords．till
sair they swat，
And the' blood ran them between．‘ ‘ran down like rain
（3swack＝to strike violen'tly sword'
against sword）
（This stanza is from Herd， with ‘like
rg．in' for ‘be，tweep； etc．．一U．enderson） ．
23． But Piercy wi' his good b．road一 '
＄22 S 翌vDOCrdD'2≠р?D
th， ．etai f'
C．．，3'
@iwiph
@'：￥'fro2ml-koggi with ‘rhetay fbr
Has wounded ，Douglas on the brow‘ ‘mettle'）； That could so sharply
Till backward he djd flee．5 wo．und 4brow，
， ． 5（from Hogg）； Till he fell to
the ground．
24，Then he calldi on his little bage，2 icall'd 2foot-page 3said一
（28） ・ ． t
A Textual Study of The ・Bdttle of Otterburn
4 ‘Run（…Mo'
S23 And said，3'Run‘ speedily，5'
And bring6 my ain dear sister's
獅狽№盾高?窒凵D' ）
5speedilie
6fetch
son，
Sir Hug'h Montgomery．
25 （Who， when he saw the Douglas ble'ed，
（iwoefu1）
His heart was wonder wae：i
．‘Nbw， by my sword， that'hapghty lord
（This'stanza is
wantmg
in Scott's
vers．ion． ）
Shall rue before he gae．'
，
，
26 ‘My nephew bauld； i the Douglas
i（from Hogg）
good
2（'foom Hogg）
recks
S24 said，
‘What boots2 the death of ane？
3dream'd
Last・night 1 dreamd3 a dreary
dream，
And I ken'the day 's thy ain．
二．
27 ‘1 dreamd 1 saw a battle 'fought'
Beyond the isle o Sky，
When lo， a'dead man wan the field，
And 1 thought that man was 1．
（This stanza is to the same effect
・・20・．and Sr・tt'・versi・n l群・k・iの
28 ‘My wound is deep， 1 fain wad ．
iwould sleep；
S25 sleep，i
2（from Hogg）
Nae mair 1'11 fighting see；2 ，
Gae lay me in3 the breaken bush
3（from Hogg）
‘（mainly from Herd）
That grows on yonder lee．4
ノ
1周目Scott's version， IL 2，3 and 4 read：一
Take thou the vanguard of the' three，
And hide me by thg 'bra'
汲??bush，
That grows on yonder lilye lee．・ 一・
L． 2 ．is evidently from Herd （st 8， 1． 2），
who begifts． 1．3 with ‘And bury． me at
yonr・・，' and Hogg drops ‘lilye' i．n'
@1．4．
29 ‘But tell'na'ane of my'brave men
'That 1 lye bleeding wan，il
But let the name of Douglas still
Be shouted in' the．van．
（ipale） Scott， lacks Fhis． Ftanza・
30 ‘And bury me here on'
' '
D this lee，i
@（29）
i（from Hogg）
' f
'
S26 '
aeneath the'bl．ooming btier，2
2bFiat （brie）
3 （frorp． Hogg） ．
And never． let a mortal ken3
A kindly Scot lyes here．' ‘
iFor L 1． Scott reads（mainly frbrp
Herd） ：．一'
O bury me by the braken bush，
3Scott 6pens L 3：'一 Let never living”i
4Scott opens L 4 with ‘That ere‘・；'
31H・lif・itユup・ha・．・・bl・1・越
．ilifted
S27 Wi2 the saut3 tear in his ee，‘
2wi' 4ee：
And5 'hid him in the breaken6 bush，
On yonder lily lee．7'
'
5He 6bral〈en（et al・ ）
7（．from Hogg）
C3salt， bitter 7Scott reads：一
That his merrie-men． might not see．
32 The moon was clear， the day drew
S28 near，
The spears in flint6rsi flew，
． Bu'
?mony2 gallant Englishman3
i flihders
2“一A一一． ＞
mon ?a
Ere day the Scotsmen slew．
［isplinters， fragments）
33 Sir Hugh Montgomery'
??rode
Thro all the field in sight，
And loud the riame' of Douglas still
He． urgd wi a' his．might
Scott's version lacks this tdnza．
34 The'G6rdons good， in English blood'
Dhey fiteepd2 their ho'se3 and
S29．T
shoon，4
The LindSays flew like fire'，l about，'
Till a'5 the fray was． doon．）6
'blood，
2steep'd
4s'
?盾盾氏G
5all ， 6done
（3（or ‘hosen'） stockings ‘shoes）
・35 When stout'
rir Hiigh wi PiercY
mef，i
i（from Hogg）
I wat he 'was right． fain；2
2（frorn Hogg）
They swakked their'swords till
sair they3 swat，
And'the bloQd ran down'likh rain．
For this．stanza Scott reads：一
s30． T'h．e． Percy．and Montggmery Mgt，
（30）
3（from Hogg）
3Englishman，
．＿．．．旧．．．．A生・趣皇1§⑳腫一地一塵吻．；．Of．．9塑三一．一朋
．That either of other were fain；
！
' Th・y・w・pPrd・w・・d・・and th・y
twa swat，
And．aye4 the blude ran down
4（‘aye'is． Scott's）
between．
36'．O yield thee， Piercy，'．said Sir
ノ ド
Hugh，
‘Oyield， or ye sh．all die！'
‘Fain wad I yield，'proud Piercy
said，
‘Bu．t neerl to loun2 1ike thee，'
〔1never
2a person of low rank；
・69・e；・ften a血e・e te・rP・f gene・．・l
di・p・・ag・．e・．t〕
！
This stanza is・from Ho99；acorr・espondi，ng stanza in Scott's version
reads：一
S31‘Yi・ld thee・Oyi・ld． thee・P・・cy！'
he said，
‘O・else Iv・w l'll lay'thee l6w「．
‘Whom to shall I yield，'said Ear1
「Percy，
‘N・wthat軸・r・b…？”
37 ‘Thou shalt not yield to knavel nor
1（．from Hogg）；lord ．辱
loun，
S3？N・r2 sh・lt th・u y・・1d・・m・・，2N・・y・・（S・6・tt'・）
But yield thee to the breaken
bush3
．
3braken bush，（The couplet is
from．Herd）
That grows on yonder・lee・'4
4upon yon hlye lee！
〔3bracken or ferln bush〕
、
38 ‘Iwill not yield．to bus．h or brier，
Nor wi111yield to thee； ．
．
・
But I will yield to Lord Douglas，
Or Sir Hugh Montgomery．'
・39〔When Piercy knew it was． Sir
Hugh，
He． fell low on his kne♀，
But soon he raisd him up again；
Wi mickle courtesy．〕
輻
（31）
40 He left not an Englishman on the
field
N
一
一 t 一 ・ ． 一
That he hadna either kil！d or
taen'
Ere his heart's blood．was cauld．
F6r the thr，ee concluding stanzas，
Stcott has the following， 'which are
from Hepd（stan'zas 12-14），． with very
slight emendations：一
S33 ‘1 will not y'
奄?撃пD to a brqken・bush，
Nor yet will 1 yield to a brier；
But 1 wou／d yield 'to Earl Douglas，
t
' '
@Or Sir Htigh the Montgomery，
if he were here．'
S34 As soon as he knew it was
Montggmery，
He stuck his sword's po'int in
the gronde；
And the Montgomery was a courteous
knight，
And quickly took him by the honde．
S35 This deed was done at Otterbourne，
About the breaking of the day；・
Earl Douglas was buried at the
braken bush，'
And the Percy led captive away．
皿［． Supplernentαry
N「otes
1・ The Date 6f the Battle
Agreement and di＄ageeMent in this． respect are gbout as follows，：一
i． 'The Battle of Otterburn was fought on August 19th， 1388． 一一一 Child
p． 386
ii． The ．date' of the battle was'August（probably the 19th）， 1388．一
Gutnmere p． 323
iii． Atigust the 19th， 1388一 Okakura p．390
iv． The field-was fought 15th August， 1388．一 Fordun， Frois'sart，
（ 32 ）．
'
AT・x玉・・1ミ璽xgfT勿B4！！・・ゾ0塑δ醐
Holinshed， Godscroft．一 ． Scott voL I p．278
v・ ．Fought the gth of Augugt， 1388．一 ・Ritsgn pl 94
」vi． In thと twelfth year of R｛chard ］工．，1388； in the・beginning of August・一
Pefcy p．5 ' '”
vii・ The exact date of thg battle is an open questibn， for the authori．ties
． disagree as to this particular； thus Buehanan fixes it'on July 21st，
and other writers name， re［gpective］Y， August 5th， 9th， 10th， 15th，
and 19th． ．White thinks that the battl．6 was fought on the evening
of Wedpesday and morning gf Thursday．， 19th and 20th of August，
imme №奄≠狽?撃?befofe．the
full moon． 'ln the year 1388 the pew moon
fell on the・6th of”August， and Douglas'is not likely． to have'
モ?盾唐??a
period Qf dark evenings for the expedition．一 Percy： 1eeliques， ed．
Henr．y P． VV'he，atlg￥， 3 vols． 1889 London． yoL 1， PP・ 38一一9
2．The S．セength Qf the Conflicting Ar颯ies
f
Siome of the diffe．ring estimations are：一
L Froisg'a'rt says the English exceeded'the Scots in number three to
one．'一 Percy p．5， fn．
iL 1“And saYd， 1（i． e．， D6wg｝as） haue twenty agaynst tby pne，”一CA 31
，v． 'He probably．magnifies his strength 'to． induce h．im to． surrender． 一
Percy p． 7， fn．
iii． Froissart speaks of both parties（i． e．，of the Scots）as consisting in qll'
of tnore than 40， OOO．men-Percy p． 5， fn．
1v．
一
lt
Of I．1yne thowsand Ynglyssh men
Fyve hondert'cam．awaye2'
CA 65
ロ
v・ “Of．fowre a：nd．fo 1' ty （、fifty- Q・）thQwsande Scottes
W・．n・b・1・yght・・e aw・￥・・㌧CA r2
cf． “Of fifteen hondri伍ar'cha．rs of Ynglonde
w・・t・w・yb・t．・eu鈍ti andth・e；
Of twenti hondrith spear-men of Skotlonde，
b・・…'・ f｛・・a・dfif・i・一Th・Hun・i…ftん・Cん飢・t， C450
vi． The strength of the Sgottish detachment under Douglas， fixed at by
several writerS， according to Henry B。 Wheatley．一Percy：Reliques，
10C．
Cit● （1
● vii）
〔33〕
Writer
Delail
Strength
Froissart
5，0．00-6，000
Wynto脚n
獅?≠?7，000
Bu． モ?≠獅≠
2，300somethirlg
300 horse and 2，000．foot， besides
Godscroft
4，000
hor．semen
Ridpath
3，000
Sc6tt
3，000-3，500
3，000「4，000mgn-at-arms and 2，QOO
infantry
9
servants and attendants
昌
R00men-at-arms and 700-1，200
'
'attendants，． with 2，000 chosen infantry
wbite
6，600
．
400men-aレarms，1，200． atten4ants，．
Q，000infantry moun毛ed， and 3，000
attendants
・i｛・Th・y ・yere …mmanded by Jame・・．Ear1 of Douglqs・and otbe「s・and
…b・Ted・w'・…h・ee・与・u・and・一G・mm・・、e， N・・6・pP・32374
3・T｝鴇馬・・。f．th・孕i・・I L・rd・・s・．・tth・T㎞・．。fth・B・廿1・
i． James， Earl of Douglas（1358？一1388），30 years old？
ii． Sir Henry Percy（1364-1403），24 years old
4・．“Th・”'n．伍・D・・g1・・（Q 8・CA・．1．3・…五）．・・th・． P…y（CA 2．4・129・
efα1）．
For this，．seとOED：一 With theきurnames 6f some．lrish and Scottish
chief・．of・1・h・…th・ O'G・吻n M・h・．…h・chi・h・lm；・h・．Ma・N・b・
5
The 「ritle andへ 封pithet of pe＝cy
と
P・・cyi・・ep・e・en・・di・・h・b・H・d・n・w細
i．．Sy'・ Harry Perssy（・）．（CA 11，15，16）・・． Sg・ H・・（・）y戸・・ssy（・）
（CA 34， 39）， no丸v as
ii． Eαrl l）ercy（＄・31・；Q62）， or as
1ii． （Proud）五〇r（メPercy（S 5； Cc5）， but
“Hotspur∵…is cd三led Earl Percy， a title he never enjoyedl，'一Scott，
p．280
“Th・ρ・1・b・at・d H・t・p・・，・・n』・f．th・first．E・・1・f N・・thゆ・・1・・d，
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A・Te。・。。1 St・dy・f．丁加β・μ1・げ伽・δ脚
w・忌，．i・｝ 1385， G・v・・n・・gf B・・wi・k， and W・・den・f・h・E…
Mar6hes；in．which last capacity it was his duty to repel the invation
， ．of Douglas．”一ibi（1．． p．282
0therwise， h， li、血。t，ly
i・・P・F・y（S17，18，21・CBg，14・C・39・・t・ム）・・
v． TんePercy（S 30，35；CA32，69，70；Cc19；Qケ5，76．； etα1．）．or
vL Prou（l Percy（S 8，14；Cq 36 etα1、）or
vii．．T'he prou（1・Pe．rcy（CA22）or
viii． Tんεnobie Perρy （CA 20，53；Q52） 6r
ix． Brαve Percy（Cc 8）
He．had byn a march-man all hys dayes，
And kepte Barwyke vpon Twede．．（CA8）
6．Thと・FaU、of Dougla忌
'
The cause． of hi＄death．is given as
i． Slain by Percy （CA 56；Cc 23． et segg．；H 7） orタs
ii・S・・bb・d f・・m b・hi・d wi・h a．…k・if・b・hi・p・g・，．'wh・had b・me hi・
master a grUdge on a，n event． of the day before，，（but this does not
seem to be tak6n as well grounded．）．（CB 7；H7）．or again as
iii． shot by a Northumberland arch￠r（：The Hunting oブ置ん召 cんeviot cA36-7， cB 36）．
7・・T｝｝eF・t・。fP・・cy
After Douglas' deat｝〕， he himSelt was
i． Led．away as a captiv『 （CA 68）， but afterwards was
｛i・・“B・r・・w・d”（・・ra…m・d）i・・x・hang・f・・Sy・H・w・Mp・g・Mery（CA 69）・
or．
iii・「
g・（1…，． Si・H・w・M・・g9・mbyrry）se・・pP・…he『1・・d・P瞬
adynte that．was full soare；
へ
し
Wi・h・＄・a．r sp・a・'．・f・myghtt・' P・e
・！ean・h…W・h・b・d・． h・・h・p・・s・b・・（i．・．，b・・e）（cA42・ρ・42）
Th・h…g・｛・・1・・ゆ…h・・h'e・・se w・・h・w・n Grend・w・・，・h・W・1・h■
1・ぬ・・g・…K…H…yN・・d w・・．kil！・d 4・Sh・e紬鱒figh・i・1403・．
fifteen years after O専terburn． ． 一
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8 The Burial-place of Douglas
‘My wound is deep， 1 fain wad sleep，
Nae mair 1'll fighting see；
Gae lay me in the breaken bush
That grows on yonder ｝ee． （CC．28）
‘And bury me hepe on thiS lee， ． ．．'
Beneath the blooming brier，
And never let a mortal ken
A kindly Scot lyes here2 ．一 （CC 30）
He liftit up that noble lord，
Wi the saut tear in his ee，
And hid him in the breaken bush，
On yonder lily lee．' ' （CC31）
Tbis is most beelutiful， most lyrical； it will rerr｝ind one ofZhe last scene
in the sto．ry of Robin Hood， ．in which the hapless hero begs Little John to
bury him whe'
窒?his last， flown arro．w is taken up， but with Douglas this
pathetig story of his dying wQrds is not told in any other version than Child
c and Scott； and naturally too， as the two versions draw from the same source
and the o'
狽??窒?from other sources；
Be． th'at as it may， the faet seems， as is the case vL｝ith man'y of like
legends， ． and ever to our disillusionrnent， to-be that “…neither was Douglas
buried on the field of battle， but in Mel｝ose Abbey， where his tomb is s'till
shown．” （Scott p． 280）
9． ‘［They L idhted High o'n Otterburn” （CC 16； S 15）
As to “high” of thGs line， the follbwing commentary of Henderson'si
will be helpful：一
The castle of Otterbourne， which was besieged by Dduglas， with its
demesne lands， is now （1815） the property of James EIIis， Esq．， who
is also '
垂窒盾垂窒奄?狽盾?o．f d neighbouring eminen6e ca116d Fdwdoun ．hill， 'on
which may yet be discerned the vestiges of the Scottish camp， agreeing
，with the description of the baliad， ‘They lighted high on Otterbourn．'
（．Scott p． 278）
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A Textual Study of The Battle bf Otterburn
10． Otterburn BaUads Cycle
The ballads on Otterbourne are一
●
，-
‘The Hunting o f the Cheviot，1 in the Ashmolean MS． （c． 1510） at
Oxford， and．first published in Percy's Religues．
ii'
The b｝ack-letter versions of this ballad， entitled， ． ‘A Mem”orable
Song oh the Unhappy Hunting in Chevy Chase，'
Detc．， rep rinted in
Roxburghe Ballads， ed； Ebsworth（vi． 740-3）
The English version of ‘The'Battle of Otferbourn' （c． 1550） 'preserved
iii'
in the Cottonian and Harleian MSS． in the British Mtiseum， and
fi・rst published in Percy's Reliques． ，
The fragmentary version・preserved by David Herd（of which there
iv．
is also a SharPe reading）， evidently very cortupt and containing a
penknife incident， borrowed fropa other baHads．
The version compiled for Scott by James Hogg， ostensibly'froin
v．
the recitation， partly in prose， of two old persons residing at 'Ettrick-
preserved at Abbots．fo'rd，'and first．publtsheq in Child'S Ballads
（iv． 499-502）． （Scott p．283）
一〇ct． 7， 1971
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