This boasting when young Edward heard, An angry man was he: "I'll tak yon lad, I'll bind yon lad, And bring him bound to thee!" 220 "Now God forbid," King Edward said, "That ever thou suld try! Three worthy leaders we hae lost, And thou the fourth wad lie. "If thou shouldst hang on yon draw-brigg, 225 Blythe wad I never be:" But, wi' the poll-axe in his hand, Upon the brigg sprang he. The first stroke that young Edward gae, He struck wi' might and mayn; 230 He clove the Maitland's helmet stout, And bit right nigh the brayn. When Maitland saw his ain blood fa', An angry man was he: He let his weapon frae him fa', 235 And at his throat did flee. And thrice about he did him swing, Till on the grund he light, Where he has halden young Edward, Tho' he was great in might. 240 "Now let him up," King Edward cried, "And let him come to me: And for the deed that thou hast done, Thou shalt hae erldomes three." "It's ne'er be said in France, nor e'er 245 In Scotland, when I'm hame, That Edward once lay under me,[L247] And e'er gat up again!" He pierced him through and through the heart, He maul'd him cruellie; 250 Then hung him ower the draw-brigg, Beside the other three. "Now take frae me that feather-bed, Make me a bed o' strae! I wish I hadna lived this day, 255 To mak my heart sae wae. "If I were ance at London Tower, Where I was wont to be, I never mair suld gang frae hame, Till borne on a bier-tree." 260 25. North-Berwick, according to some reciters.--S. 27, 28. These two lines have been inserted by Mr. Hogg, to complete the verse. Dunbar, the fortress of Patrick, Earl of March, was too often opened to the English, by the treachery of that baron, during the reign of Edward I.--S. 70. If this be a Flemish or Scottish corruption for Ville de Grace, in Normandy, that town was never besieged by Edward I., whose wars in France were confined to the province of Gascony. The rapid change of scene, from Scotland to France, excites a suspicion that some verses may have been lost in this place.--S. 75. Edward had quartered the arms of Scotland with his own.--S. 181, 182, supplied by Hogg. 247. Some reciters repeat it thus:-- "That _Englishman_ lay under me," which is in the true spirit of Blind Harry, who makes Wallace say, "I better like to see the Southeron die, Than gold or land, that they can gie to me."--S. WILLIE WALLACE.