Thus from the wars Lord Howard came, 225 With mickle joy and triumphing; The pirate's head he brought along For to present unto our king: Who haply unto him did say, Before he well knew what was done, 230 "Where is the knight and pirate gay, That I myself may give the doom?" "You may thank God," then said the lord, "And four men in the ship," quoth he, "That we are safely come ashore, 235 Sith you never had such an enemy; That is Henry Hunt, and Peter Simon, William Horsely, and Peter's son;[L238] Therefore reward them for their pains, For they did service at their turn." 240 To the merchant therefore the King he said, "In lieu of what he hath from thee tane, I give thee a noble a-day, Sir Andrew's whistle and his chain: To Peter Simon a crown a-day, 245 And half-a-crown a-day to Peter's son, And that was for a shot so gay, Which bravely brought Sir Andrew down. "Horsely, I will make thee a knight, And in Yorkshire thou shalt dwell: 250 Lord Howard shall Earl Bury hight, For this act he deserveth well. Ninety pound to our Englishmen, Who in this fight did stoutly stand; And twelve-pence a-day to the Scots, till they 255 Come to my brother king's high land." 129-136. In some copies this stanza is wrongly placed after the next. 238. The services of Peter's son, not mentioned in this ballad, are duly recorded in the older, unabridged copy. See v. 53-56, on p. 64. THE BATTLE OF CORICHIE ON THE HILL OF FAIR, FOUGHT OCT. 28, 1562. From Evans's _Old Ballads_, iii. 132.