Berckley and Burnell, two braue English Lords, Flesht with French blood, and in their Valours pride, Aboue their Arm’d heads brandishing their swords, As they tryumphing through the Army ride, Finding what prizes Fortune here affords To eu’ry Souldier, and more wistly eyde This gallant prisoner, by his Arming see, Of the great Burbon family to be. [Stanza 284: _Lewes of Burbon stabd by the Souldier that took him prisoner._] And from the Souldier they his Prisoner take, Of which the French Lord seemeth wondrous faine Thereby his safety more secure to make: Which when the Souldier findes his hopes in vaine, So rich a Booty forced to forsake, To put himselfe, and prisoner out of paine: He on the suddaine stabs him, and doth sweare, Would th’aue his Ransome, they should take it there. [Stanza 285] When Rosse and Morley making in amaine, Bring the Lord Darcy vp with them along, Whose Horse had lately vnder him beene slaine; And they on foote found fighting in the throng, Those Lords his friends remounting him againe, Being a man that valiant was and strong: They altogether with a generall hand, Charge on the French that they could finde to stand. [Stanza 286] And yet but vainely as the French suppos’d, For th’Earle of Richmount forth such earth had found, That one two sides with quick-set was enclos’d, And the way to it by a rising ground, By which a while the English were oppos’d, At euery Charge which else came vp so round, As that except the passage put them by, The French as well might leaue their Armes and flye. [Stanza 287] Vpon both parts it furiously is fought, And with such quicknesse riseth to that hight, That horror neede no further to be sought: If onely that might satisfie the sight, Who would haue fame full dearely here it bought, For it was sold by measure and by waight, And at one rate the price still certaine stood, An ounce of honour cost a pound of blood. [Stanza 288: _The Lords Dampier and Sauesses taken prisoners._] When so it hapt that Dampier in the Van, Meetes with stout Darcy, but whilst him he prest, Ouer and ouer commeth horse and man, Of whom the other soone himselfe possest: When as Sauesses vpon Darcy ran To ayde Dampier, but as he him adrest; A Halbert taking hold vpon his Greaues, Him from his Saddle violently heaues. [Stanza 289] When soone fiue hundred Englishmen at Armes, That to the French had giuen many a chase; And when they couered all the Field with swarmes; Yet oft that day had brauely bid them base: Now at the last by raising fresh Alarmes; And comming vp with an vnusuall pace, Made them to knowe, that they must runne or yeeld, Neuer till now the English had the Field. [Stanza 290: _Arthur Earl of Richmount taken prisoner._] [_The Count du Marle slaine._]