the King smote angerly at Copland then, angerly in that stonde; & then Copland was a bold yeoman, & bore the King to the ground. he sett the King upon a Palfrey, himselfe upon a steede, he tooke him by the bridle rayne, towards London he can[20] him Lead. & when to London that he came, the King from ffrance was new come home. & there unto the King of Scottes he sayd these words anon, “how like you my shepards & my millers, my priests with shaven crownes?” “by my fayth, they are the sorest fighting men that ever I mett on the ground; “there was never a yeoman in merry England but he was worth a Scottish knight!” “I,[21] by my troth,” said King Edward, & laughe, “for you fought all against the right.” but now the Prince of merry England worthilye under his Sheelde hath taken the King of ffrance at Poytiers in the ffeelde. the Prince did present his father with that food,[22] the lovely King off ffrance, & fforward of his Iourney he is gone: god send us all good chance! “you are welcome, brothers!” sayd the King of Scotts, to the King of ffrance, “for I am come hither too soone; Christ leeve that I had taken my way unto the court of Roone!” “& soe wold I,” said the King of ffrance, “when I came over the streame, that I had taken my Iourney unto Ierusalem.” Thus ends the battell of ffaire Durham in one morning of may, the battell of Cressey, & the battle of Potyers, All within one monthes day. then was welthe and welfare in mery England, Solaces, game, & glee, & every man loved other well, & the King loved good yeomanrye but God that made the grasse to growe, & leaves on greenwoode tree, now save & keepe our noble King, & maintaine good yeomanry! ffinis.] CHAPTER LXIII. JOHN COPELAND TAKES THE KING OF SCOTLAND PRISONER, AND RECEIVES GREAT ADVANTAGES FROM IT. When the Queen of England, who had remained in Newcastle, heard that her army had gained the day, she mounted her palfrey, and went to the field of battle. She was informed that the King of Scotland had been made prisoner by a squire of the name of John Copeland, but who had ridden off with him, they could not tell whither. The queen ordered that a letter should be written, commanding him to bring the King of Scots to her, and telling him that he had not done what was agreeable to her in carrying off his prisoner without leave. All that day the queen and army remained on the field of battle which they had won, and on the morrow returned to Newcastle.