“We shall scarcely find any battle in those ages where the shock was more “terrible and more constant. Henry exposed his person in the thickest of “the fight: his gallant son, whose military achievements were afterwards so “renowned, and who here performed his novitiate in arms, signalised himself “on his father’s footsteps; and even a wound, which he received in the face “with an arrow, could not oblige him to quit the field. Percy supported that “fame which he had acquired in many a bloody combat; and Douglas, his “ancient enemy, and now his friend, still appeared his rival amongst the “horror and confusion of the day. This nobleman performed feats of valour “which are almost incredible: he seemed determined that the King of England “should that day fall by his arm: he sought him all over the field of battle; “and as Henry, either to elude the attacks of the enemy on his person, or to “encourage his own men by the belief of his presence everywhere, had “accoutred several captains in the royal garb, the sword of Douglas rendered “this honour fatal to many: but while the armies were contending in this “furious manner, the death of Percy, by an unknown hand, decided the victory, “and the royalists prevailed. There are said to have fallen on that day, on “both sides, near two thousand three hundred gentlemen; but the persons “of greatest distinction were on the king’s: the Earl of Stafford, Sir Hugh “Shirley, Sir Nicholas Ganoil, Sir Hugh Mortimer, Sir John Massey, Sir “John Calonly. About six thousand private men perished, of whom two- “thirds were of Percy’s army. The Earls of Worcester and Douglas were “taken prisoners: the former was beheaded at Shrewsbury; the latter was “treated with the courtesy due to his rank and merit.” The above account is substantially correct. To the list of killed and wounded it is necessary to add the names of Sir Walter Blunt amongst the two thousand three hundred gentlemen, and amongst the six thousand private men, one hundred and forty-seven hapless warriors whose particular fate will be presently mentioned. Sir Walter Blunt was one of the several captains whom the king had “accoutred in the royal garb,” with the view “either to elude the attacks of the enemy on his person, or to encourage his own men by the belief in his presence everywhere.” The reader may accept which theory he pleases. I myself incline to the former, having the greatest confidence in Henry Bolingbroke’s wisdom as a general and sense of his own value as an individual.