Thou arte a hallie[183] manne, I doe thee pryze. Comme, comme, and here and hele[184] mee ynn mie praires. Fulle twentie mancas I wylle thee alise [185], 180 And twayne of hamlettes[186] to thee and thie heyres. So shalle all Normannes from mie londe be fed, Theie alleyn[187] have syke love as to acquyre yer bredde. CHORUS. Whan Freedom, dreste yn blodde-steyned veste, To everie knyghte her warre-songe sunge, 185 Uponne her hedde wylde wedes were spredde; A gorie anlace bye her honge. She daunced onne the heathe; She hearde the voice of deathe; Pale-eyned affryghte, hys harte of sylver hue, 190 In vayne assayled[188] her bosomme to acale[189]; She hearde onflemed[190] the shriekynge voice of woe, And sadnesse ynne the owlette shake the dale. She shooke the burled[191] speere, On hie she jeste[192] her sheelde, 195 Her foemen[193] all appere, And flizze[194] alonge the feelde. Power, wythe his heasod[195] straught[196] ynto the skyes, Hys speere a sonne-beame, and his sheelde a starre, Alyche[197] twaie[198] brendeynge[199] gronfyres[200] rolls hys eyes, 200 Chastes[201] with hys yronne feete and soundes to war. She syttes upon a rocke, She bendes before his speere, She ryses from the shocke, Wieldynge her owne yn ayre. 205 Harde as the thonder dothe she drive ytte on, Wytte scillye[202] wympled[203] gies[204] ytte to hys crowne, Hys longe sharpe speere, hys spreddynge sheelde ys gon, He falles, and fallynge rolleth thousandes down. War, goare-faced war, bie envie burld[205], arist[206], 210 Hys feerie heaulme[207] noddynge to the ayre, Tenne bloddie arrowes ynne hys streynynge fyste-- * * * * * [Footnote 1: Of old, formerly.] [Footnote 2: writers, historians.] [Footnote 3: much.] [Footnote 4: inglorious.] [Footnote 5: bereaving.] [Footnote 6: faith.] [Footnote 7: unforgiving.] [Footnote 8: divines, clergymen, monks.] [Footnote 9: holy.] [Footnote 10: work.] [Footnote 11: not.] [Footnote 12: author.] [Footnote 13: though, notwithstanding.] [Footnote 14: clerk, or clergyman.] [Footnote 15: entyn, even.] [Footnote 16: might.] [Footnote 17: challenge.] [Footnote 18: Lord.] [Footnote 19: foes, enemies.] [Footnote 20: devour, destroy.] [Footnote 21: fatten.] [Footnote 22: Grievance; a sense of it.] [Footnote 23: cease, be still.] [Footnote 24: idly.] [Footnote 25: deceived, imposed on.] [Footnote 26: so.] [Footnote 27: fury, anger, rage.] [Footnote 28: paint, display.] [Footnote 29: soul.] [Footnote 30: strong.] [Footnote 31: terrible.] [Footnote 32: horrid, grim.] [Footnote 33: smoking, bleeding.] [Footnote 34: oft.] [Footnote 35: heat, rashness.] [Footnote 36: counsel, wisdom.]