A crowd, that from the caftle came,
Had mifs'd their lovely ward;
And feizing me to prifon bare,
And deep in dungeon barr'd,

It chanced that on that very morn
Their chief was prifoner ta'en:
Lord PERCY had us foon exchang`d,
And ftrove to footh my pain.

And foon those honoured dear remains
To England were convey'd:
And there within their filent tombs,
With holy rites were laid.

For me I loath'd my wretched life,
And long to end it thought;
Till time, and books, and holy men
Had better counfels taught.

They rais'd my heart to that pure fource,
Whence heavenly comfort flows:
They taught me to defpife the world,
And calmly bears its woes.

* i. e. fword.

No more the flave of human pride,
Vain hope, and fordid care:
I meekly vow'd to spend my life
In penitence and prayer.

The bold Sir Bertram now no more,
Impetuous, haughty, wild;
poor and humble benedict,
Now lowly, patient, mild ;

But

My lands I gave to feed the poor,
And facred altars raife;
And here a lonely Anchorite
I came to end my days..

This fweet fequefter'd vale, I chofe,
Thefe rocks and hanging, grove;
For oft befide that murmuring ftream
My love was wont to rove.

My noble friend approv'd my choice;
This bleft retreat he gave:
And here I carv'd her beauteous form,
And fcoop'd this holy cave.

Yet not unpitied pafs'd my life,
Forfaken, or forgot,

The PERCY and his noble Sons
Would grace my lowly cot.

Oft the great Earl from toils of state,
And cumbrous pomp of power,
Would gladly feek my little cell
To spend the tranquil hour.

But length of life is length of woe,
I liv'd to mourn his fall:

I liv'd to mourn his godlike Sons,
And friends and followers all.

But thou the honours of thy race,
Lov'd youth, fhalt now restore;
And raise again the PERCY name
More glorious than before.

He ceas'd, and on the lovely pair
His choiceft bleffings laid:
While they with thanks and pitying tears
His mournful tale repaid.

And now what prefent courfe to take
They asked the good old fire;
And guided by his fage advice

To Scotland they retire.

Mean-time their fuit fuch favour found

At RABY's ftately hall,

Earl Neville and his princely Spouse

Now gladly pardon all.

She fuppliant at her * Nephew's throne
The royal grace implor'd:

To all the honours of his race

The PERCY was reftor'd.

The youthful Earl ftill more and more
Admir'd his beauteous dame;
NINE noble Sons to him the bore,
All worthy of their name.

*King Henry V. Anno 1414,

The account given in the foregoing ballad of young PERCY, the fon of HOTSPUR, is confirmed by the following Extract from an old Chronicle formerly belonging to Whitby Abbey.

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HENRY PERCY, the fon of Sir HENRY PERCY, "layne at Shrewefbury, and of ELIZABETH, the "daughter of the Erle of Marche, after the death of "his Father and Grauntfyre, was exiled into Scot"land in the time of king Henry the Fourth: but " in the time of king Henry the Fifth, by the labour "of JOHANNE the countes of Weftmerland, (whofe "Daughter ALLANOR he had wedded in coming into "England,) he recovered the King's grace, and the "countye of Northumberland, fo was the fecond Erle "of Northumberland.

"And of this Alianor his wife, he begate IX "Sonnes, and III Daughters, whofe names be Jo

HANNE, that is buried at Whytbye: THOMAS, lord "Egremont: KATHARYNE GRAY of Rythyn: Sir "RAFFE PERCY WILLIAM PERCY, a Byshopp: "RICHARD PERCY: JOHN, that dyed wITHOUT "ISSUE: [another JOHN called by Vincent † Jo

hannes Percy fenior de Warkworth':] GEORGE "PERCY, Clerk: HENRY that dyed WITHOUT ISSUE: "ANNE -:" [befides the eldeft fon and fucceffor here omitted, because he comes in below, viz.]

" HENRY PERCY, the third Erle of Northumberland.

Vid. Harl. MSS. No 692. (26.) in the British Museum.

i. e. remained an Exile in Scotland during the Reign of King Henry IV. In Scotia exulavit tempore Henrici Regis quarti. Lat. MS. penes Duc. North.

See his Great Baronag. No. 20. in the Heralds Office.