History of the house and race of Douglas and Angus

182 HISTORY OF THE
And him unhorses too, whom had he. sped.
He then all Kings in him had vanquished.
Stanza i,
For Henry had dirided as it were
Hie person of himself into four parts,
To be less known, and yet known every where,
The more to animate his people's hearts;
"Who cheared by his presence, would not spare
To execute their best and worlhest parts:
By which two special tilings affected are,
His safety and his subjects better care.
Stanza H.
And in Stanza LIV. speaking of Hotspur.
But he as Douglas, with his fury led
Bushing into the thickest woods of spears,
And brooks of swords, still laying at the head.
Then a little after in the LVI. upon the killing of Hotspur,
Which thus mispent, thy army presently
A» if it could not stand, when thou wert down,
Disperst in rout, betakes them all to flee:
And Douglas, faint with wounds, and overthrown.
Was taken; who yet wan the enemy
Which took him, by his noble virtue shown
In that day's mighty work, and was preserv'd.
With all the grace and honour he deserv'd.
And that was ail, to be preserved and respected, but not
easily nor soon dismissed; for, besides what hath been said of.
this point, there is an indenture yet extant, which con-
tains the agreement betwixt King Henry and him; that where-
as the said Earl was lawful prisoner to him, or to his son John
of Lancaster, he should have free liberty to return to his own
country of Scotland, upon his giving of twelve noble hostages
for his re-entering into the castle of Durham, being then in
the custody of the said John of Lancaster. The hostages
were, 1. Archibald Douglas his own eldest son and heir, 2.
James his brother, 3. James son and heir to James Lord Dal-
keith, 4. Sir John Montgomery Lord of Addeison, 5. Sir
John Seton, son and heir to the Lord oeton, 6. Sir William
Douglas of Drumlanrig, 7. Sir William Sinclair of Hermis.
ton, S. Sir Simon Glendining son ar.d heir to Sir Adam oi