Marmion . THE COURT. The train has loft the hilLs of Braid;The barrier guard have open made —So Lindesay bade — the palisade, That closed the tented ground ;Their men the warders backward drew,And carried pikes as they rode through, Into its ample ran the Scottish warriors the Southern band to envy with their wonder see such well-appointed foes; 188 MABMION. canto v. Such length of shafts, siicli mighty bows,So huge, that many simply for a vaunt such weapons wrought;And little deemed their force to feel,Through links of mail, and plates of st
Marmion . THE COURT. The train has loft the hilLs of Braid;The barrier guard have open made —So Lindesay bade — the palisade, That closed the tented ground ;Their men the warders backward drew,And carried pikes as they rode through, Into its ample ran the Scottish warriors the Southern band to envy with their wonder see such well-appointed foes; 188 MABMION. canto v. Such length of shafts, siicli mighty bows,So huge, that many simply for a vaunt such weapons wrought;And little deemed their force to feel,Through links of mail, and plates of steel,When rattling upon Flodden cloth-yard arrows flew like hail, less did Marmions skilful viewGlance every line and squadron through ;And much he marvelled one small landCould marshal forth such various band: For men-at-arms were sheathed in mail and iron towers for strengtli and weight,On Flemish steeds of bone and height, With battle-axe and knight
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