A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . correct, and that our sub-ject, being a better sailor than the prince, remained onboard, while the latter went on shore to recover from thepangs of sea-sickness. No mention is made of the fate ofthe vessel and its officers ; hence it is probable that, hearingof their masters capture, and being attacked by a superiorforce, they put off to sea again, and made their way back toScotland. Henry Percy, during the intervals of study at , did not neglect to attain for himself that know-ledge of arms which
A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . correct, and that our sub-ject, being a better sailor than the prince, remained onboard, while the latter went on shore to recover from thepangs of sea-sickness. No mention is made of the fate ofthe vessel and its officers ; hence it is probable that, hearingof their masters capture, and being attacked by a superiorforce, they put off to sea again, and made their way back toScotland. Henry Percy, during the intervals of study at , did not neglect to attain for himself that know-ledge of arms which had become an attribute Romantic .,.,. xt^i- i • t legends con- ot his luie. Not Only m tourneys, but m theceming morc scrious civil frays of the day, he took an honourable part; and Northumbria treasuresballads and legends not a few, telling of his secret journeysacross the border to visit his own country and his lostlands. No absolute evidence exists of these dangerousvoyages ; but some of the old traditions respecting them ^ Buchanan. - David Scot, I//sf. of Scotland, p. 1 *->-.* f- ^/<:.%^, ./^ t-:. .^-C^ THE HOUSE OF PERCY 91 were in the year 1818 made into a drama, entitled PercysMasque, and even acted upon the stage. According tothis romantic, though very doubtful, authority, Percy servedfor a time as a page, and under an assumed name, inthe household of his fathers enemy the Earl of Westmore-land. Here he fell in love with the earls daughter, theLady Alianore Nevill, who afterwards became his rest of the masque is wholly impossible. BishopPercy, in his charming ballad, the Hermit of Wark-worth, tells how Percy, coming clandestinely into England,won the heart of Lady Alianore, and was married to herat the Warkworth Hermitage. He then returned to Scot-land ; but the Countess of Westmoreland, learning herdaughters secret, began at once to intrigue for the re-storation of Percy to his paternal estates. The legendis preserved by the Register of Whitby
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