...night : They lay down to rest, With corslet laced, Pillow'd on buckler cold and hard ; They curved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet berrU V. Ten squires, ten yeomen, mail-clad men, Waited the beck of the warders ten ; Thirty steeds,...

...harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night : They lay down to rest, With corslet laced, Pillow'd on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal...steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet barr'd. Ten squires, ten yeomen, mail-clad men, Waited the beck of the warders tea; Thirty steeds,...

...harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night : They lay down to rest, With corslet laced, Pillow'd on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal...steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet barr'd. Ten squires, ten yeomen, mail-clad men, Waited the beck of the warders tea; Thirty steeda,...

...the bold Buccleuch. IV. I They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night: They lay down to rest With corslet laced, Pillowed...hard; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, [barred. And they drank the red wine through the helmrf Ten squires, ten yeomen, mail-clad men, Waited...

...of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sworJ, nn.l spur on lied; They quitted not iheir hariuss bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night j They lay...With gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine, thro' the lielrcct barred." These helmets were not unlike small coal scuttles, sometimes with bars...

...sword, and spur on heel : They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day, uor yet by night: They lay down to rest, With corslet laced, Pillowed...they drank the red wine through the helmet barred. Ten squires, ten yeomen, mail-clad men, Waited the beck of the warders ten; Thirty steeds, both fleet...

...harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night : They lay down to rest With corslet laced, Pillow'd on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal...steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet barr'd. Ten squires, ten yeomen, mail-clad men, Waited the beck of the warders ten ; Thirty steeds,...

...letting off the bowstring. They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night : They lay down to rest With corslet laced, Pillowed...on buckler cold and hard : They carved at the meal In gloves of steel ; And they drank the red wine thro' the helmet barr'd." Even the horses of the best...

...letting off the bowstring. They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night : They lay down to rest With corslet laced, Pillowed...on buckler cold and hard : They carved at the meal In gloves of steel ; And they drank the red wine thro* the helmet barr'd." Even the horses of the best...

...you have the dress in which the inhabitants of Branksome Hall were in the habit of messing : — " They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And...they drank the red wine through the helmet barred." But the costume which might be appropriate on the Border is ridiculous in a time of profound peace,...