...perceiy'd The Noble Earl was flam :. . XLV. He had a Bow bent' in his Hand^ Made of a trufty Tree ; . An Arrow of a Cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he: XLVI. Againft Sir Hugh Montgomery So right his Shaft he fer, The grey Goofe-wing that was thereoji.,...

...Archer then perceiv'd The Noble Earl was flain, He had a Bow bent in his Hand, Made of a trufty Tree ; An Arrow of a Cloth-yard long Up to the Head drew he : Againfl Sir Hugh Montgomery, So right his Shaft he fet, The grey Goofe-wing that was thereon, In...

...Archer then perceiv'd The Noble Earl was flain, He had a Bow bent in his Hand, Made of a trufty Tree ; An Arrow of a Cloth-yard long Up to the Head drew he : Againfl Sir Hugh Montgomery, So right his Shaft he fet, The grey Goofe-wing that was thereon, In...

...then perceiv'd The Noble Earl was flain ; He had a Bow bent in his Hand, Made of a trufly Tree ;- \' An Arrow of a Cloth-yard long Up to the Head drew he : Againft Sir Jtugh Montgomery So right his Shaft he fet, The grey Gooie-wmg that was thereon In hie...

...me a clothier's yard.} Perhaps the poet had in his mind a ftanza of the old ballad of Chevy Chace; " An arrow of a cloth-yard long, " Up to the head drew he," &c. STEEVENS. TO, ivell Jlown, bird!} Lear is here raving of archery, and mooting at huts, as is plain...

...archer then perceiv'd The noble Karl was flain ; He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trulty tree; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he: Againir Sir Huph Mountgomery, So right the (haft he let, The grey g*oofe-wing that was thtreon, In...

...were viewed together, the refemblance' would be too glaring to credit his hypotheßs. r * Viz. '• An arrow of a cloth-yard long " Up to the head drew he." Y 4 It It would be an endlefs taik to point out all the ¡nftances of weak and contradictory reafoning...

...archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was flain : He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trufty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he : Againft fir Hugh Montgomery So right the fhaft he fet, The grey-goofe-wing that was thereon In his...

...clothier's yard.] Perhaps the poet had 'in his mind a ftanza of the old ballad of Cbe-vy-Chafi ; " An arrow of a cloth-yard long, " Up to the head drew he, &c." STEEVENS. 9 ——the brown bills.] A till was a kind of battle-axe : 1 O, well flown, bird !...

...archer then perceiv'd The noble earl was (lain ; He had a bow bent in his hand. Made of a trufly tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he : Againft fir Hugh Montgomery So right the {haft he fet. The grey-goofe wing that was thereout In his...