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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: Tom Mc Rae <<a href="mailto:thomas.mcrae@bigpond.com">thomas.mcrae@bigpond.com</a>><br>Subject: LL-L History Battle of Flodden</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left">
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>A poem in Lowland Scots commemorating the tragedy of Flodden.<div><div><em>Had James IV not grabbed a pike from a foot soldier and rushed down the hill to attack a small retreating English detachment this sad poem may never have been written. As commander in charge his duty was to stand and direct troop movements, instead all his knights were obliged to support him in this crazy move. Pikes were unwieldy unless used en-masse and the English used short bill hooks with great effect. James is said to have died at the feet of Surrey, the English commander surrounded by his men. Many brave men died at Flodden that day.</em></div>
<div><em>His body was embalmed but never buried and glaziers finding it in a room at The Tower of London played with it until the head fell off. The head glazier used it as a pot-pourri for years afterwards.</em></div><div>
<div><em>Best Regards<br>Tom Mc Rae<br>Brisbane Australia<br>Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolised.<br>–Albert Einstein<br></em></div><div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><em><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:14px">Afore the king in order stude<br>
The stout Laird o’ Muirhead<br>Wi’ that same twa-handed<br>muckle sword<br>That Bartram fell’d stark dead.<br>He sware he widna lose his right<br>To field in ilka field;<br>Nor budge him frae his liege’s <br>sight<br>Till his last gasp should yield.<br>
Twa hundred mair o’ his ane <br>name<br>Frae Torwood tae the Clyde<br>Sware they would ne’er gang go <br>hame<br>But a’ dee by his syde.<br>And wond’rous well they kept <br>their troth;<br>This sturdy royal band<br>Rush’d doon the brae wi’ sic a <br>
pith<br>That nane could them withstand.<br>Mony a bloody blow they dealt,<br>The like was ne’er seen,<br>And hadna’ that braw leader <br>fall’n,<br>They ne’er had slain the king.</span></font><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:6.5pt"><u></u><u></u></span></font></em></div>
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