It seems very probable that the following lines, still current in the county, may have owed their origin to this invitation to skirmish, which Sir George thought prudent to decline : — " Coward, a coward, of Barney Castell, Dare not come out to fight... Memorials of the Rebellion of 1569 - Página 75por Sir Cuthbert Sharp - 1840 - 419 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe - 1854 - 610 páginas
...conuenient, the same night aduertisementa came from the Erie of Sussex vnto the Erie of Warwik, and * " Coward, a coward, of Barney Castell Dare not come out to fight a battell." Popular rhyme still current. t "The xiith day, I intende to be at Darneton." Sussex to... | |
| Christopher James Davison Ingledew - 1858 - 456 páginas
...Dated at North Allerton, the XVIth of Decemb. 1569. T. SUSSEX. Orig. Bowes MS. Vol. I, p. 12. • " Coward, a coward, of Barney Castell Dare not come out to fight a battell." The Queen's troops being increased to 7,000 men, under the command of the earl of Sussex... | |
| Christopher James Davison Ingledew - 1858 - 428 páginas
...same. Dated at North Allerton, the XVIth of Decemb. 1569. T. SUSSEX. Orig. Bowes MS. Vol. I, p. 12. * " Coward, a coward, of Barney Castell Dare not come out to fight a battell." The Queen's troops being increased to 7,000 men, under the command of the earl of Sussex;... | |
| Joseph Lemuel Saywell - 1885 - 336 páginas
...childe made fatherlesse, And widowed many a tender wife. || * Sadler's State Papers, vol. 2, p. 66. t " Coward, a coward, of Barney Castell, Dare not come out to fight a battell." Popular Rhyme. \ Bowes' MS. Vol. I. On the IVth Jan. 1570, sir George Bowes received orders... | |
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