Hinkles and Hanrahans

James, 2nd Earl of Douglas, died in the Battle of Otterburn. The English ballad of Chevy Chase and the Scottish of the Battle of Otterburn have made the fame of the second Earl of Douglas second only to that of the comrade of Bruce, and the battle in which he fell is celebrated by Froissart as the best fought and most chivalrous engagement of the many he narrates. The Scottish poem is more in accord with history as handed down by the best authorities: for the English makes Percy the original assailant, in fulfilment of a vow, supposes both Percy and Douglas to have fallen, and represents the kings in whose reign the battle was fought as Henry VI and James I, instead of Richard II and Robert II. But the English version from Sydney's praise in his Defence of Poetry, and Addison's critique in the Spectator, Nos. 70 and 74, has gained a unique place as the representative of the ballads of the border, among the sources of English poetry.
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