Llad, 'being so evill apparelled in the dust and cobwebbes of that uncivill age,' is the traditional one here printed, which is scarcely the product of an uncivil age; more probably Sidney had heard it in a rough and ancient form, 'sung,' as he says, 'but by some blind crouder, with no rougher voyce than rude stile.' 'The Hunttis of the Chevet' is mentioned as one of the 'sangis of natural music of the antiquite' sung by the shepherds in _The Complaynt of Scotland_, a book assigned to 1549. +The Story.+--The _Hunting of the Cheviot_ is a later version of the _Battle of Otterburn_, and a less conscientious account thereof. Attempts have been made to identify the _Hunting_ with the Battle of Piperden (or Pepperden) fought in 1436 between a Percy and a Douglas. But the present ballad is rather an unauthenticated account of an historical event, which made a great impression on the public mind. Of that, its unfailing popularity on both sides of the Border, its constant appearance in broadside form, and its inclusion in every ballad-book, give the best witness. The notable deed of Witherington (stanza 54) has many parallels. All will remember the warrior who '... when his legs were smitten off He fought upon his stumps.' Tradition tells an identical story of 'fair maiden Lilliard' at the Battle of Ancrum Muir in 1545. Seneca mentions the feat. It occurs in the Percy Folio,
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