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THE SHEPHERD LORD.
The Shepherd Lord was twice married, taking for his
first wife Anne, daughter of Sir John St. John,of Bletshoe,
by whom he had issue Henry, first Earl of
Cumberland, and for his second wife, Florence, the
daughter of HenryPudsey,of Bolton. He commandeda
force during the expeditioninto Scotland in 1513, when
in his 60thyearof age,and valorously sought at the Battle
of Flodden. He diedin the year 1523, in the70th year of
his age, and is said to have been buried at Bolton,
although some historians dispute the place ofhis interment.
But
Lovehad he found inhuts wherepoor men lie;
His daily teachers had been woods and rills,
The silence that is in the starry sky,
The sleepthat is among thelonely hills.
Glad were the vales, and every cottage hearth;
The ShepherdLord was honouredmore and more;
And, ages after he was laidin earth,
" The good LordClifford " was the name he bore.