43. From which it appears, that, by command of Sir Ralph evers, this clan ravaged almost the whole west border of Scotland.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
In the vangard I appointed my Lord of Westmoreland, as chief, with all the bushopricke, Sir William Bulmer, Sir William evers, my Lord Dacre, with all his company; and with me remayned all the rest of the garnysons, and the Northumberland men.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
Here, too, lie the brave Earl Douglas, hero of Chevy Chase; Liddesdale's dark Knight-another Douglas; evers and Latoun, the English commanders at Ancrum Moor, that ran so deadly red with the blood of their countrymen; and, according to Sir Walter, Michael Scot- "Buried on St. Michael's night, When the bell toll'd one, and the moon shone bright, Whose chamber was dug among the dead, When the floor of the chancel was stained red."
"In the Border Country"
W. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett
