Cock Lorrelle's Bote Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCBAADADDBBAABBEAA ABBFGGFHHBI BBBDDIBBIBBIIIHFFHJJ KLLKBBBLLBBMHHHHBBHC CFNI NJGDHDDBJJBIIBHHBBBB HHBBBIBBIBBBBBBJJCBB DDDCI HHOBBIBBDDDDBBBBBBHJ BBBBJHBFFCDCHHHJFFJI IPBBIHHLBBDFFDFFFIIF IIJFPJIIBHHBHHBBBGII GIIGFFGHFQHHCCDDFFHD DHHHCBBDFFDH| She had a desyre ofte to be wedde | A |
| And also to lye in an other mannes bedde | A |
| Lytell rought she therfore | B |
| She is as softe as a lamme yf one do her meue | C |
| And lyke to ye deuyll wan a ma dothe her greue | B |
| So well is she sette | A |
| O good condycyon to her housbonde | A |
| Yf he call her calat she calleth hy knaue agayne | D |
| She shyll not dye in his dette | A |
| By saynt Ione sayd Cocke than | D |
| These be fayre vertues in a woman | D |
| Thou shalte be my launder | B |
| To wasshe and kepe clene all my gere | B |
| Our two beddes togyder shall be sette | A |
| Without ony lette | A |
| The nexte that came was a coryar | B |
| And a cobeler his brother | B |
| As ryche as a newe shorne shepe | E |
| They offred Cocke a blechynge pot | A |
| Other Iewelles they had not | A |
| Scant shoes to theyr fete | A |
| The coryer dresseth so well his lether | B |
| That it wolde drynke water in fayre weder | B |
| Therfore he hath many a crystes curse | F |
| And the cobeler for his cloutynge | G |
| The people blesseth hym with euyll cheuynge | G |
| To knytte fast in his purse | F |
| A shomaker came to these other two | H |
| Bytwene them two was moche a do | H |
| For a pyese of lether | B |
| Cocke Lorell | I |
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| They togged with theyr teth gnewe it there | B |
| And pulde as it had ben grehondes at a hare | B |
| It was a shepes skyne of a wether | B |
| And than they tanned it whan they had done | D |
| To make lether to hym with mennes shone | D |
| And all for theyr auayle | I |
| For as sone as the hemme is tore | B |
| The sho is lost for euermore | B |
| And it is lytell meruayle | I |
| A tanner for euyll tannynge of leder | B |
| They foure with sorowe Cocke dyde set togyder | B |
| And neuer a good without fayle | I |
| Than came one wt two bolddogges at his tayle | I |
| And that was a bocher without fayle | I |
| All be gored in reed blode | H |
| In his hande he bare a flap for flyes | F |
| His hosen gresy vpon his thyes | F |
| That place for magottes was very good | H |
| On his necke he bare a cole tre logge | J |
| He had as moche pyte as a dogge | J |
| And he were ones wrothe | K |
| He loked perysshe and also rowe | L |
| A man wolde take hym for a shrewe I trowe | L |
| And of his company be lothe | K |
| Than came a gonge fermourer | B |
| Other wyse called a masser scourer | B |
| With hym a canyell raker | B |
| Theyr presence made Cocke his me to spewe | L |
| For as swete was they brethe as henka or rewe | L |
| To wasshe them they laked water | B |
| On these Irysshe cople I wyll not tare | B |
| Cocke dyde set the there as knaues sholde be | M |
| Amonge the slouenly sorte | H |
| Than came two false towlers in nexte | H |
| He set them by pykers of the best | H |
| For there sholde they abyde | H |
| But before yt they were plonged in the ryuer | B |
| To searche theyr bodyes fayre and clere | B |
| Therof they had good sporte | H |
| A myller dustypoll than dyde come | C |
| A Ioly felowe with a golden thome | C |
| On his necke a sacke was | F |
| Many sayd that he with reprefe | N |
| Cocke Lorell | I |
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| Of all craftes was nexte a thefe | N |
| In that Cocke founde no lacke | J |
| He sayd that the touled twys for forgetynge | G |
| And stele floure and put chauke therin | D |
| Be sherewe hym that taught hym that | H |
| Cocke bad hym grynde cherystones peson | D |
| To make his men brede for a season | D |
| By cause whete was very dere | B |
| Than came a pardoner with his boke | J |
| His quaterage of euery man he toke | J |
| But Cocke wolde theyr names here | B |
| The pardoner sayd I wyll rede my roll | I |
| And ye shall here the names poll by poll | I |
| There of ye nede not fere | B |
| Here is fyrst Cocke Lorell the knyght | H |
| And symkyn emery mayntenauce agayne ryght | H |
| With slyngethryfte fleshemonger | B |
| Also fabyane flaterer | B |
| And sesly claterer | B |
| With adam auerus flayle swenger | B |
| And frauces flaperoche of stewys captayne late | H |
| With gylys vnyeste mayer of newgate | H |
| And lewes vnlusty the lesynge monger | B |
| Here also baude baudyn boller | B |
| And his brother copyn coler | B |
| With mathew marchaunte of shoters hyll | I |
| Cry stofer catchepoll a crystes course gaderer | B |
| And wat welbelyne of ludgate Iayler | B |
| With laurence lorell of clerken well | I |
| Here is gylys Iogeler of ayebery | B |
| And hym sougelder of lothe bery | B |
| With wallys the wrangler | B |
| Pers potter of brydge water | B |
| Saunder fely the mustarde maker | B |
| With Ielyan Iangeler | B |
| Here is Ienkyne berwarde of Barwycke | J |
| And tom tombler of warwyke | J |
| With Phyllyp fletcher of fernam | C |
| Here is wyll wyly the mylpeker | B |
| And patrycke peuysshe heerbeter | B |
| With lusty hary hange man | D |
| Also mathewe tothe drawer of London | D |
| And sybly sole mylke wyfe of Islyngton | D |
| With dauy drawelache of rokyngame | C |
| Cocke Lorell | I |
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| Here is maryone marchauntes at all gate | H |
| Her husbode dwelleth at ye sygne of ye cokeldes pate | H |
| Nexte house to Robyn renawaye | O |
| Also hycke crokenee the rope maker | B |
| And steuen mesyll mouthe muskyll taker | B |
| With Iacke basket seler of alwelay | I |
| Here is george of podynge lane carpenter | B |
| And patrycke peuysshe a conynge dyrte dauber | B |
| Worshypfull wardayn of slouens In | D |
| There is maryn peke small fremason | D |
| And pers peuterer that knocketh a basyn | D |
| With gogle eyed tomson shepster of lyn | D |
| Here is glyed wolby of gylforde squyere | B |
| Andrewe of habyngedon apell byer | B |
| With alys esy a gay tale teller | B |
| Also peter paten maker | B |
| With gregory loue good of rayston mayer | B |
| And hary halter seler at tyborn the ayer | B |
| Here is kate with the croked fote | H |
| That is colsys doughter the dronken koke | J |
| A lusty pye baker | B |
| Here is faunder sadeler of froge strete corner | B |
| With Ielyan Ioly at sygne of the bokeler | B |
| And mores moule taker | B |
| Also annys angry with the croked buttocke | J |
| That dwelled at ye sygne of ye dogges hede in ye pot | H |
| By her crafte a breche maker | B |
| Cocke sayd pardoner now ho and sease | F |
| Thou makeste me wery holde thy pease | F |
| A thynge tell thou me | C |
| What profyte is to take thy pardon | D |
| Shewe vs what mede is to come | C |
| To be in this fraternyte | H |
| Syr this pardon is newe founde | H |
| By syde London brydge in a holy grounde | H |
| Late called the stewes banke | J |
| Ye knowe well all that there was | F |
| Some relygyous women in that place | F |
| To whome men offred many a franke | J |
| And bycause they were so kynde and lyberall | I |
| A merueylous auenture there is be fall | I |
| Yf ye lyst to here how | P |
| There came suche a wynde fro wynchester | B |
| That blewe these women ouer the ryuer | B |
| In wherye as I wyll you tell | I |
| Some at saynt Kateryns stroke a grounde | H |
| And many in holborne were founde | H |
| Some at saynt Gyles I trowe | L |
| Also in aue maria aly and at westmenster | B |
| And some in shordyche drewe theder | B |
| With grete lamentacyon | D |
| And by cause they haue lost that fayre place | F |
| They wyll bylde at colman hedge in space | F |
| Another noble mansyon | D |
| Fayrer and euer the halfe strete was | F |
| For euery house newe paued is with gras | F |
| Shall be full of fayre floures | F |
| The walles shall be of hauthorne I wote well | I |
| And hanged wt whyte motly yt swete doth smell | I |
| Grene shall be the coloures | F |
| And as for this olde place these wenches holy | I |
| They wyll not haue it called the stewys for foly | I |
| But maketh it strabery banke | J |
| And there is yet a chapell saue | F |
| Of whiche ye all the pardon haue | P |
| The saynt is of symme trollanke | J |
| I wyll reherse here in generall | I |
| The indulgences that ye haue shall | I |
| Is these that foloweth with more | B |
| At the oure of deth whan ye haue nede | H |
| Ye shall be assoyled of euery good dede | H |
| That you haue done before | B |
| And ye shall be parte taker of as many good dedde | H |
| As is done euery nyght a bedde | H |
| And also ferthermore | B |
| At euery tauerne in the yere | B |
| A solempne dyryge is songe there | B |
| With a grete drynkynge | G |
| At all ale houses trewely | I |
| Ye shall be prayed for hertely | I |
| With a Ioyefull wepynge | G |
| And the pope darlaye hath grauted in his byll | I |
| That euery brother may do what he wyll | I |
| Whyle that they be wakynge | G |
| And the pardone gyueth you that hath the pose | F |
| On your owne sleue to wype your nose | F |
| Without rebuke takynge | G |
| Also pope nycoll graunteth you all in this texte | H |
| The coughe and the colyke the gout and the flyxe | F |
| With the holsome tothe ache | Q |
| Also it is graunted by our bulles of lede | H |
| That whan ony brother is dede | H |
| To the chyrche dogges shall cary hym | C |
| A ryche pal to ly on ye corse late fro rome is come | C |
| Made of an olde payre of blewe medly popley hosone | D |
| For ye worshyppe of all ye bretherne | D |
| Theyr knylles shall be roge in ye myddes of tese | F |
| And theyr masse songe at shoters hyll amonge the elmes | F |
| With grete deuocyon in dede | H |
| And many thynges elles shall be done | D |
| The resydewe I wyll reherse soone | D |
| For drynke fyrst must I nede | H |
| Than Cocke cast a syde his hede | H |
| And sawe the stretes all ouer sprede | H |
| That to his bote wolde come | C |
| Of all craftes there were one or other | B |
| I wyll shewe how many or I passe ferther | B |
| And reken them one by one | D |
| The fyrst was golde smythes grote clyppers | F |
| Multyplyers and clothe thyckers | F |
| Called fullers euerychone | D |
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