King Edward Iv. And The Tanner Of Tamworth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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In summer time when leaves grow greeneA
And blossoms bedecke the treeB
King Edward wolde a hunting rydeC
Some pastime for to seeB
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With hawke and hounde he made him bowneD
With horne and eke with boweE
To Drayon Basset he tooke his wayeF
With all his lordes a roweE
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And he had ridden ore dale and downeG
By eight of clocke in the dayF
When he was ware of a bold tannerH
Come ryding along the wayeF
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A fayre russet coat the tanner had onI
Fast buttoned under his chinJ
And under him a good cow hideC
And a mare of four shillingK
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'Nowe stand you still my good lordes allL
Under the grene wood sprayeF
And I will wend to yonder felloweE
To weet what he will sayeF
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'God speede God speede thee ' said our kingK
'Thou art welcome sir ' sayd heeB
'The readyest waye to Drayton BassetC
I praye thee to shewe to mee '-
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'To Drayton Basset woldst thou goeE
Fro the place where thou dost standC
The next payre of gallowes thou comest untoC
Turne in upon thy right hand '-
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'That is an unreadye waye ' sayd our kingK
'Thou doest but jest I seeB
Nowe shewe me out the nearest wayeF
And I pray thee wend with mee '-
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'Awaye with a vengeance ' quoth the tannerH
'I hold thee out of thy wittC
All day have I rydden on Brocke my mareM
And I am fasting yett '-
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'Go with me downe to Drayton BassetC
No daynties we will spareM
All daye shalt thou eate and drinke of the bestC
And I will paye thy fare '-
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'Gramercye for nothing ' the tanner replydeC
'Thou payest no fare of mineN
I trowe I've more nobles in my purseO
Than thou hast pence in thine '-
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'God give thee joy of them ' sayd the kingK
'And send them well to priefe '-
The tanner wolde fame have beene awayF
For he weende he had beene a thiefeP
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'What art thou ' he sayde 'thou fine felloweF
Of thee I am in great feareM
For the cloathes thou wearest upon thy backeQ
Might beseeme a lord to weare '-
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'I never stole them ' quoth our kingK
'I tell you sir by the roode '-
'Then thou playest as many an unthrift dothR
And standest in midds of thy goode '-
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'What tydinges heare you ' sayd the kyngeS
'As you ryde farre and neare '-
'I heare no tydinges sir by the masseT
But that cowe hides are deare '-
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'Cowe hides cowe hides what things are thoseU
I marvell what they bee '-
'What art thou a foole ' the tanner reply'dC
'I carry one under mee '-
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'What craftsman art thou ' sayd the kingK
'I praye thee tell me trowe '-
'I am a barker sir by my tradeC
Nowe tell me what art thou '-
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'I am a poore courtier sir ' quoth heB
'That am forth of service worneN
And faine I wolde thy prentise beeB
Thy cunninge for the learne '-
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'Marrye heaven forfend ' the tanner replydeC
'That thou my prentise wereM
Thou woldst spend more good than I shold winneN
By fortye shilling a yere '-
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'Yet one thinge wold I ' sayd our kingK
'If thou wilt not seeme strangeS
Thoughe my horse be better than thy mareM
Yet with thee I faine wold change '-
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'Why if with me thou faine wilt changeS
As change full well maye weeB
By the faith of my bodye thou proude felloweB
I will have some boot of thee '-
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'That were against reason ' sayd the kingK
'I sweare so mote I theeB
My horse is better than thy mareM
And that thou well mayst see '-
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'Yea sir but Brocke is gentle and mildC
And softly she will fareM
Thy horse is unrulye and wild I wissV
Aye skipping here and theare '-
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'What boote wilt thou have ' our king reply'dC
'Now tell me in this stound '-
'Noe pence nor half pence by my fayeF
But a noble in gold so round '-
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'Here's twentye groates of white moneyeF
Sith thou will have it mee '-
'I would have sworne now ' quoth the tannerM
'Thou hadst not had one pennieB
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'But since we too have made a changeS
A change we must abideC
Although thou hast gotten Brocke my mareM
Thou gettest not my cowe hide '-
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'I will not have it ' sayd the kyngeS
'I sweare so mought I theeB
Thy foule cowe hide I wolde not beareM
If thou woldst give it to mee '-
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The tanner hee tooke his good cowe hideC
That of the cow was hiltC
And threwe it upon the king's sadelleL
That was soe fayrelye gilteC
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'Now help me up thou fine felloweB
'Tis time that I were goneN
When I come home to Gyllian my wifeP
Sheel say I am gentilmon '-
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The king he tooke him up by the leggeW
The tanner a f lett fallL
'Nowe marrye goode fellowe ' sayd the kyngW
'Thy courtesye is but small '-
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When the tanner he was in the kinges sadelleL
And his foote in the stirrup wasX
He marvelled greatlye in his mindeC
Whether it were golde or brassT
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But when his steede saw the cows toile waggeW
And eke the blacke cowe horneN
He stamped and stared and awaye he ranneN
As the devill had him borneN
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The tanner he pulld the tanner he sweatC
And held by the pummil fastC
At length the tanner came tumbling downeN
His necke he had well nye brastC
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'Take thy horse again with a vengeance ' he saydC
'With mee he shall not byde '-
'My horse wolde have borne thee well enougheP
But he knewe not of thy cowe hideC
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'Yet if againe thou faine woldst changeS
As change full well may weeB
By the faith of my bodye thou jolly tannerM
I will have some boote of thee '-
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'What boote wilt thou have ' the tanner replydC
'Nowe tell me in this stounde '-
'No pence nor half pence sir by my fayeF
But I will have twentye pound '-
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'Here's twentye groates out of my purseO
And twentye I have of thineN
And I have one more which we will spendC
Together at the wine '-
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The king set a bugle horne to his moutheB
And blewe both loude and shrilleL
And soone came lords and soone came knightsY
Fast ryding over the hilleL
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'Nowe out alas ' the tanner he crydeC
'That ever I sawe this dayeF
Thou art a strong thiefe yon come thy fellowesU
Will beare my cowe hide away '-
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'They are no thieves ' the king replydeC
'I sweare soe mote I theeB
But they are the lords of the north countreyM
Here come to hunt with mee '-
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And soone before our king they cameZ
And knelt downe on the groundeC
Then might the tanner have beene awayeF
He had lever than twentye poundeC
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'A coller a coller here ' sayd the kingW
'A coller ' he loud gan cryeF
Then woulde he lever then twentye poundC
He had not beene so nigheP
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'A coller a coller ' the tanner he saydC
'I trowe it will breed sorroweB
After a coller commeth a halterM
I trowe I shall be hang'd to morrowe '-
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'Be not afraid tanner ' said our kingW
'I tell thee so mought I theeB
Lo here I make thee the best esquireM
That is in the north countrie '-
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'For Plumpton Parke I will give theeB
With tenements faire besideC
'Tis worth three hundred markes by the yeareM
To maintaine thy good cowe hide '-
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'Gramercye my liege ' the tanner replydeC
'For the favour thou hast me showneN
If ever thou comest to merry TamworthB
Neates leather shall clout thy shoen '-

Anonymous Olde English



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