Northumberland Betrayed By Douglas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHC GAGA IJKJ LCGC IKK GALA MHG NGOG PJQJ RJK SHT UIPG VPK PPPP GPPP WPK WUWP PPGP OPX PUYP PPPP GPPU APP PPP PKP PPZ POUZ P G P P A2 PP PPPP PPG U B2 AAPA PPUP GPOP PPA UPC2 PPP PPPP P D2K PPP PPG PGP PPK KPPP GGE2 APGP PKP PPE2 PPF2 PPP'How long shall fortune faile me nowe | A |
And harrowe me with fear and dread | B |
How long shall I in bale abide | C |
In misery my life to lead | B |
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'To fall from my bliss alas the while | D |
It was my sore and heavye lott | E |
And I must leave my native land | F |
And I must live a man forgot | E |
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'One gentle Armstrong I doe ken | G |
A Scot he is much bound to mee | H |
He dwelleth on the Border side | C |
To him I'll goe right privilie ' | - |
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Thus did the noble Percy 'plaine | G |
With a heavy heart and wel away | A |
When he with all his gallant men | G |
On Bramham moor had lost the day | A |
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But when he to the Armstrongs came | I |
They dealt with him all treacherouslye | J |
For they did strip that noble erle | K |
And ever an ill death may they dye | J |
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False Hector to Earl Murray sent | L |
To shew him where his guest did hide | C |
Who sent him to te Lough leven | G |
With William Douglas to abide | C |
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And when he to the Douglas came | I |
He halched him right courteouslie | K |
Say'd 'Welcome welcome noble earle | K |
Here thou shalt safelye bide with mee ' | - |
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When he had in Lough leven been | G |
Many a month and many a day | A |
To the regent the lord warden sent | L |
That banisht erle for to betray | A |
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He offered him great store of gold | M |
And wrote a letter fair to see | H |
Saying 'Good my Lord grant me my boon | G |
And yield that banisht man to mee ' | - |
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Erle Percy at the supper sate | N |
With many a goodly gentleman | G |
The wylie Douglas then bespake | O |
And thus to flyte with him began | G |
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'What makes you be so sad my Lord | P |
And in your mind so sorrowfullye | J |
To morrow a shootinge will bee held | Q |
Among the lords of the North countrye | J |
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'The butts are sett the shootinge's made | R |
And there will be great royaltye | J |
And I am sworne into my bille | K |
Thither to bring my Lord Percye ' | - |
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'I'll give thee my hand thou gentle Douglas | S |
And here by my true faith ' quoth hee | H |
'If thou wilt ride to the worldes end | T |
I will ryde in thy companye ' | - |
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And then bespake a lady faire | U |
Mary a Douglas was her name | I |
'You shall bide here good English Lord | P |
My brother is a traiterous man | G |
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'He is a traitor stout and stronge | V |
As I tell you in privitie | P |
For he hath tane liverance of the erle | K |
Into England nowe to 'liver thee ' | - |
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'Now nay now nay thou goodly lady | P |
The regent is a noble lord | P |
Ne for the gold in all England | P |
The Douglas wold not break his word | P |
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'When the regent was a banisht man | G |
With me he did faire welcome find | P |
And whether weal or woe betide | P |
I still shall find him true and kind | P |
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'Between England and Scotland it wold breake truce | W |
And friends againe they wold never bee | P |
If they shold 'liver a banisht erle | K |
Was driven out of his own countrie ' | - |
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'Alas alas my Lord ' she sayes | W |
'Nowe micke is their traitorie | U |
Then lett my brother ryde his wayes | W |
And tell those English lords from thee | P |
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'How that you cannot with him ryde | P |
Because you are in an ile of the sea | P |
Then ere my brother come againe | G |
To Edenborrow castle Ile carry thee | P |
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'To the Lord Hume I will thee bring | O |
He is well knowne a true Scots lord | P |
And he will lose both land and life | X |
Ere he with thee will break his word ' | - |
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'Much is my woe ' Lord Percy sayd | P |
'When I thinke on my own countrie | U |
When I thinke on the heavye happe | Y |
My friends have suffered there for mee | P |
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'Much is my woe ' Lord Percy sayd | P |
'And sore those wars my minde distresse | P |
Where many a widow lost her mate | P |
And many a child was fatherlesse | P |
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'And now that I a banisht man | G |
Shold bring such evil happe with mee | P |
To cause my faire and noble friends | P |
To be suspect of treacherie | U |
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'This rives my heart with double woe | A |
And lever had I dye this day | P |
Than thinke a Douglas can be false | P |
Or ever he will his guest betray ' | - |
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'If you'll give me no trust my Lord | P |
Nor unto mee no credence yield | P |
Yet step one moment here aside | P |
Ile showe you all your foes in field ' | - |
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'Lady I never loved witchcraft | P |
Never dealt in privy wyle | K |
But evermore held the high waye | P |
Of truth and honours free from guile ' | - |
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'If you'll not come yourselfe my Lorde | P |
Yet send your chamberlaine with mee | P |
Let me but speak three words with him | Z |
And he shall come again to thee ' | - |
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James Swynard with that lady went | P |
She showed him through the weme of her ring | O |
How many English lords there were | U |
Waiting for his master and him | Z |
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'And who walkes yonder my good lady | P |
So royallye on yonder greene ' | - |
'O yonder is the Lord Hunsden | G |
Alas he doe you drie and teene ' | - |
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'And who beth yonder thou gay ladye | P |
That walkes so proudly him beside ' | - |
'That is Sir William Drury ' shee sayd | P |
'A keene captaine hee is and tryde ' | - |
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'How many miles is itt madame | A2 |
Betwixt yond English lords and mee ' | - |
'Marry it is thrice fifty miles | P |
To saile to them upon the sea | P |
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'I never was on English ground | P |
Ne never sawe it with mine eye | P |
But as my book it sheweth mee | P |
And through my ring I may descrye | P |
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'My mother shee was a witch ladye | P |
And of her skille she learned mee | P |
She wold let me see out of Lough leven | G |
What they did in London citie ' | - |
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'But who is yond thou lady faire | U |
That looketh with sic an austerne face ' | - |
'Yonder is Sir John Foster ' quoth shee | B2 |
'Alas he'll do ye sore disgrace ' | - |
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He pulled his hatt down over his browe | A |
He wept in his heart he was full of woe | A |
And he is gone to his noble lord | P |
Those sorrowful tidings him to show | A |
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'Now nay now nay good James Swynard | P |
I may not believe that witch ladie | P |
The Douglasses were ever true | U |
And they can ne'er prove false to mee | P |
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'I have now in Lough leven been | G |
The most part of these years three | P |
Yett have I never had noe outrake | O |
Ne no good games that I cold see | P |
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'Therefore I'll to yond shooting wend | P |
As to the Douglas I have hight | P |
Betide me weale betide me woe | A |
He ne'er shall find my promise light ' | - |
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He writhe a gold ring from his finger | U |
And gave itt to that gay ladie | P |
Sayes 'It was all that I cold save | C2 |
In Harley woods where I cold bee ' | - |
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'And wilt thou goe thou noble Lord | P |
Then farewell truth and honestie | P |
And farewell heart and farewell hand | P |
For never more I shall thee see ' | - |
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The wind was faire the boatmen call'd | P |
And all the saylors were on borde | P |
Then William Douglas took to his boat | P |
And with him went that noble lord | P |
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Then he cast up a silver wand | P |
Says 'Gentle lady fare thee well ' | - |
The lady fett a sigh soe deep | D2 |
And in a dead swoone down shee fell | K |
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'Now let us goe back Douglas ' he sayd | P |
'A sickness hath taken yond faire ladie | P |
If ought befall yond lady but good | P |
Then blamed for ever I shall bee ' | - |
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'Come on come on my Lord ' he sayes | P |
'Come on come on and let her bee | P |
There's ladyes enow in Lough leven | G |
For to cheere that gay ladie ' | - |
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'If you'll not turne yourself my Lord | P |
Let me goe with my chamberlaine | G |
We will but comfort that faire lady | P |
And wee will return to you againe ' | - |
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'Come on come on my Lord ' he sayes | P |
'Come on come on and let her bee | P |
My sister is craftye and wold beguile | K |
A thousand such as you and mee ' | - |
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When they had sayled fifty myle | K |
Now fifty mile upon the sea | P |
Hee snt his man to ask the Douglas | P |
When they shold that shooting see | P |
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'Faire words ' quoth he 'they make fooles faine | G |
And that by thee and thy lord is seen | G |
You may hap to think itt soon enough | E2 |
Ere you that shooting reach I ween ' | - |
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Jamye his hatt pulled over his browe | A |
He thought his lord then was betray'd | P |
And he is to Erle Percy againe | G |
To tell him what the Douglas sayd | P |
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'Hold upp thy head man ' quoth his lord | P |
'Nor therefore lett thy courage fayle | K |
He did it but to prove thy heart | P |
To see if he cold make it quail ' | - |
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When they had other fifty sayld | P |
Other fifty mile upon the sea | P |
Lord Percy called to Douglas himselfe | E2 |
Sayd 'What wilt thou nowe doe with mee ' | - |
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'Looke that your brydle be wight my Lord | P |
And your horse goe swift as shipp att sea | P |
Looke that your spurres be bright and sharpe | F2 |
That you may pricke her while she'll away ' | - |
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'What needeth this Douglas ' he sayth | P |
'What needest thou to flyte with mee | P |
For I was counted a hors | P |
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