Robin Hood And The Potter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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In schomer when the leves spryngB
The bloschoms on every boweC
So merey doyt the berdys syngB
Yn wodys merey nowD
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Herkens god yemenE
Comley corteys and godF
On of the best that yever bare boweC
Hes name was Roben HodeF
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Roben Hood was the yemans nameG
That was boyt corteys and freH
For the loffe of owre ladeyF
All wemen werschepyd heI
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Bot as the god yeman stod on a dayF
Among hes mery maneyI
He was ware of a prowd potterH
Cam dryfyng owyr the leyeJ
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'Yonder comet a prod potter ' seyde RobenI
'That long hayt hantyd this weyF
He was never so corteys a manI
On peney of pawage to pay '-
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'Y met hem bot at Wentbreg ' seyde Lytyll JohnI
'And therefore yeffell mot he theK
Seche thre strokes he me gafeL
Yet by my seydys cleffe theyF
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Y ley forty shillings ' seyde Lytyll JohnI
'To pay het thes same dayF
Ther ys nat a man among hus allM
A wed schall make hem leye '-
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'Here ys forty shillings ' seyde RobenI
'More and thow dar sayF
That Y schall make that prowde potterH
A wed to me schall he ley '-
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There thes money they leydeF
They toke het a yeman to kepeN
Roben beffore the potter he breydeF
And bad hem stond stellO
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Handys apon hes hors he leydeF
And bad the potter stonde foll stellO
The potter schorteley to hem seydeF
'Felow what ys they well '-
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'All thes thre yer and more potter ' he seydeF
'Thow hast hantyd thes weyF
Yet were tow never so cortys a manI
On peney of pavage to pay '-
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'What ys they name ' seyde the potterH
'For pavage thow aske of me '-
'Roben Hod ys mey nameG
A wed schall thow leffe me '-
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'Wed well y non leffe ' seyde the potterH
'Nor pavag well Y non payF
Awey they honde fro mey horsP
Y well the tene eyls be mey fay '-
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The potter to hes cart he wentF
He was not to sekeB
A god to hande staffe therowt he hentF
Beffore Roben he leppydF
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Roben howt with a swerd bentF
A bokeler en hes hondeF
The potter to Roben he wentF
And seyde 'Felow let mey hors go '-
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Togeder then went thes to yemenI
Het was a god seyt to seQ
Thereof low Robyn hes menI
There they stod onder a treF
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Leytell John to hes felow he seydeF
'Yend potter well steffeley stonde'F
The potter with an acward strokeB
Smot the bokeler owt of hes hondeF
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And ar Roben meyt get het agenI
Hes bokeler at hes fetteF
The potter yn the neke hem tokeB
To the gronde sone he yedeF
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That saw Roben hes menI
As they stod onder a bowD
'Let us helpe owre master ' seyde Lytell JohnI
'Yonder potter ' seyde he 'els well hem slo '-
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Thes wight yemen with a breydeF
To thes master they camR
Leytell John to hes master seydeF
'Ho haet the wager wonI
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'Schall Y haffe yowre forty shillings ' seyde Lytl JohnI
'Or ye master schall haffe myne '-
'Yeff they were a hundred ' seyde RobenI
'Y feythe they ben all theyne '-
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'Het ys fol leytell cortesey ' seyde the potterH
'As I hafe harde weyse men syeJ
Yeffe a pore yeman com drywyng over the wayF
To let hem of hes gorney '-
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'Be mey trowet thow seys soyt ' seyde RobenI
'Thow seys god yemenreyH
And thow dreyffe forthe yevery dayF
Thow schalt never be let for me '-
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'Y well prey the god potterH
A felischepe well thow haffeL
Geffe me they clothyng and thow schalt hafe myneI
Y well go to Notynggam '-
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'Y grant thereto ' seyde the potterH
'Thow schalt feynde me a felow godeF
Bot thow can sell mey pottys wellO
Com ayen as thow yede '-
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'Nay be mey trowt ' seyde RobenI
'And then Y bescro mey hedeF
Yeffe Y bryng eney pottys ayenI
And eney weyffe well hem chepe '-
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Than spake Leytell JohnI
And all hes felowhes heyndF
'Master be well ware of the screffe of NotynggamR
For he ys leytell howr frende '-
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'Thorow the helpe of Howr LadeyF
Felowhes let me aloneI
Heyt war howte ' seyde RobenI
'To Notynggam well Y gon '-
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Robyn went to NotynggamR
Thes pottys for to sellO
The potter abode with Robens menI
There he fered not eylleO
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Tho Roben droffe on hes weyF
So merey ower the londeF
Her es more and affter ys to sayeF
The best ys beheyndeF
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FittF
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When Roben cam to NotynggamR
The soyt yef Y scholde sayeF
He set op hes hors anonI
And gaffe hem hotys and hayeF
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Yn the medys of the towneI
There he schowed hes wareH
'Pottys pottys ' he gan crey foll soneI
'Haffe hansell for the mare '-
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Foll effen agenest the screffeys gateF
Schowed he hes chaffareH
Weyffes and wedowes abowt hem drowH
And chepyd fast of hes wareH
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Yet 'Pottys gret chepe ' creyed RobynI
'Y loffe yeffell thes to stonde '-
And all that say hem sellO
Seyde he had be no potter longB
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The pottys that were worthe pens feyffeL
He solde tham for pens threH
Preveley seyde man and weyffeL
'Ywnder potter schall never the '-
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Thos Roben solde foll fastF
Tell he had pottys bot feyffeL
Op he hem toke of hes carH
And sende hem to the screffeys weyfeL
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Thereof sche was foll fayneI
'Gereamarsey ' seyde sche 'sir thanI
When ye com to thes contr ayenI
Y schall bey of the pottys so mo Y the '-
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'Ye schall haffe of the best ' seyde RobenI
And sware be the Treneyt '-
Foll corteysley sche gan hem callO
'Com deyne with the screfe and me '-
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'God amarsey ' seyde RobenI
'Yowre bedyng schall be doyn '-
A mayden yn the pottys gan bereH
Roben and the screffe weyffe folowed anonI
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Whan Roben yn to the hall camR
The screffe sone he metF
The potter cowed of corteyseyQ
And sone the screffe he gretF
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'Lo ser what thes potter hayt geffe yow and meR
Feyffe pottys smalle and grete '-
'He ys foll wellcom ' seyd the screffeL
'Let os was and to mete '-
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As they sat at her metheF
With a nobell chereH
To of the screffes men gan spekeB
Of a gret wagerH
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Of a schotyng was god and feyneI
Was made the tother dayeF
Of forty shillings the soyt to sayeF
Who scholde thes wager gayneI
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Styll than sat thes prowde potterH
Thos than thowt heR
As Y am a trow Cerstyn manI
Thes schotyng well Y seQ
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Whan they had fared of the bestF
With bred and ale and weyneI
To the bottys the made them prestF
With bowes and boltys foll feyneI
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The screffes men schot foll fastF
As archares that weren proweF
There cam non ner ney the markeB
Bey halffe a god archares boweF
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Stell then stod the prowde potterH
Thos than seyde heR
'And Y had a bow be the RodeF
On schot scholde yow se '-
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'Thow schall haffe a bow ' seyde the screffeL
'The best that thow well cheys of threH
Thou semyst a stalward and a strongeS
Asay schall thow be '-
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The screffe commandyd a yeman that stod hem beyF
After bowhes to weyndeF
The best bow that the yeman browtheF
Roben set on a stryngB
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'Now schall Y wet and thow be godF
And polle het op to they nere '-
'So god me helpe ' seyde the prowde potterH
'Thys ys bot ryght weke gere '-
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To a quequer Roben wentF
A god bolt owthe he tokeB
So ney on to the marke he wentF
He fayled not a fotheF
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All they schot a bowthe agenI
The screffes men and heR
Off the marke he welde not fayleO
He cleffed the preke on threH
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The screffes men thowt gret schameR
The potter the mastry wanI
The screffe lowe and made god gameR
And seyde 'Potter thow art a manI
Thow art worthey to bere a boweF
Yn what plas that thow goe '-
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'Yn mey cart Y haffe a bowD
For soyt ' he seyde 'and that a goddeF
Yn mey cart ys the bowD
That gaffe me Robyn Hode '-
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'Knowest thow Robyn Hode ' seyde the screffeL
'Potter Y prey the tell thow me '-
'A hundred torne Y haffe schot with hemR
Under hes tortyll tre '-
'Y had lever nar a hundred ponde ' seyde the screffeL
And sware be the TrinityF
'That the fals outelawe stod be me '-
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'And ye well do afftyr mey red ' seyde the potterH
'And boldeley go with meF
And to morow or we het bredF
Roben Hode well we se '-
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'Y well queyt the ' kod the screffeL
'And swere be God of meythe '-
Schetyng thay left and hom they wentF
Her soper was reddy deytheF
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FittF
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Upon the morrow when het was dayF
He boskyd hem forthe to rH

Anonymous Olde English



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