Sir Aldingar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CDCD AAEA AFGC AHA IJE I KL AFC ILAL ILA IIEL CDA ELLB MLKL AFCF A CL CAIA NHAH AIOI PBQB CRIK SAI LCL ACAC CACA LCFC HAC HAAA LHBH BHAH AALA A SC BCAC AHAH SLA BBFO MHAH ABAB AHF FHQH QBAB LCB BASA BBT ABBB BAA BUBU BATA LFSB SBBB M B HUH BBHB BABA BBABOur king he kept a false stewarde | A |
Sir Aldingar they him call | B |
A falser steward than he was one | C |
Servde not in bower nor hall | B |
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He wolde have layne by our comelye queene | C |
Her deere worshippe to betraye | D |
Our queene she was a good woman | C |
And evermore said him naye | D |
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Sir Aldingar was wrothe in his mind | A |
With her hee was never content | A |
Till traiterous meanes he colde devyse | E |
In a fyer to have her brent | A |
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There came a lazar to the kings gate | A |
A lazar both blinde and lame | F |
He tooke the lazar upon his backe | G |
Him on the queenes bed has layne | C |
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'Lye still lazar wheras thou lyest | A |
Looke thou goe not hence away | H |
Ile make thee a whole man and a sound | A |
In two howers of the day ' | - |
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Then went him forth Sir Aldingar | I |
And hyed him to our king | J |
'If I might have grace as I have space | E |
Sad tydings I could bring ' | - |
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'Say on say on Sir Aldingar | I |
Say on the soothe to mee ' | - |
'Our queene hath chosen a new new love | K |
And shee will have none of thee | L |
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'If shee had chosen a right good knight | A |
The lesse had beene her shame | F |
But she hath chose her a lazar man | C |
A lazar both blinde and lame ' | - |
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'If this be true thou Aldingar | I |
The tyding thou tellest to me | L |
Then will I make thee a rich rich knight | A |
Rich both of golde and fee | L |
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'But if it be false Sir Aldingar | I |
As God nowe grant it bee | L |
Thy body I sweare by the holye rood | A |
Shall hang on the gallows tree ' | - |
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He brought our king to the queenes chamber | I |
And opend to him the dore | I |
'A lodlye love ' King Harry says | E |
'For our queene Dame Elinore | L |
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'If thou were a man as thou art none | C |
Here on my sword thoust dye | D |
But a payre of new gallowes shall be built | A |
And there shalt thou hang on hye ' | - |
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Forth then hyed our king I wysse | E |
And an angry man was hee | L |
And soone he found Queene Elinore | L |
That bride so bright of blee | B |
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'Now God you save our Queene madame | M |
And Christ you save and see | L |
Here you have chosen a newe newe love | K |
And you will have none of mee | L |
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'If you had chosen a right good knight | A |
The lesse had been your shame | F |
But you have chose you a lazar man | C |
A lazar both blinde and lame | F |
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'Therfore a fyer there shall be built | A |
And brent all shalt thou bee ' | - |
'Now out alacke ' sayd our comly queene | C |
'Sir Aldingar's false to mee | L |
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'Now out alacke ' sayd our comlye queene | C |
'My heart with griefe will brast | A |
I had thought swevens had never been true | I |
I have proved them true at last | A |
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'I dreamt in my sweven on Thursday eve | N |
I my bed wheras I laye | H |
I dreamt a grype and a grimlie beast | A |
Had carryed my crowne awaye | H |
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'My gorgett and my kirtle of golde | A |
And all my faire head geere | I |
And he wold worrye me with his tush | O |
And to his nest y beare | I |
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'Saving there came a little 'gray' hawke | P |
A merlin him they call | B |
Which untill the grounde did strike the grype | Q |
That dead he downe did fall | B |
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'Giffe I were man as now I am none | C |
A battell wold I prove | R |
To fight with that traitor Aldingar | I |
Att him I cast my glove | K |
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'But seeing Ime able noe battell to make | S |
My liege grant me a knight | A |
To fight with that traitor Sir Aldingar | I |
To maintaine me in my right ' | - |
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'Now forty dayes I will give thee | L |
To seeke thee a knight therein | C |
If thou find not a knight in forty dayes | L |
Thy bodye it must brenn ' | - |
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Then shee sent east and shee sent west | A |
By north and south bedeene | C |
But never a champion colde she find | A |
Wolde fight with that knight soe keene | C |
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Now twenty dayes were spent and gone | C |
Noe helpe there might be had | A |
Many a teare shed our comelye queene | C |
And aye her hart was sad | A |
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Then came one of the queenes damselles | L |
And knelt upon her knee | C |
'Cheare up cheare up my gracious dame | F |
I trust yet helpe may be | C |
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'And here I will make mine avowe | H |
And with the same me binde | A |
That never will I return to thee | C |
Till I some helpe may finde ' | - |
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Then forth she rode on a faire palfraye | H |
Oer hill and dale about | A |
But never a champion colde she finde | A |
Wolde fighte with that knight so stout | A |
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And nowe the daye drewe on a pace | L |
When our good queene must dye | H |
All woe begonne was that faire damselle | B |
When she found no helpe was nye | H |
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All woe begonne was that fair damselle | B |
And the salt tears fell from her eye | H |
When lo as she rode by a rivers side | A |
She met with a tinye boye | H |
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A tinye boy she mette God wot | A |
All clad in mantle of golde | A |
He seemed noe more in mans likenesse | L |
Then a childe of four yeere olde | A |
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'Why grieve you damselle faire ' he sayd | A |
'And what doth cause you moane ' | - |
The damsell scant wolde deigne a looke | S |
But fast she pricked on | C |
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'Yet turne againe thou faire damselle | B |
And greete thy queene from mee | C |
When bale is att hyest boote is nyest | A |
Nowe helpe enoughe may bee | C |
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'Bid her remember what she dreamt | A |
In her bedd wheras shee laye | H |
How when the grype and the grimly beast | A |
Wolde have carried her crowne awaye | H |
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'Even then there came the little gray hawke | S |
And saved her from his clawes | L |
Then bidd the queene be merry at hart | A |
For heaven will fende her cause ' | - |
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Back then rode that faire damselle | B |
And her hart it lept for glee | B |
And when she told her gracious dame | F |
A gladd woman then was shee | O |
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But when the appointed day was come | M |
No helpe appeared bye | H |
Then woeful woeful was her hart | A |
And the teares stood in her eye | H |
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And nowe a fyer was built of wood | A |
And a stake was made of tree | B |
And now Queene Elinor forth was led | A |
A sorrowful sight to see | B |
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Three times the herault he waved his hand | A |
And three times spake on hye | H |
'Giff any good knight will fende this dame | F |
Come forth or shee must dye ' | - |
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No knight stood forth no knight there came | F |
No helpe appeared nye | H |
And now the fyer was lighted up | Q |
Queen Elinor she must dye | H |
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And now the fyer was lighted up | Q |
As hot as hot might bee | B |
When riding upon a little white steed | A |
The tinye boy they see | B |
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'Away with that stake away with those brands | L |
And loose our comelye queene | C |
I am come to fight with Sir Aldingar | B |
And prove him a traitor keene ' | - |
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Forthe then he stood Sir Aldingar | B |
But when he saw the chylde | A |
He laughed and scoffed and turned his backe | S |
And weened he had been beguylde | A |
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'Now turne now turne thee Aldingar | B |
And eyther fighte or flee | B |
I trust that I shall avenge the wronge | T |
Thoughe I am so small to see ' | - |
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The boye pulld forth a well good sworde | A |
So gilt it dazzled the ee | B |
The first stroke stricken at Aldingar | B |
Smote off his leggs by the knee | B |
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'Stand up stand up thou false traitor | B |
And fight upon thy feete | A |
For and thou thrive as thou begin'st | A |
Of height wee shall be meete ' | - |
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'A priest a priest ' sayes Aldingar | B |
'While I am a man alive | U |
A priest a priest ' sayes Aldingar | B |
'Me to the houzle and shrive | U |
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'I wolde have laine by our comlie queene | B |
But shee wolde never consent | A |
Then I thought to betraye her unto our kinge | T |
In a fyer to have her brent | A |
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'There came a lazar to the kings gates | L |
A lazar both blind and lame | F |
I tooke the lazar upon my backe | S |
And on her bedd had him layne | B |
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'Then ranne I to our comlye king | S |
These tidings sore to tell | B |
But ever alacke ' sayes Aldingar | B |
'Falsing never doth well | B |
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'Forgive forgive me Queene madame | M |
The short time I must live ' | - |
'Nowe Christ forgive thee Aldingar | B |
As freely I forgive ' | - |
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'Here take thy queene our King Harrye | H |
And love her as thy life | U |
For never had a king in Christentye | H |
A truer and fairer wife ' | - |
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King Henrye ran to claspe his queene | B |
And loosed her full sone | B |
Tuen turned to look for the tinye boye | H |
The boye was vanisht and gone | B |
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But first he had touchd the lazar man | B |
And stroakt him with his hand | A |
The lazar under the gallowes tree | B |
All whole and sounde did stand | A |
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The lazar under the gallowes tree | B |
Was comelye straight and tall | B |
King Henrye made him his head stewarde | A |
To wayte withinn his hall | B |
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