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 BBAB

Our king he kept a false stewardeA
Sir Aldingar they him callB
A falser steward than he was oneC
Servde not in bower nor hallB
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He wolde have layne by our comelye queeneC
Her deere worshippe to betrayeD
Our queene she was a good womanC
And evermore said him nayeD
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Sir Aldingar was wrothe in his mindA
With her hee was never contentA
Till traiterous meanes he colde devyseE
In a fyer to have her brentA
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There came a lazar to the kings gateA
A lazar both blinde and lameF
He tooke the lazar upon his backeG
Him on the queenes bed has layneC
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'Lye still lazar wheras thou lyestA
Looke thou goe not hence awayH
Ile make thee a whole man and a soundA
In two howers of the day '-
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Then went him forth Sir AldingarI
And hyed him to our kingJ
'If I might have grace as I have spaceE
Sad tydings I could bring '-
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'Say on say on Sir AldingarI
Say on the soothe to mee '-
'Our queene hath chosen a new new loveK
And shee will have none of theeL
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'If shee had chosen a right good knightA
The lesse had beene her shameF
But she hath chose her a lazar manC
A lazar both blinde and lame '-
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'If this be true thou AldingarI
The tyding thou tellest to meL
Then will I make thee a rich rich knightA
Rich both of golde and feeL
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'But if it be false Sir AldingarI
As God nowe grant it beeL
Thy body I sweare by the holye roodA
Shall hang on the gallows tree '-
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He brought our king to the queenes chamberI
And opend to him the doreI
'A lodlye love ' King Harry saysE
'For our queene Dame ElinoreL
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'If thou were a man as thou art noneC
Here on my sword thoust dyeD
But a payre of new gallowes shall be builtA
And there shalt thou hang on hye '-
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Forth then hyed our king I wysseE
And an angry man was heeL
And soone he found Queene ElinoreL
That bride so bright of bleeB
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'Now God you save our Queene madameM
And Christ you save and seeL
Here you have chosen a newe newe loveK
And you will have none of meeL
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'If you had chosen a right good knightA
The lesse had been your shameF
But you have chose you a lazar manC
A lazar both blinde and lameF
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'Therfore a fyer there shall be builtA
And brent all shalt thou bee '-
'Now out alacke ' sayd our comly queeneC
'Sir Aldingar's false to meeL
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'Now out alacke ' sayd our comlye queeneC
'My heart with griefe will brastA
I had thought swevens had never been trueI
I have proved them true at lastA
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'I dreamt in my sweven on Thursday eveN
I my bed wheras I layeH
I dreamt a grype and a grimlie beastA
Had carryed my crowne awayeH
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'My gorgett and my kirtle of goldeA
And all my faire head geereI
And he wold worrye me with his tushO
And to his nest y beareI
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'Saving there came a little 'gray' hawkeP
A merlin him they callB
Which untill the grounde did strike the grypeQ
That dead he downe did fallB
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'Giffe I were man as now I am noneC
A battell wold I proveR
To fight with that traitor AldingarI
Att him I cast my gloveK
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'But seeing Ime able noe battell to makeS
My liege grant me a knightA
To fight with that traitor Sir AldingarI
To maintaine me in my right '-
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'Now forty dayes I will give theeL
To seeke thee a knight thereinC
If thou find not a knight in forty dayesL
Thy bodye it must brenn '-
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Then shee sent east and shee sent westA
By north and south bedeeneC
But never a champion colde she findA
Wolde fight with that knight soe keeneC
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Now twenty dayes were spent and goneC
Noe helpe there might be hadA
Many a teare shed our comelye queeneC
And aye her hart was sadA
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Then came one of the queenes damsellesL
And knelt upon her kneeC
'Cheare up cheare up my gracious dameF
I trust yet helpe may beC
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'And here I will make mine avoweH
And with the same me bindeA
That never will I return to theeC
Till I some helpe may finde '-
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Then forth she rode on a faire palfrayeH
Oer hill and dale aboutA
But never a champion colde she findeA
Wolde fighte with that knight so stoutA
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And nowe the daye drewe on a paceL
When our good queene must dyeH
All woe begonne was that faire damselleB
When she found no helpe was nyeH
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All woe begonne was that fair damselleB
And the salt tears fell from her eyeH
When lo as she rode by a rivers sideA
She met with a tinye boyeH
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A tinye boy she mette God wotA
All clad in mantle of goldeA
He seemed noe more in mans likenesseL
Then a childe of four yeere oldeA
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'Why grieve you damselle faire ' he saydA
'And what doth cause you moane '-
The damsell scant wolde deigne a lookeS
But fast she pricked onC
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'Yet turne againe thou faire damselleB
And greete thy queene from meeC
When bale is att hyest boote is nyestA
Nowe helpe enoughe may beeC
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'Bid her remember what she dreamtA
In her bedd wheras shee layeH
How when the grype and the grimly beastA
Wolde have carried her crowne awayeH
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'Even then there came the little gray hawkeS
And saved her from his clawesL
Then bidd the queene be merry at hartA
For heaven will fende her cause '-
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Back then rode that faire damselleB
And her hart it lept for gleeB
And when she told her gracious dameF
A gladd woman then was sheeO
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But when the appointed day was comeM
No helpe appeared byeH
Then woeful woeful was her hartA
And the teares stood in her eyeH
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And nowe a fyer was built of woodA
And a stake was made of treeB
And now Queene Elinor forth was ledA
A sorrowful sight to seeB
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Three times the herault he waved his handA
And three times spake on hyeH
'Giff any good knight will fende this dameF
Come forth or shee must dye '-
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No knight stood forth no knight there cameF
No helpe appeared nyeH
And now the fyer was lighted upQ
Queen Elinor she must dyeH
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And now the fyer was lighted upQ
As hot as hot might beeB
When riding upon a little white steedA
The tinye boy they seeB
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'Away with that stake away with those brandsL
And loose our comelye queeneC
I am come to fight with Sir AldingarB
And prove him a traitor keene '-
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Forthe then he stood Sir AldingarB
But when he saw the chyldeA
He laughed and scoffed and turned his backeS
And weened he had been beguyldeA
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'Now turne now turne thee AldingarB
And eyther fighte or fleeB
I trust that I shall avenge the wrongeT
Thoughe I am so small to see '-
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The boye pulld forth a well good swordeA
So gilt it dazzled the eeB
The first stroke stricken at AldingarB
Smote off his leggs by the kneeB
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'Stand up stand up thou false traitorB
And fight upon thy feeteA
For and thou thrive as thou begin'stA
Of height wee shall be meete '-
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'A priest a priest ' sayes AldingarB
'While I am a man aliveU
A priest a priest ' sayes AldingarB
'Me to the houzle and shriveU
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'I wolde have laine by our comlie queeneB
But shee wolde never consentA
Then I thought to betraye her unto our kingeT
In a fyer to have her brentA
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'There came a lazar to the kings gatesL
A lazar both blind and lameF
I tooke the lazar upon my backeS
And on her bedd had him layneB
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'Then ranne I to our comlye kingS
These tidings sore to tellB
But ever alacke ' sayes AldingarB
'Falsing never doth wellB
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'Forgive forgive me Queene madameM
The short time I must live '-
'Nowe Christ forgive thee AldingarB
As freely I forgive '-
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'Here take thy queene our King HarryeH
And love her as thy lifeU
For never had a king in ChristentyeH
A truer and fairer wife '-
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King Henrye ran to claspe his queeneB
And loosed her full soneB
Tuen turned to look for the tinye boyeH
The boye was vanisht and goneB
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But first he had touchd the lazar manB
And stroakt him with his handA
The lazar under the gallowes treeB
All whole and sounde did standA
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The lazar under the gallowes treeB
Was comelye straight and tallB
King Henrye made him his head stewardeA
To wayte withinn his hallB

Anonymous Olde English



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