The Avowyng Of Arthur Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABBBACDCABBBA EEEFBFEFBBBFEEEFBBBF EEEFBBBFEEEF FFFEBBBEFFFEGGG BB BBH HHHBIBEB EEEEJJJBBBBBEEEB EEEEBEEEBBBEBBB HHHEHBEECCCEKB J HHH EEE GGGEEEE EEEEBBBEHHHEEBEE CCEEEEEEBBEEBBBE EEEEHHHEEEEEEEEE BBBECCCEEEEEEEEE EEEBEEEBBBBBEEEB EBB HHHEEEEEEEEE EEEJEEEJEEEJHHHJ EEEEEEEEEEE LLLE EEEEEEEEEEE EEEEE| He that made us on the mulde | A |
| And fair fourmet the folde | A |
| Atte His will as He wold | A |
| The see and the sande | A |
| Giffe hom joy that will here | B |
| Of dughti men and of dere | B |
| Of haldurs that before us were | B |
| That lifd in this londe | A |
| One was Arther the Kinge | C |
| Wythowtun any letting | D |
| Wyth him was mony lordinge | C |
| Hardi of honde | A |
| Wice and war ofte thay were | B |
| Bold undur banere | B |
| And wighte weppuns wold were | B |
| And stifly wold stond | A |
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| This is no fantum ne no fabull | E |
| Ye wote wele of the Rowun Tabull | E |
| Of prest men and priveabull | E |
| Was holdun in prise | F |
| Chevetan of chivalry | B |
| Kyndenesse and curtesy | F |
| Hunting full warly | E |
| As wayt men and wise | F |
| To the forest thay fare | B |
| To hunte atte buk and atte bare | B |
| To the herte and to the hare | B |
| That bredus in the rise | F |
| The King atte Carlele he lay | E |
| The hunter cummys on a day | E |
| Sayd 'Sir ther walkes in my way | E |
| A well grim gryse | F |
| 'He is a balefull bare | B |
| Seche on segh I nevyr are | B |
| He hase wroghte me mycull care | B |
| And hurte of my howundes | F |
| Slayn hom downe slely | E |
| Wyth feghting full furcely | E |
| Wasse ther none so hardi | E |
| Durste bide in his bandus | F |
| On him spild I my spere | B |
| And mycull of my nothir gere | B |
| Ther moue no dintus him dere | B |
| Ne wurche him no wowundes | F |
| He is masly made | E |
| All offellus that he bade | E |
| Ther is no bulle so brade | E |
| That in frith foundes | F |
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| 'He is hegher thenne a horse | F |
| That uncumly corse | F |
| In fayth him faylis no force | F |
| Quen that he schalle feghte | E |
| And therto blake as a bere | B |
| Feye folk will he fere | B |
| Ther may no dyntus him dere | B |
| Ne him to dethe dighte | E |
| Quen he quettus his tusshes | F |
| Thenne he betus on the busshes | F |
| All he rives and he russhes | F |
| That the rote is unryghte | E |
| He hase a laythelych luffe | G |
| Quen he castus uppe his stuffe | G |
| Quo durst abide him a buffe | G |
| Iwisse he were wighte ' | - |
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| He sais 'In Ingulwode is hee ' | - |
| The tother biddus 'Lette him bee | B |
| We schall that Satnace see | B |
| Giffe that he be thare ' | - |
| The King callut on knyghtis thre | B |
| Himselvun wold the fuyrthe be | B |
| He sayd 'There schalle no mo men | H |
| Wynde to the bore ' | - |
| Bothe Kay and Sir Gauan | H |
| And Bowdewynne of Bretan | H |
| The hunter and the howundus squayn | H |
| Hase yarket hom yare | B |
| The Kinge hase armut him in hie | I |
| And tho thre buirnes hym bie | B |
| Now ar thay fawre alle redie | E |
| And furthe conne thay fare | B |
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| Unto the forest thay weynde | E |
| That was hardy and heynde | E |
| The hunter atte the northe ende | E |
| His bugull con he blaw | E |
| Uncoupult kenettis as he couthe | J |
| Witturly thay soghte the southe | J |
| Raches wyth opon mouthe | J |
| Rennyng on a raw | B |
| Funde fute of the bore | B |
| Faste folutte to him thore | B |
| Quen that he herd he hade care | B |
| To the denne conne he draw | B |
| He sloghe hom downe slely | E |
| Wyth feghting full fuyrsly | E |
| But witte ye sirs witturly | E |
| He stode butte litull awe | B |
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| Thay held him fast in his hold | E |
| He brittunt bercelettus bold | E |
| Bothe the yunge and the old | E |
| And rafte hom the rest | E |
| The raches comun rennyng him by | B |
| And bayet him full boldely | E |
| Butte ther was non so hardy | E |
| Durste on the fynde fast | E |
| Thenne the hunter sayd 'Lo him thare | B |
| Yaw thar such him no mare | B |
| Now may ye sone to him fare | B |
| Lette see quo dose beste | E |
| Yaw thar such him nevyr more | B |
| Butte sette my hed opon a store | B |
| Butte giffe he flaey yo all fawre | B |
| That griselich geste ' | - |
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| Thenne the hunter turnes home agayn | H |
| The King callut on Sir Gauan | H |
| On Bawdewin of Bretan | H |
| And on kene Kay | E |
| He sayd 'Sirs in your cumpany | H |
| Myne avow make I | B |
| Were he nevyr so hardy | E |
| Yone Satenas to say | E |
| To brittun him and downe bringe | C |
| Wythoute any helpinge | C |
| And I may have my levynge | C |
| Hen till tomorne atte day | E |
| And now sirs I cummaunde yo | K |
| To do as I have done nowe | B |
| Ichone make your avowe ' | - |
| Gladdely grawuntutte thay | J |
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| Then unsquarut Gauan | H |
| And sayd godely agayn | H |
| 'I avowe to Tarne Wathelan | H |
| To wake hit all nyghte ' | - |
| 'And I avow ' sayd Kaye | E |
| 'To ride this forest or daye | E |
| Quoso wernes me the waye | E |
| Hym to dethe dighte ' | - |
| Quod Baudewyn 'To stynte owre strife | G |
| I avow bi my life | G |
| Nevyr to be jelus of my wife | G |
| Ne of no birde bryghte | E |
| Nere werne no mon my mete | E |
| Quen I gode may gete | E |
| Ne drede my dethe for no threte | E |
| Nauthir of king ner knyghte ' | - |
| Butte now thay have thayre vowes made | E |
| Thay buskutte hom and furth rade | E |
| To hold that thay heghte hade | E |
| Ichone sere way | E |
| The King turnus to the bore | B |
| Gauan wythoutun any more | B |
| To the tarne con he fore | B |
| To wake hit to day | E |
| Thenne Kay as I conne roune | H |
| He rode the forest uppe and downe | H |
| Boudewynne turnes to toune | H |
| Sum that his gate lay | E |
| And sethun to bed bownus he | E |
| Butte carpe we now of ther othir thre | B |
| How thay prevyd hor wedde fee | E |
| The sothe for to say | E |
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| Furst to carpe of oure Kinge | C |
| Hit is a kyndelich thinge | C |
| Atte his begynnyng | E |
| Howe he dedde his dede | E |
| Till his houndus con he hold | E |
| The bore wyth his brode schilde | E |
| Folut hom fast in the filde | E |
| And spillutte hom on gode spede | E |
| Then the Kinge con crye | B |
| And carputte of venerie | B |
| To make his howundus hardi | E |
| Hovut on a stede | E |
| Als sone as he come thare | B |
| Agaynus him rebowndet the bare | B |
| He se nevyr no syghte are | B |
| So sore gerutte him to drede | E |
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| He hade drede and doute | E |
| Of him that was stirrun and stowte | E |
| He began to romy and rowte | E |
| And gapes and gones | E |
| Men myghte noghte his cowch kenne | H |
| For howundes and for slayn men | H |
| That he hade draun to his denne | H |
| And brittunt all to bonus | E |
| Thenne his tusshes con he quette | E |
| Opon the Kinge for to sette | E |
| He liftis uppe wythoutun lette | E |
| Stokkes and stonis | E |
| Wyth wrathe he begynnus to wrote | E |
| He ruskes uppe mony a rote | E |
| Wyth tusshes of thre fote | E |
| So grisly he gronus | E |
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| Thenne the Kinge spanos his spere | B |
| Opon that bore for to bere | B |
| Ther may no dyntus him dere | B |
| So sekir was his schilde | E |
| The grete schafte that was longe | C |
| All to spildurs hit spronge | C |
| The gode stede that was stronge | C |
| Was fallun in the filde | E |
| As the bore had mente | E |
| He gave the King such a dinte | E |
| Or he myghte his bridull hente | E |
| That he myghte evyr hit fele | E |
| His stede was stonet starke ded | E |
| He sturd nevyr owte of that sted | E |
| To Jhesu a bone he bede | E |
| Fro wothes hym weylde | E |
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| Thenne the King in his sadul sete | E |
| And wightely wan on his fete | E |
| He prays to Sayn Margarete | E |
| Fro wathes him ware | B |
| Did as a dughty knyghte | E |
| Brayd oute a brand bryghte | E |
| And heve his schild opon highte | E |
| For spild was his spere | B |
| Sethun he buskette him yare | B |
| Squithe wythoutun any mare | B |
| Agaynus the fynde for to fare | B |
| That hedoes was of hiere | B |
| So thay cowunturt in the fild | E |
| For all the weppuns that he myghte weld | E |
| The bore brittunt his schild | E |
| On brest he conne bere | B |
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| There downe knelus he | E |
| And prayus till Him that was so fre | B |
| 'Send me the victor | B |
| This Satanas me sekes ' | - |
| All wroth wex that sqwyne | H |
| Blu and brayd uppe his bryne | H |
| As kylne other kechine | H |
| Thus rudely he rekes | E |
| The Kynge myghte him noghte see | E |
| Butte lenyt hym doune bi a tree | E |
| So nyghe discumford was hee | E |
| For smelle other smekis | E |
| And as he neghet bi a noke | E |
| The King sturenly him stroke | E |
| That both his brees con blake | E |
| His maistry he mekes | E |
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| Thus his maistry mekes he | E |
| Wyth dyntus that werun dught | E |
| Were he nevyr so hard | E |
| Thus bidus that brothe | J |
| The Kinge wyth a nobull brande | E |
| He mette the bore comande | E |
| On his squrd till his hande | E |
| He rennes full rathe | J |
| He bare him inne atte the throte | E |
| He hade no myrth of that mote | E |
| He began to dotur and dote | E |
| Os he hade keghet scathe | J |
| Wyth sit siles he adowne | H |
| To brittun him the King was bowne | H |
| And sundurt in that sesun | H |
| His brode schildus bothe | J |
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| The King couthe of venery | E |
| Colurt him full kyndely | E |
| The hed of that hardy | E |
| He sette on a stake | E |
| Sethun brittuns he the best | E |
| As venesun in forest | E |
| Bothe the thonge and lees | E |
| He hongus on a noke | E |
| There downe knelys hee | E |
| That loves hur that is free | E |
| Sayd 'This socur thou hase send me | E |
| For thi Sune sake ' | - |
| If he were in a dale depe | L |
| He hade no knyghte him to kepe | L |
| Forwerr slidus he on slepe | L |
| No lengur myghte he wake | E |
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| The King hase fillut his avowe | E |
| Of Kay carpe we nowe | E |
| How that he come for his prowe | E |
| Ye schall here more | E |
| Als he rode in the nyghte | E |
| In the forest he mette a knyghte | E |
| Ledand a birde bryghte | E |
| Ho wepputte wundur sore | E |
| Ho sayd 'Sayn Mar myghte me spede | E |
| And save me my madunhede | E |
| And giffe the knyghte for his dede | E |
| Bothe soro and care ' | - |
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| Thus ho talkes him tille | E |
| Quille ho hade sayd all hur wille | E |
| And Kay held him full stille | E |
| And in the holte hoves | E |
| He prek | E |
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