The Fyftene Loyes Of Maryage Poem Rhyme Scheme

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The Fyftene Loyes Of Maryage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Somer passed and wynter well begone	A
The dayes shorte the darke nyghtes longe	B
Haue taken season and brynghtnes of the sonne	A
Is lytell sene and small byrdes songe	B
Seldon is herde in feldes or wodes ronge	B
All strength and ventue of trees and herbes sote	C
Dyscendynge be from croppe in to the rote	C
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And euery creature by course of kynde	C
For socoure draweth to that countre and place	D
Where for a tyme they may purchace and fynde	C
Conforte and rest abydynge after grace	D
That clere Appolo with bryghtnes of his face	D
Wyll sende whan lusty ver shall come to towne	A
And gyue the grounde of grene a goodly gowne	A
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And Flora goddesse bothe of whyte and grene	A
Her mantell large ouer all the erthe shall sprede	C
Shewynge her selfe apparayled lyke a quene	A
As well in feldes wodes as in mede	C
Hauynge so ryche a croune vpon her hede	C
The whiche of floures shall be so fayre and bryght	C
That all the worlde shall take therof a lyght	C
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So now it is of late I was desyred	C
Out of the trenche to drawe a lytell boke	E
Of xv Ioyes of whiche though I were hyred	C
I can not tell and yet I vndertoke	E
This entrepryse with a full pyteous loke	E
Remembrynge well the case that stode in	A
Lyuynge in hope this wynter to begyn	A
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Some Ioyes to fynde that be in maryage	B
For in my youth yet neuer acquayntaunce	D
Had of them but now in myn olde aege	B
I trust my selfe to forther and auaunce	D
If that in me there lacke no suffysaunce	D
Whiche may dyspleasyr clerely set a parte	C
I wante but all that longeth to that arte	C
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yet wyll I speke though I may do no more	F
Fully purposynge in all these Ioyes to trete	C
Accordynge to my purpose made to fore	F
All be it so I can not well forgete	C
The payne trauayle besynes and hete	C
That some men haue after they wedded be	G
Because theyr wyues want humylyte	C
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Who shall I pray to helpe me to endyte	C
Cupyde or Uenus whiche haue me in dysdayne	A
And for my feblenes in grete dyspyte	C
For yeres passed may not retorne agayne	A
Now may I speke and shewe in wordes playne	A
Whan youth is gone and comen is stoupynge age	B
Then worldly Ioyes must go on pylgrymage	B
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If I sholde praye vnto ymeneus	D
The god of weddynge to helpe me in this charge	B
Then wyll he bydde me go to Morpleus	D
The god of slepe for he hath wayes large	B
Whiche with his rodde of leed dooth stere his barge	B
To brynge forthe age vnto his slepy caue	E
Pray hym of rest and nothynge elles craue	F
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I knowe ryght well it is but vanyte	C
All worldly Ioye medled with bytternes	D
Therfore these fayned goddes I lete them be	G
And me betake to god whose stedfastnes	D
May neuer fayle neyther his sothfastnes	D
Besechynge hym that for his moders sake	E
He wyll me teche his lytell boke to make	E
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And with good wyll I shall me soone apply	H
This treatyse out of frenche to translate	C
Of xv Ioyes and yf I myght therby	G
Purchace but one my selfe though it be late	C
I wolde be gladde for olde paynes I hate	C
Trustyge to Ioye now somwhat in myn aege	B
As dooth a byrde that syngeth in a cage	B
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Now to the effecte of this translacyon	A
With grete desyre shortly well I procede	C
But speke I must by protestacyon	A
Touchynge this mater or elles gode forbede	C
Whome I beseche lowely to be my spede	C
Praynge also eche other maner wyght	C
Take no dyspleasure with my wordes lyght	C
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Here endeth the prologue of the translatoure	F
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And the prohemye of the auctour begynneth	I
Myn auctour wryteth in this prohemye	J
That many men haue trauayled here tofore	F
To shewe by reason and auctoryte	C
That it is grete wytte and wysdome more	F
For euery maner wyght of woman bore	F
To lyue in fraunchyse at his lyberte	C
Than seruaunt to hym selfe and thrall to be	G
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Without constraynt but of his neclygence	D
His wyll to folowe and his vnclene delyte	C
As lusty folke in theyr adolescence	D
Haue suche desyre and so grete appetyte	C
On Uenus brydle for to champe and byte	C
Tyll they with loue be stryken to the herte	C
Wherby full oft they suffre paynes smerte	C
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Unto whose reason and opynyon	A
It may be sayd and answered thus agayne	A
Man hath no good wytte ne entencyon	A
In his yonge tyme whan nature dooth constrayne	A
Sauynge in Ioyes and delytes vayne	A
Of this frayle worlde vnsure and transytory	F
None other thynge is in his memory	F
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As thus whan men in youth couragyous	D
With frewyll endewed and lustynes	D
Of theyr desyre and mynde outragyous	D
Withouten nede but of theyr folysshenes	D
Frome wele to wo frome Ioye to heuynes	D
Conuey them selfe from all theyr lyberte	C
Nothynge content with theyr felycyte	C
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For where as they may frely ryde or go	E
And at theyr choyse dysporte them ouer all	K
I you ensure these yonge men wyll not so	E
Whan they leest wene than sodanly they fall	K
And vnconstrayned make theyr bodyes thrall	K
Lyke to a wyght that in to pryson depe	L
Without cause all hastely dooth crepe	L
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So do they oft for lacke of kyndely wytte	C
And whan they be within this pryson strayte	C
The gayler cometh and fast the dore dooth shytte	C
Whiche is of yren stronge and in a wayte	C
Helyeth oft for drede that thrugh desayte	C
By nyght or day some sholde escape out	C
Ryght besyly he pryeth all about	C
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He barreth dores and maketh sure all the lockes	E
The stronge boltes the fettres and the chayne	A
He sercheth well the holes and the stockes	E
That wo be they that lyeth in the payne	A
And out therof they shall not go agayne	A
But euer endure in wepynge care and sorowe	M
For good ne prayer shall them neuer borowe	M
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And specyally men may call hym assoted	C
Ferre frome reason of wysdome desolate	C
That thus his tyme mysse vsed hath and doted	C
Whan he had herde suche prysoners but late	C
Wepynge waylynge and with them selfe debate	C
Lyenge in pryson as he hath passed by	G
And put hym selfe therin so folysshely	K
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This auctour sayth by cause mankynde delyteth	I
Alway to haue fraunchyse and lyberte	C
Without the whiche nature of man dyspyteth	I
Ryght thus in playne wordes speketh he	F
That many lordes grete the whiche haue be	F
And lordshyppes haue be loste and ouerthrowe	M
For takynge fredomes frome theyr subgets lowe	M
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He sheweth eke in maner semblable	K
That grete cytees with many an other toune	A
And comyn people of mynde vnreasonable	K
Haue ben dystroyed and sodaynly cast doune	A
Agaynst theyr prynces takynge opynyon	A
Desyrynge fredomes mo than here tofore	F
Theyr elders had and thus they haue be lore	F
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By reason wherof batayles grete and werre	F
Haue ben and many folkes also slayne	A
Syth Ihesus deyed was neuer thynge bought derre	F
Whan poore subgettes on foly wyll pretayne	A
Agaynst theyr prynce or elles theyr souerayne	A
To moue maters not beynge obedynge	B
Suche by the lawe ben execute and shent	C
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Somtyme the noble realme and men of Fraunce	E
Exempte were and vtterly made fre	F
By theyr grete prowes and valyaunce	E
Of the emperours of Rome the cyte	C
As of trybutes for whiche batayles haue be	F
Betwene them and the Romayns longe ago	M
In whiche dayes I fynde it happed so	M
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Upon a tyme for cause that they ne were	F
Of fraunce in puyssaunce able to withstonde	C
The grete army and the myghty powere	F
Of an emperour entred in theyr londe	C
But for as moche as they ne wolde be bonde	C
Them were leuer go from that regyon	A
Than to remayne vnder subgeccyon	A
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Seruynge this emperour and trybute pay	L
So of hygh courage and theyr grete nobles	E
All sodaynly these nobles wente away	L
Conquerynge coutrees suche was theyr worthynes	E
And afterwarde retorned neuertheles	E
Home to theyr lande in grete prosperyte	C
Whiche they tyll now haue holde in lyberte	C
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Unto theyr owne vse prouffyte and auayle	K
Wherfore folkes of many a nacyon	A
Lyuynge in seruage constreyned with trauayle	K
Desyred to haue theyr habytacyon	A
In fraunce and there vnder domynacyon	A
To lyue in wele lyberte and rest	C
Wherby it grewe somtyme the noblest	C
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Realme of the worlde that knowen were or founde	C
Moost fayre in buyldynge and inhabyte best	C
The whiche in treasure and scyence dyde habounde	C
Then for asmoche as they be fre at leest	C
Prudent in fayth in lyuynge holyest	C
They sholde theyr subgets in frauchyse kepe vse	E