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The Not-browne Mayd Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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'Be it ryght or wrong these men among	A
On women do complayne	B
Affyrmynge this how that it is	C
A labour spent in vayne	B
To love them wele for never a dele	D
They love a man agayne	B
For late a man do what he can	B
Theyr favour to attayne	B
Yet yf a newe do them persue	C
Theyr furst true lover than	B
Laboureth for nought for from her thought	E
He is a banyshed man '	F
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'I say nat nay but that all day	G
It is bothe writ and sayd	G
That woman's faith is as who sayth	H
All utterly decayd	G
But neverthelesse ryght good wytnesse	C
In this case might be layd	G
That they love true and continue	B
Recorde the Not Brown Mayde	G
Which when her love came her to prove	I
To her to make his mone	B
Wolde nat depart for in her hart	G
She loved but hym alone '	-
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'Than betwaine us late us dyscus	C
What was all the manere	J
Betwayne them two we wyll also	C
Telle all the payne and fere	J
That she was in Nowe I begyn	B
So that ye me answere	J
Wherefore all ye that present be	K
I pray you gyve an eare	J
I am the knyght I come by nyght	G
As secret as I can	B
Sayinge 'Alas thus standeth the case	C
I am a banyshed man ''	-
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She	K
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And I your wyll for to fulfyll	D
In this wyll nat refuse	C
Trustyng to shewe in wordes fewe	L
That men have an yll use	C
To theyr own shame women to blame	M
And causelesse them accuse	C
Therfore to you I answere nowe	L
All women to excuse	C
'Myn own hart dere with you what chere	J
I pray you telle anone	B
For in my mynde of al mankynde	G
I love but you alone '	-
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He	K
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'It standeth so a dede is do	G
Whereof grete harme shall growe	L
My destiny is for to dy	G
A shamefull deth I trowe	L
Or elles to fle the one must be	K
None other way I knowe	L
But to withdrawe as an outlawe	L
And take me to my bowe	L
Wherefore adue my owne hart true	G
None other rede I can	B
For I must to the grene wode go	L
Alone a banyshed man '	-
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She	K
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'O Lord what is thys worldys blysse	C
That changeth as the mone	B
My somers day in lusty May	G
Is derked before the none	B
I here you saye farewell Nay nay	G
We depart nat so sone	G
Why say ye so wheder wyll ye go	L
Alas what have ye done	G
All my welfare to sorrowe and care	J
Sholde chaunge yf ye were gone	G
For in my mynde of all mankynde	G
I love but you alone '	-
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He	K
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'I can beleve it shall you greve	N
And somewhat you dystrayne	G
But aftyrwarde your paynes harde	G
Within a day or twayne	G
Shall sone aslake and ye shall take	O
Comfort to you agayne	G
Why sholde ye ought for to make thought	G
Your labur were in vayne	G
And thus I do and pray you to	G
As hartely as I can	G
For I must to the grene wode go	L
Alone a banyshed man '	-
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She	K
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'Now syth that ye have shewed to me	K
The secret of your mynde	G
I shall be playne to you agayne	G
Lyke as ye shall me fynde	G
Syth it is so that ye wyll go	L
I wolle not leve behynde	G
Shall never be sayd the Not browne Mayd	G
Was to her love unkynde	G
Make you redy for so am I	P
Although it were anone	G
For in my mynd of all mankynde	G
I love but you alone '	-
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He	K
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'Yet I you rede to take good hede	G
What men wyll thynke and say	G
Of yonge and olde it shall be tolde	G
That ye be gone away	G
Your wanton wyll for to fulfill	D
In grene wode you to play	G
And that ye myght from your delyght	G
No lenger make delay	G
Rather than ye sholde thus for me	K
Be called an yll woman	G
Yet wolde I to the grene wode go	L
Alone a banyshed man '	-
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She	K
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'Though it be songe of olde and yonge	Q
That I sholde be to blame	M
Theyrs be the charge that speke so large	Q
In hurtynge of my name	M
For I wyll prove that faythfulle love	R
It is devoyd of shame	M
In your dystresse and hevynesse	G
To part with you the same	M
And sure all tho that do not so	G
True lovers are they none	G
For in my mynde of al mankynde	G
I love but you alone '	-
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He	K
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'I counceyle you remember howe	L
It is no maydens lawe	L
Nothynge to dout but to renne out	G
To wode with an outlawe	L
For ye must there in your hand bere	J
A bowe redy to drawe	L
And as a thefe thus must ye lyve	R
Ever in drede and awe	L
Whereby to you grete harme myght growe	L
Yet I had lever than	G
That I had to the grene wode go	L
Alone a banyshed man '	-
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She	K
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'I thinke nat nay but as ye say	G
It is no maydens lore	J
But love may make me for your sake	O
To come on fote to hunt and shote	G
To gete us mete in store	J
For so that I your company	K
May have I aske no more	J
From which to part it maketh my hart	G
As colde as ony stone	G
For in my mynde of all mankynde	G
I love but you alone '	-
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He	K
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'For an outlawe this is the lawe	L
That men hym take and bynde	G
Without pyte hanged to be	K
And waver with the wynde	G
If I had nede as God forbede	G
What rescous could ye finde	G
Forsoth I trowe ye and your bowe	L
For fere wolde drawe behynde	G
And no merveyle for lytel avayle	G
Were in your counceyle than	G
Wherefore I wyll to the grene wode goe	L
Alone a banyshed man '	-
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She	K
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'Ryght wele knowe ye that women be	K
But feble for to fyght	G
No womanhede it is indede	G
To be bolde as a knyght	G
Yet in suche fere yf that ye were	J
With enemyes day and nyght	G
I wolde withstande wyth bowe in hande	G
To greve them as I myght	G
And you to save as women have	R
From dethe 'men' many one	G
For in my mynde of al mankynde	G
I love but you alone '	-
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He	K
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'Yet take gude hede for ever I drede	G
That ye coude nat sustayne	G
The thornie wayes the depe valeies	G
The snowe the frost the rayne	G
The colde the hete for dry or wete	G
We must lodge on the playne	G
And us above none other rofe	R
But a brake bush or twayne	G
Which sone sholde greve you I beleve	R
And ye wolde gladly than	G
That I had to the grene wode goe	L
Alone a banyshed man '	-
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She	K
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'Syth I have here bene partynere	J
With you of joy and blysse	G
I must also parte of your wo	L
Endure as reson is	G
Yet am I sure of one pleasure	J
And shortely it is this	G
That where ye be me seemeth parde	G
I coude nat fare amysse	G
Without more speche I you beseche	K
That we were soon agone	G
For in my mynde of all mankynde	G
I love but you alone '	-
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He	K
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'If ye goo thyder ye must consyder	J
When ye have lust to dyne	G
There shal no mete be for you gete	G
Nor drinke bere ale ne wyne	G
Ne shetes clene to lye betwene	G
Made of threde and twyne	G
None other house but leves and bowes	G
To cover your hed and myne	G
O myne harte swete this evyll dyete	G
Sholde make you pale and wan	G
Wherefore I wyll to the grene wode go	L
Alone a banyshed man '	-
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She	K
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'Among the wylde dere such an archere	J
As men say that ye be	K
Ne may nat fayle of good vitayle	G
Where is so grete plente	G
And water clere of the ryvere	J
Shall be full swete to me	K
With which in hele I shall ryght wele	G
Endure as ye shal see	K
And or we go a bedde or two	L
I can provyde anone	G
For in my mynde of all mankynde	G
I love but you alone '	-
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He	K
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'Lo yet before ye must do more	J
Yf ye wyll go with me	K
As cut your here up by your ere	J
Your kyrtel by the kne	G
With bowe in hande for to withstande	G
Your enemyes yf nede be	K
And this same nyght before daylyght	G
To wode warde wyll I fle	G
Yf ye wyll all this fulfill	G
Do it shortely as ye can	G
Els wyll I to the grene wode goe	L
Alone a banyshed man '	-
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She	K
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'I shall as nowe do more for you	L
Than longeth to womanhede	G
To shorte my here a bow to bere	J
To shote in tyme of nede	G
O my sweet mother before all other	J
For you have I most drede	G
But now adue I must ensue	L
Where Fortune doth me lede	G
All this make ye and let us fle	G
The day cometh fast upon	G
For in my mynde of all mankynde	G
I love but you alone '	-
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He	K
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'Nay nay nat so ye shall nat go	L
And I shall tell ye why	L
Your appetyght is to be lyght	G
Of love I wele espie	S
For lyke as ye have sayed to me	K
In lyke wyse hardely	G
Ye wolde answere whosoever it were	J
In way of company	K
It is sayd of olde Sone hote sone colde	G
And so is a woman	G
Wherefore I to the wode wyll goe	L
Alone a banyshed man '	-
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She	K
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'Yf ye take hede it is no nede	G