The Nut-brown Maid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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He Be it right or wrong these men amongA
On women do complainB
Affirming this how that it isC
A labour spent in vainB
To love them wele for never a deleD
They love a man againE
For let a man do what he canF
Their favour to attainB
Yet if a new to them pursueG
Their first true lover thanF
Laboureth for naught for from her thoughtH
He is a banished manF
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She I say not nay but that all dayI
It is both written and saidJ
That woman's faith is as who saithK
All utterly decaydJ
But nevertheless right good witn egrave ssG
In this case might be laidJ
That they love true and continueG
Record the Nut brown MaidJ
Which when her love came her to proveL
To her to make his moanM
Would not depart for in her heartJ
She loved but him aloneM
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He Then between us let us discussG
What was all the manereN
Between them two we will alsoG
Tell all the pain in fereN
That she was in Now I beginO
So that ye me answereN
Wherefore all ye that present beP
I pray you give an earN
I am the Knight I come by nightJ
As secret as I canF
Saying Alas thus standeth the caseG
I am a banished manF
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She And I your will for to fulfilD
In this will not refuseG
Trusting to show in wordes fewG
That men have an ill useG
To their own shame women to blameQ
And causeless them accuseG
Therefore to you I answer nowR
All women to excuseG
Mine own heart dear with you what cheerN
I pray you tell anoneR
For in my mind of all mankindJ
I love but you aloneR
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He It standeth so a deed is doG
Whereof great harm shall growN
My destiny is for to dieJ
A shameful death I trowN
Or else to flee The t' one must beP
None other way I knowN
But to withdraw as an outl agrave wG
And take me to my bowR
Wherefore adieu mine own heart trueG
None other rede I canR
For I must to the green wood goN
Alone a banished manR
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She O Lord what is this worldis blissG
That changeth as the moonR
My summer's day in lusty MayI
Is darked before the noonR
I hear you say farewell Nay nayI
We d egrave part not so soonR
Why say ye so whither will ye goN
Alas what have ye doneR
All my welf agrave re to sorrow and careN
Should change if ye were goneR
For in my mind of all mankindJ
I love but you aloneR
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He I can believe it shall you grieveS
And somewhat you distrainR
But afterward your paines hardJ
Within a day or twainR
Shall soon aslake and ye shall takeT
Comfort to you againR
Why should ye ought for to make thoughtJ
Your labour were in vainR
And thus I do and pray you toG
As hartely as I canR
For I must to the green wood goN
Alone a banished manR
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She Now sith that ye have showed to meP
The secret of your mindJ
I shall be plain to you againR
Like as ye shall me findJ
Sith it is so that ye will goN
I will not live behindJ
Shall never be said the Nut brown MaidJ
Was to her love unkindJ
Make you ready for so am IJ
Although it were anoneR
For in my mind of all mankindJ
I love but you aloneR
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He Yet I you rede to take good heedJ
What men will think and sayI
Of young of old it shall be toldJ
That ye be gone awayI
Your wanton will for to fulfilD
In green wood you to playD
And that ye might for your delightJ
No longer make delayD
Rather than ye should thus for meP
Be called an ill wom agrave nR
Yet would I to the green wood goN
Alone a banished manR
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She Though it be sung of old and youngA
That I should be to blameQ
Theirs be the charge that speak so largeU
In hurting of my nameQ
For I will prove that faithful loveV
It is devoid of shameQ
In your distress and heavinessI
To part with you the sameQ
And sure all tho that do not soI
True lovers are they noneR
For in my mind of all mankindJ
I love but you aloneR
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He I counsel you Remember howR
It is no maiden's lawD
Nothing to doubt but to run outJ
To wood with an outl agrave w-
For ye must there in your hand bearN
A bow ready to drawD
And as a thief thus must you liveW
Ever in dread and aweX
Whereby to you great harm might growI
Yet had I liever thanR
That I had to the green wood goI
Alone a banished manR
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She I think not nay but as ye sayI
It is no maiden's loreN
But love may make me for your sakeT
As I have said beforeN
To come on foot to hunt and shootJ
To get us meat and storeN
For so that I your companyP
May have I ask no moreN
From which to part it maketh my heartJ
As cold as any stoneR
For in my mind of all mankindJ
I love but you aloneR
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He For an outl agrave w this is the lawD
That men him take and bindJ
Without pitie hang egrave d to beP
And waver with the windJ
If I had need as God forbedeJ
What socours could ye findJ
Forsooth I trow you and your bowR
For fear would draw behindJ
And no mervail for little availD
Were in your counsel thanR
Wherefore I'll to the green wood goI
Alone a banished manR
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She Right well know ye that women beP
But feeble for to fightJ
No womanhede it is indeedJ
To be bold as a knightJ
Yet in such fear if that ye wereN
With enemies day and nightJ
I would withstand with bow in handJ
To grieve them as I mightJ
And you to save as women haveY
From death men many oneR
For in my mind of all mankindJ
I love but you aloneR
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He Yet take good hede for ever I dredeJ
That ye could not sustainR
The thorny ways the deep vall egrave ysI
The snow the frost the rainR
The cold the heat for dry or weteJ
We must lodge on the plainR
And us above no other roofZ
But a brake bush or twainR
Which soon should grieve you I believeS
And ye would gladly thanR
That I had to the green wood goI
Alone a banished manR
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She Sith I have here been partynereN
With you of joy and blissI
I must als ograve part of your woeI
Endure as reason isI
Yet I am sure of one pleas ugrave reN
And shortly it is thisI
That where ye be me seemeth pard eacuteJ
I could not fare amissI
Without more speech I you beseechA2
That we were shortly goneR
For in my mind of all mankindJ
I love but you aloneR
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He If ye go thyder ye must considerN
When ye have lust to dineR
There shall no meat be for to geteJ
Nether bere ale ne wineR
Ne shet egrave s clean to lie betweenR
Made of thread and twineR
None other house but leaves and boughsI
To cover your head and mineR
Lo mine heart sweet this ill di egrave teJ
Should make you pale and wanR
Wherefore I'll to the green wood goI
Alone a banished manR
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She Among the wild deer such an arch egrave reN
As men say that ye beJ
Ne may not fail of good vitayleD
Where is so great plent egraveS
And water clear of the rivereN
Shall be full sweet to meJ
With which in hele I shall right weleD
Endure as ye shall seeJ
And or we go a bed or two-
I can provide anoneR
For in my mind of all mankindJ
I love but you aloneR
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He Lo yet before ye must do moreN
If ye will go with meJ
As cut your hair up by your earN
Your kirtle by the kneeJ
With bow in hand for to withstandJ
Your enemies if need beJ
And this same night before daylightJ
To woodward will I fleeJ
If that ye will all this fulfilJ
Do it shortly as ye canR
Else will I to the green wood goI
Alone a banished manR
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She I shall as now do more for you-
Than 'longeth to womanhedeJ
To short my hair a bow to bearN
To shoot in time of needJ
O my sweet mother before all otherN
For you I have most dredeJ
But now adieu I must ensue-
Where fortune doth me leadJ
All this make ye Now let us fleeJ
The day cometh fast uponR
For in my mind of all mankindJ
I love but you aloneR
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He Nay nay not so ye shall not goI
And I shall tell you whyJ
Your appetite is to be lightJ
Of love I well espyJ
For right as ye have said to meJ
In likewise hardilyJ
Ye would answere whosoever it wereN
In way of companyJ
It is said of old Soon hot soon coldJ
And so is a wom agrave nR
Wherefore I to the wood will goI
Alone a banished manR
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She If ye take heed it is no needJ
Such words to say to meJ
For oft ye prayed and long assayedJ
Or I loved you pard egraveS
And though that I of ancestryJ
A baron's daughter beJ
Yet have you proved how I you lovedJ
A squire of low degreeJ
And ever shall whatso befallJ
To die therefore anoneR
For in my mind of all mankindJ
I love but you aloneR
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He A baron's child to be beguiledJ
It were a curs egrave d deedJ
To be fel agrave w with an outlawJ
Almighty God forbedeJ
Yet better were the poor squyereJ
Alone to forest yedeJ
Than ye shall say another dayJ
That by my curs egrave d redeJ
Ye were betrayed Wherefore good maidJ
The best rede that I canR
Is that I to the green wood goI
Alone a banished manR
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She Whatever befall I never shallJ
Of this thing be upbraidJ
But if ye go and leave me soI
Then have ye me betrayedJ
Remember you wele how that ye deleJ
For if ye as ye saidJ
Be so unkind to leave behindJ
Your love the Nut brown MaidJ
Trust me truly that I shall dieJ
Soon after ye be goneR
For in my mind of all mankindJ
I love but you aloneR
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He If that ye went ye should repentJ
For in the forest nowR
I have purveyed me of a maidJ
Whom I love more than you-
Another more fair than ever ye wereJ
I dare it well avowR
And of you both each should be wrothK
With other as I trowI
It were mine ease to live in peaceI
So will I if I canR
Wherefore I to the wood will goI
Alone a banished manR
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She Though in the wood I understoodJ
Ye had a paramourI
All this may nought remove my thoughtJ
But that I will be your'I
And she shall find me soft and kindJ
And courteis every hourI
Glad to fulfil all that she willJ
Command me to my powerI
For had ye lo an hundred moI
Yet would I be that oneR
For in my mind of all mankindJ
I love but you aloneR
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He Mine own dear love I see the proveS
That ye be kind and trueI
Of maid of wife in all my lifeS
The best that ever I knewI
Be merry and glad be no more sadJ
The case is chang egrave d newI
For it were ruth that for your truthK
Ye should have cause to rueI
Be not dismayed whatsoever I saidJ
To you when I beganR
I will not to the green wood goI
I am no banished manR
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She These tidings be more glad to meJ
Than to be made a queenR
If I were sure they should endureI
But it is often seenR
When men will break promise they speakB2
The wordis on the spleneR
Ye shape some wile me to beguileJ
And steal from me I weenR
Then were the case worse than it wasI
And I more wo begoneR
For in my mind of all mankindJ
I love but you aloneR
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He Ye shall not nede further to dredeJ
I will not dispar agrave geU
You God defend sith you descendJ
Of so great a lin agrave geU
Now understand to WestmorelandJ
Which is my heritageU
I will you bring and with a ringC2
By way of marri agrave geU
I will you take and lady makeT
As shortly as I canR
Thus have you won an Earles sonR
And not a banished manR
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Here may ye see that women beJ
In love meek kind and stableJ
Let never man reprove them thanR
Or call them variableJ
But rather pray God that we mayJ
To them be comfortableJ
Which sometime proveth such as He lovethK
If they be charitableJ
For sith men would that women shouldJ
Be meek to them each oneR
Much more ought they to God obeyJ
And serve but Him aloneR

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