The Brus Book 20 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCAADEAAFFGHEEEHAAHH EEAADH A AAEEIIGHFFDHEEFFEEAA JJEEAAHKAAIIGHDEEE A HHEDIIDDEEFFDHHHIIEE EEHHEEHIEEIIGHEEHHII HHIHKKEEHHKGHH K FFHHHHHHEEHHEEHHHHHH HHFFIIFFHHHHHH H II HIHHHHHHHIIHHHHKKHHH HFFKKIIHHIIIIHHKKHHH HH I HFFHHHHHHIIHH HIIIHHHHHFHKing Robert in Northumberland | A |
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Sone eftre that the erle Thomas | B |
Fra Wardaill thus reparyt was | C |
The king assemblyt all his mycht | A |
And left nane that wes worth to fycht | A |
A gret ost than assemblit he | D |
And delt his ost in partis thre | E |
A part to Norame went but let | A |
And a stark assege has set | A |
And held thaim in rycht at thar dyk | F |
The tother part till Anwyk | F |
Is went and thar a sege set thai | G |
And quhill that thir assegis lay | H |
At thir castellis I spak off ar | E |
Apert eschewys oft maid thar war | E |
And mony fayr chevalry | E |
Eschevyt war full douchtely | H |
The king at thai castellis liand | A |
Left his folk as I bar on hand | A |
And with the thrid ost held hys way | H |
Fra park to park hym for to play | H |
Huntand as all hys awn war | E |
And till thaim that war with him thar | E |
The landis off Northummyrland | A |
That neyst to Scotland war liand | A |
In fe and heritage gave he | D |
And thai payit for the selys fe | H |
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The peace with England | A |
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On this wys raid he destroyand | A |
Quhill that the king of Ingland | A |
Throu consaill of the Mortymar | E |
And his moder that that tym war | E |
Ledaris of him that than young wes | I |
To King Robert to tret off pes | I |
Send messyngeris and sua sped thai | G |
That thai assentyt on this way | H |
Than a perpetuale pes to tak | F |
And thai a mariage suld mak | F |
Off the King Robertis sone Davy | D |
That than bot fyve yer had scarsly | H |
And off Dame Jhone als off the Tour | E |
That syne wes of full gret valour | E |
Systre scho wes to the ying king | F |
That had Ingland in governyng | F |
That than of eild had sevyn yer | E |
And monymentis and lettrys ser | E |
That thai of Ingland that tyme had | A |
That oucht agayn Scotland maid | A |
Intill that tretys up thai gaff | J |
And all the clame that thai mycht haff | J |
Intill Scotland on ony maner | E |
And King Robert for scaithis ser | E |
That he to thaim off Ingland | A |
Had done off wer with stalwart hand | A |
Full twenty thousand pund suld pay | H |
Off silver into gud monay | K |
Quhen men thir thingis forspokyn had | A |
And with selis and athis maid | A |
Festnyng off frendschip and of pes | I |
That never for na chaunc suld ces | I |
The mariage syne ordanyt thai | G |
To be at Berwik and the day | H |
Thai haff set quhen that this suld be | D |
Syne went ilk man till his countre | E |
Thus maid wes pes quhar wer wais ar | E |
And thus the segis raissyt war | E |
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The marriage of the king's son David | A |
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The King Robert ordanyt to pay | H |
The silver and agane the day | H |
He gert wele for the mangery | E |
Ordane quhen that his sone Davy | D |
Suld weddyt be and Erle Thomas | I |
And the gud lord of Douglas | I |
Intill his steid ordanyt he | D |
Devisouris of that fest to be | D |
For a malice him tuk sa sar | E |
That he on na wis mycht be thar | E |
His malice off enfundeying | F |
Begouth for throuch his cald lying | F |
Quhen in his gret myscheiff wes he | D |
Him fell that hard perplexite | H |
At Cardros all that tyme he lay | H |
And quhen ner cummyn wes the day | H |
That ordanyt for the weddyn was | I |
The erle and the lord of Douglas | I |
Come to Berwik with mekill far | E |
And brocht young Davy with thaim thar | E |
And the queyn and the Mortymer | E |
On other part cummyn wer | E |
With gret affer and reawte | H |
The young lady of gret bewte | H |
Thidder thai brocht with rich affer | E |
The weddyn haf thai makyt thar | E |
With gret fest and solempnyte | H |
Thar mycht men myrth and glaidschip se | I |
For rycht gret fest thai maid thar | E |
And Inglismen and Scottis war | E |
Togidder in joy and solace | I |
Na felloun betwix thaim was | I |
The fest a wele lang tym held thai | G |
And quhen thai buskyt to far away | H |
The queyn has left hyr douchter thar | E |
With gret riches and reale far | E |
I trow that lang quhile na lady | H |
Wes gevyn till hous sa richely | H |
And the erle and the lord Douglas | I |
Hyr in daynte ressavyt has | I |
As it war worthi sekyrly | H |
For scho wes syne the best lady | H |
And the fayrest that men thurft se | I |
Eftre this gret solemnyte | H |
Quhen of bath half levys war tane | K |
The queyn till Ingland hame is gane | K |
And had with hyr Mortymar | E |
The erle and thai that levyt war | E |
Quhen thai a quhill hyr convoyit had | H |
Towart Berwik again thai raid | H |
And syne with all thar cumpany | K |
Towart the king thai went in hy | G |
And had with thaim the young Davy | H |
And Dame Jhone als that young lady | H |
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Coronation of David settlement of the succession | K |
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The king maid thaim fair welcumyng | F |
And efter but langer delaying | F |
He has gert set a parleament | H |
And thidder witth mony men is went | H |
For he thocht he wald in his lyff | H |
Croun his young sone and his wyff | H |
And at that parleament sua did he | H |
With gret fayr and solemnyte | H |
The King Davy wes crownyt thar | E |
And all the lordis that thar war | E |
And als off the comynyte | H |
Maid him manredyn and fewte | H |
And forouth that thai crownyt war | E |
The King Robert gert ordane thar | E |
Giff it fell that his sone Davy | H |
Deyit but ayr male off his body | H |
Gottyn Robert Stewart suld be | H |
Kyng and bruk all the realte | H |
That hys douchter bar Marjory | H |
And at this tailye suld lelely | H |
Be haldyn all the lordis swar | H |
And it with selys affermyt thar | H |
And gyff it hapnyt Robert the king | F |
To pas to God quhill thai war ying | F |
The gud erle of Murreff Thomas | I |
And the lord alsua off Douglas | I |
Suld haiff thaim into governyng | F |
Quhill thai had wyt to ster thar thing | F |
And than the lordschip suld thai ta | H |
Her till thar athys gan thai ma | H |
And all the lordis that thar war | H |
To thir twa wardanys athis swar | H |
Till obey thaim in lawte | H |
Giff thaim hapnyt wardanys to be | H |
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The king's illness and last will | H |
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Quhen all this thing thus tretit wes | I |
And affermyt with sekyrnes | I |
The king to Cardros went in hy | - |
And thar him tuk sa fellely | H |
The seknes and him travailit sua | I |
That he wyst him behovyt to ma | H |
Off all this liff the commoun end | H |
That is the dede quhen God will send | H |
Tharfor his lettrys sone send he | H |
For the lordis off his countre | H |
And thai come as thai biddyng had | H |
His testament than has he maid | H |
Befor bath lordis and prelatis | I |
And to religioun of ser statis | I |
For hele of his saule gaf he | H |
Silver in gret quantite | H |
He ordanyt for his saule weill | H |
And quhen this done wes ilkadele | H |
He said 'Lordingis sua is it gayn | K |
With me that thar is nocht bot ane | K |
That is the dede withoutyn drede | H |
That ilk man mon thole off nede | H |
And I thank God that has me sent | H |
Space in this lyve me to repent | H |
For throuch me and my werraying | F |
Off blud has bene rycht gret spilling | F |
Quhar mony sakles men war slayn | K |
Tharfor this seknes and this payn | K |
I tak in thank for my trespas | I |
And myn hart fichyt sekyrly was | I |
Quhen I wes in prosperite | H |
Off my synnys to sauffyt be | H |
To travaill apon Goddis fayis | I |
And sen he now me till him tayis | I |
Sua that the body may na wys | I |
Fullfill that the hart gan devis | I |
I wald the hart war thidder sent | H |
Quharin consavyt wes that entent | H |
Tharfor I pray you everilkan | K |
That ye amang you ches me ane | K |
That be honest wis and wicht | H |
And off his hand a noble knycht | H |
On Goddis fayis my hart to ber | H |
Quhen saule and cors disseveryt er | H |
For I wald it war worthily | H |
Brocht thar sen God will nocht that I | - |
Haiff power thidderwart to ga ' | - |
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Douglas is chosen to take the king's heart against God's enemies | I |
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Than war thar hartis all sa wa | H |
That nane mycht hald him fra greting | F |
He bad thaim leve thar sorowing | F |
For it he said mycht not releve | H |
And mycht thaim rycht gretly engreve | H |
And prayit thaim in hy to do | H |
The thing that thai war chargit to | H |
Than went thai furth with drery mode | H |
Amang thaim thai thocht it gode | H |
That the worthi lord of Douglas | I |
Quham in bath wit and worschip was | I |
Suld tak this travaill apon hand | H |
Heir till thai war all accordand | H |
Syne till the king thai went in hy | - |
And tald hym at thai thocht trewly | H |
That the douchty lord Douglas | I |
Best schapyn for that travaill was | I |
And quhen the king hard that thai sua | I |
Had ordanyt him his hart to ta | H |
That he mast yarnyt suld it haff | H |
He said 'Sa God himself me saiff | H |
Ik hald me rycht weill payit that yhe | H |
Haff chosyn him for his bounte | H |
And his worschip set in my yarnyng | F |
Ay sen I thocht to | H |
John Barbour
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