The Brus Book Ii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDEFCGGHHIGHHCBCC JJKL J CCCCHHCCEEMMAALLCCEE JJFC BL FACCAABCJJEECCLLEJFF CCAACCNFHHAAAACCJFFF H L EECCCC JLCCCHHAAJ JJA CFEECECCCCLLFCCC CCCAACCJJCCJJHHLLAAC CHH JCCOOHHJJCFFCLLEEJJL L PB CCFFCCEECFOOCCAAHHJJ CCHHEECCCCAAJMCCEMCE CQ| Bruce escapes to Lochmaben | A |
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| The Bruys went till his innys swyth | B |
| Bot wyt ye weile he wes full blyth | B |
| That he had gottyn that respyt | C |
| He callit his marschall till him tyt | C |
| And bad him luk on all maner | D |
| That he ma till his men gud cher | E |
| For he wald in his chambre be | F |
| A weile gret quhile in prevate | C |
| With him a clerk foroutyn ma | G |
| The marschell till the hall gan ga | G |
| And did hys lordys commanding | H |
| The lord the Bruce but mar letting | H |
| Gert prevely bryng stedys twa | I |
| He and the clerk foroutyn ma | G |
| Lap on foroutyn persavyng | H |
| And day and nycht but sojournyng | H |
| Thai raid quhill on the fyften day | C |
| Cummyn till Louchmaben ar thai | B |
| Hys broder Edward thar thai fand | C |
| That thocht ferly Ic tak on hand | C |
| That thai come hame sa prevely | J |
| He tauld hys brodyr halyly | J |
| How that he thar soucht was | K |
| And how that he chapyt wes throu cas | L |
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| The killing of Comyn and his uncle | J |
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| Sa fell it in the samyn tid | C |
| That at Dumfres rycht thar besid | C |
| Schir Jhone the Cumyn sojornyng maid | C |
| The Brus lap on and thidder raid | C |
| And thocht foroutyn mar letting | H |
| For to quyt hym his discovering | H |
| Thidder he raid but langer let | C |
| And with Schyr Jhone the Cumyn met | C |
| In the Freris at the hye awter | E |
| And schawyt him with lauchand cher | E |
| The endentur syne with a knyff | M |
| Rycht in that sted hym reft the lyff | M |
| Schyr Edmund Cumyn als wes slayn | A |
| And othir mony off mekill mayn | A |
| Nocht for thi yeit sum men sayis | L |
| At that debat fell other wayis | L |
| Bot quhat sa evyr maid the debate | C |
| Thar throuch he deyt weill I wat | C |
| He mysdyd thar gretly but wer | E |
| That gave na gyrth to the awter | E |
| Tharfor sa hard myscheiff him fell | J |
| That Ik herd never in romanys tell | J |
| Off man sa hard frayit as wes he | F |
| That efterwart com to sic bounte | C |
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| Edward hears of Bruce's flight news of Comyn's death | B |
| reaches the bishop of St Andrews | L |
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| Now agayne to the king ga we | F |
| That on the morn with his barne | A |
| Sat intill his parleament | C |
| And eftyr the lord the Bruys he sent | C |
| Rycht till his in with knychtis kene | A |
| Quhen he oft tyme had callit bene | A |
| And his men efter him askit thai | B |
| Thai said that he sen yhysterday | C |
| Dwelt in his chambyr ythanly | J |
| With a clerk with him anerly | J |
| Than knokyt thai at his chamur thar | E |
| And quhen thai hard nane mak answar | E |
| Thai brak the dur bot thai fand nocht | C |
| The quhethir the chambre hale thai socht | C |
| Thai tald the king than hale the cas | L |
| And how that he eschapyt was | L |
| He wes off his eschap sary | E |
| And swour in ire full stalwartly | J |
| That he suld drawyn and hangit be | F |
| He manansyt as him thocht bot he | F |
| Thoucht that suld pas ane other way | C |
| And quhen he as ye herd me say | C |
| Intill the kyrk Schyr Jhone haid slain | A |
| Till Louchmabane he went agayne | A |
| And gert men with his lettres ryd | C |
| To freyndis apon ilk sid | C |
| That come to hym with thar mengye | N |
| And his men als assemblit he | F |
| And thocht that he wald mak him king | H |
| Our all the land the word gan spryng | H |
| That the Bruce the Cumyn had slayn | A |
| And amang other lettres ar gayn | A |
| To the byschop off Androws towne | A |
| That tauld how slayn wes that baroun | A |
| The letter tauld hym all the deid | C |
| And he till his men gert reid | C |
| And sythyn said thaim 'Sekyrly | J |
| I hop Thomas prophecy | F |
| Off Hersildoune sall veryfyd be | F |
| In him for swa Our Lord help me | F |
| I haiff gret hop he sall be king | H |
| And haiff this land all in leding ' | - |
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| Douglas leaves St Andrews on the bishop's horse and joins Bruce | L |
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| James off Douglas that ay quhar | E |
| Allwayis befor the byschop schar | E |
| Had weill hard all the letter red | C |
| And he tuk alsua full gud hed | C |
| To that the byschop had said | C |
| And quhen the burdys doun war laid | C |
| Till chamyr went thai then in hy | - |
| And James off Douglas prevely | J |
| Said to the byschop 'Schyr ye se | L |
| How Inglismen throu thar powste | C |
| Dysherysys me off my land | C |
| And men has gert you understand | C |
| Als that the erle off Carryk | H |
| Clamys to gevern the kynryk | H |
| And for yon man that he has slayn | A |
| All Inglismen ar him agayn | A |
| And wald disherys hym blythly | J |
| The quhether with hym dwell wald I | - |
| Tharfor schir giff it war your will | J |
| I wald tak with him gud and ill | J |
| Throu hym I trow my land to wyn | A |
| Magr the Cliffurd and his kyn ' | - |
| The byschop hard and had pite | C |
| And said 'Swet son sa God help me | F |
| I wald blythly that thou war thar | E |
| Bot at I nocht reprovyt war | E |
| On this maner weile wyrk thou may | C |
| Thou sall tak Ferrand my palfray | E |
| For thar is na hors in this land | C |
| Sa swytht na yeit sa weill at hand | C |
| Tak him as off thine awyne hewid | C |
| As I had gevyn tharto na reid | C |
| And gyff his yhemar oucht gruchys | L |
| Luk that thou tak him magr his | L |
| Swa sall I weill assonyeit be | F |
| Mychty God for his powste | C |
| Graunt that he that thou pasis to | C |
| And thou in all tyme sa weill to do | C |
| That ye you fra your fayis defend ' | - |
| He taucht him siluer to dispend | C |
| And syne gaiff him gud day | C |
| And bad him pas furth on his way | C |
| For he ne wald spek till he war gane | A |
| The Douglas then his way has taine | A |
| Rycht to the hors as he him bad | C |
| Bot he that him in yhemsell had | C |
| Than warnyt him dispitously | J |
| Bot he that wreth him encrely | J |
| Fellyt hym with a swerys dynt | C |
| And syne foroutyn langer stynt | C |
| The hors he sadylt hastely | J |
| And lap on hym delyverly | J |
| And passyt furth but leve taking | H |
| Der God that is off hevyn king | H |
| Sauff hym and scheld him fra his fayis | L |
| All him alane the way he tais | L |
| Towart the towne off Louchmabane | A |
| And a litill fra Aryk stane | A |
| The Bruce with a gret rout he met | C |
| That raid to Scone for to be set | C |
| In kingis stole and to be king | H |
| And quhen Douglas saw hys cummyng | H |
| He raid and hailsyt hym in hy | - |
| And lowtyt him ffull curtasly | J |
| And tauld him haly all his state | C |
| And quhat he was and als how gat | C |
| The Cliffurd held his heritage | O |
| And that he come to mak homage | O |
| Till him as till his rychtwis king | H |
| And at he boune wes in all thing | H |
| To tak with him the gud and ill | J |
| And quhen the Bruce had herd his will | J |
| He resavyt him in gret daynt | C |
| And men and armys till him gaff he | F |
| He thocht weile he suld be worthy | F |
| For all his eldris war douchty | C |
| Thusgat maid thai thar aquentance | L |
| That never syne for nakyn chance | L |
| Departyt quhill thai lyffand war | E |
| Thair frendschip woux ay mar and mar | E |
| For he servyt ay lelely | J |
| And the tother full wilfully | J |
| That was bath worthy wycht and wys | L |
| Rewardyt him weile his service | L |
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| Bruce becomes king Edward I sends Aymer de Valence against him | P |
| King Robert's force at Perth | B |
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| The lord the Bruce to Glaskow raid | C |
| And send about him quhill he haid | C |
| Off his freyndis a gret menyhe | F |
| And syne to Scone in hy raid he | F |
| And wes maid king but langer let | C |
| And in the kingis stole wes set | C |
| As in that tyme wes the maner | E |
| Bot off thar nobleis gret affer | E |
| Thar service na thar realt | C |
| Ye sall her na thing now for me | F |
| Owtane that he off the barnage | O |
| That thidder come tok homage | O |
| And syne went our all the land | C |
| Frendis and frendschip purchesand | C |
| To maynteym that he had begunnyn | A |
| He wyst or all the land war wonnyn | A |
| He suld fynd full hard barganyng | H |
| With him that wes off Ingland king | H |
| For thar wes nane off lyff sa fell | J |
| Sa pautener na sa cruell | J |
| And quhen to King Edward wes tauld | C |
| How at the Bruys that wes sa bauld | C |
| Had brocht the Cumyn till ending | H |
| And how he syne had maid him king | H |
| Owt off his wyt he went weill ner | E |
| And callit till him Schir Amer | E |
| The Vallang that wes wys and wycht | C |
| And off his hand a worthy knycht | C |
| And bad him men off armys ta | C |
| And in hy till Scotland ga | C |
| And byrn and slay and rais dragoun | A |
| And hycht all Fyfe in warysoun | A |
| Till him that mycht other ta or sla | J |
| Robert the Bruce that wes his fa | M |
| Schir Aymer did as he him bad | C |
| Gret chevalry with him he had | C |
| With him wes Philip the Mowbray | E |
| And Ingram the Umfravill perfay | M |
| That wes bath wys and averty | C |
| And full off gret chevalry | E |
| And off Scotland the maist party | C |
| Thai had intill thar cumpa | Q |
John Barbour
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