The Brus Book Iv Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDEEFFDFFFDDEEGHII EFEEICIIBBCJCCCCFFFJ IIJKLMEEFFEEBBEEFF J KFJJJNCIIIFJFFEEFFCJ IIKJEEEEJJIIJJEEIIJC FFJJCIEEFFEEEEIIJJII IICCFFFFEEIIIIJJIIBB CFIIIIIICCIIIIIIJJII J CCJJEEIIJJIIIIJJEECC EEEECCKJF IICCIICCIIFFCCI CCEEEECCI CCICIIFFFFNCFBEnglish harshness to prisoners | A |
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In Rawchryne leve we now the king | B |
In rest foroutyn barganyng | B |
And off his fayis a quhile speke we | C |
That throu thar mycht and thar powste | D |
Maid sic a persecucioune | E |
Sa hard sa strayt and sa feloune | E |
On thaim that till hym luffand wer | F |
Or kyn or freynd on ony maner | F |
That at till her is gret pite | D |
For thai sparyt off na degre | F |
Thaim that thai trowit his freynd wer | F |
Nother off the kyrk na seculer | F |
For off Glaskow Byschop Robert | D |
And Marcus off Man thai stythly speryt | D |
Bath in fetrys and in presoune | E |
And worthy Crystoll off Seytoun | E |
Into Loudoun betresyt was | G |
Throu a discipill off Judas | H |
Maknab a fals tratour that ay | I |
Wes off his dwelling nycht and day | I |
Quhom to he maid gud cumpany | E |
It wes fer wer than tratoury | F |
For to betreys sic a persoune | E |
So nobill and off sic renoune | E |
Bot tharoff had he na pite | I |
In hell condampnyt mocht he be | C |
For quhen he him betrasyt had | I |
The Inglismen rycht with him rad | I |
In hy in Ingland to the king | B |
That gert draw him and hede and hing | B |
Foroutyn pete or mercy | C |
It wes gret sorow sekyrly | J |
That so worthy a persoune as he | C |
Suld on sic maner hangyt be | C |
Thusgat endyt his worthynes | C |
Off Crauford als Schyr Ranald wes | C |
And Schyr Bryce als the Blar | F |
Hangyt intill a berne in Ar | F |
The queyn and als Dame Marjory | F |
Hyr dochter that syne worthily | J |
Wes coupillyt into Goddis band | I |
With Walter Stewart off Scotland | I |
That wald on na wys langar ly | J |
In the castell off Kyldromy | K |
To byd a sege ar ridin raith | L |
With knychtis and squyeris bath | M |
Throu Ros rycht to the gyrth off Tayne | E |
Bot that travaill thai maid in vayne | E |
For thai off Ros that wald nocht ber | F |
For thaim na blayme na yeit danger | F |
Out off the gyrth thame all has tayne | E |
And syne has send thaim everilkane | E |
Rycht intill Ingland to the king | B |
That gert draw all the men and hing | B |
And put the ladyis in presoune | E |
Sum intill castell sum in dongeoun | E |
It wes gret pite for till her | F |
The folk be troublyt on this maner | F |
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The siege of Kildrummy Castle | J |
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That tyme wes in Kyldromy | K |
Wyth men that wycht and hardy | F |
Schyr Neile the Bruce and I wate weile | J |
That thar the erle was off Adheill | J |
The castell weill vittalyt thai | J |
And mete and fuell gan purvay | N |
And enforcyt the castell sua | C |
That thaim thocht na strenth mycht it ta | I |
And quhen it to the king was tauld | I |
Off Ingland how thai schup till hauld | I |
That castell he wes all angry | F |
And callyt his sone till hym in hy | J |
The eldest and aperand ayr | F |
A young bacheler and stark and fayr | F |
Schyr Edward callyt off Carnauerane | E |
That wes the sterkast man of ane | E |
That men fynd mycht in ony countre | F |
Prynce of Walys that tyme wes he | F |
And he gert als call erlys twa | C |
Glosyster and Harfurd war tha | J |
And bad thaim wend into Scotland | I |
And set a sege with stalwart hand | I |
To the castell off Kyldromy | K |
And all the halderis halyly | J |
He bad distroy for owtyn ransoun | E |
Or bryng thaim till him in presoune | E |
Quhen thai the commaundment had tane | E |
Thai assemblyt ane ost onane | E |
And to the castell went in hy | J |
And it assegyt vigorusly | J |
And mony tyme full hard assaylyt | I |
Bot for to tak it yeit thai failyt | I |
For thai within war rycht worthy | J |
And thaim defendyt douchtely | J |
And ruschyt thair fayis oft agayne | E |
Sum beft sum woundyt sum alslayne | E |
And mony tymys ische thai wald | I |
And bargane at the barrais hald | I |
And wound thar fayis oft and sla | J |
Schortly thai thaim contenyt sua | C |
That thai withoute disparyt war | F |
And thocht till Ingland for to far | F |
For thai sa styth saw the castell | J |
And with that it wes warnyst weill | J |
And saw the men defend thaim sua | C |
That thai nane hop had thaim to ta | I |
Nane had thai done all that sesoune | E |
Gyff it ne had bene fals tresoun | E |
For thar with thaim wes a tratour | F |
A fals lourdane a losyngeour | F |
Hosbarne to name maid the tresoun | E |
I wate nocht for quhat enchesoun | E |
Na quham with he maid that conwyn | E |
Bot as thai said that war within | E |
He tuk a culter hate glowand | I |
That yeit wes in a fyr brynnand | I |
And went him to the mekill hall | J |
That then with corn wes fyllyt all | J |
And heych up in a mow it did | I |
Bot it full lang wes nocht thar hid | I |
For men sayis oft that fyr na prid | I |
But discovering may na man hid | I |
For the pomp oft the prid furth schawis | C |
Or ellis the gret boist that it blawis | C |
Na thar may na man fyr sa covyr | F |
Than low or rek sall it discovyr | F |
Sa fell it her for fyr all cler | F |
Son throu the thak burd gan apper | F |
Fyrst as a stern syne as a mone | E |
And weill bradder tharefter sone | E |
The fyr out syne in bles brast | I |
And the rek rais rycht wondre fast | I |
The fyr our all the castell spred | I |
That mycht na force of man it red | I |
Than thai within drew to the wall | J |
That at that tyme wes bataillit all | J |
Within rycht as it wes withoute | I |
That bataillyne withoutyn dout | I |
Savit thar lyvis for it brak | B |
Bles that thaim wald ourtak | B |
And quhen thar fayis the myscheiff saw | C |
Till armys went thai in a thraw | F |
And assaylyt the castell fast | I |
Quhar thai durst come for fyris blast | I |
Bot thai within that myster had | I |
Sa gret defence and worthy mad | I |
That thai full oft thar fayis rusit | I |
For thai nakyn perall refusyt | I |
Thai travaillyt for to sauff thar lyffis | C |
Bot werd that till the end ay dryvis | C |
The warldis thingis sua thaim travaillyt | I |
That thai on twa halfys war assailyt | I |
In with fyr that thaim sua broilyit | I |
And utouth with folk that thaim sua toilyit | I |
That thai brynt magre thaim the yat | I |
That for the fyre that wes sua hate | I |
Thai durst nocht entyr sua in hy | J |
Tharfor thar folk thai gan rely | J |
And went to rest for it wes nycht | I |
Till on the morn that day wes lycht | I |
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The surrender of Kildrummy and the death of Edward I | J |
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At sik myscheiff as ye her say | C |
War thai within the quhethyr ay | C |
Thai thaim defendyt douchtely | J |
And contenyt thaim sa manlily | J |
That or day throu mekill payn | E |
Thai had muryt up thar yat agayn | E |
But on the morn quhen day wes lycht | I |
And sone wes ryssyn schynand brycht | I |
Thai without in hale bataill | J |
Come purvayt redy till assaill | J |
Bot thai within that sua war stad | I |
That thai vitaill na fewell had | I |
Quhar with thai mycht the castell hald | I |
Tretyt fyrst and syne thaim yauld | I |
To be in till the kingis will | J |
Bot that to Scottis men wes ill | J |
As sone eftyr weill wes knawin | E |
For thai war hangyt all and drawyn | E |
Quhen this cunnand thus tretyt wes | C |
And affermyt with sekyrnes | C |
Thai tuk thaim of the castell sone | E |
And in till schort tyme has done | E |
That all a quarter of Snawdoun | E |
Rycht till the erd thai tummyllyt doun | E |
Syne towart Ingland went thar way | C |
Bot quhen the king Edward hard say | C |
How Neill the Bruce held Kildromy | K |
Agayne his sone sa stalwartly | J |
He gadryt gret chevalry | F |
And towart Scotland went in hy | - |
And as in till Northummyrland | I |
He wes with his gret rout ridand | I |
A sekness tuk him in the way | C |
And put him to sa hard assay | C |
That he mycht nocht ga na ryd | I |
Him worthit magre his abid | I |
In till ane hamillet tharby | C |
A litill toun and unworthy | C |
With gret payne thidder thai him brocht | I |
He wes sa stad that he ne mocht | I |
His aynd bot with gret paynys draw | F |
Na spek bot giff it war weill law | F |
The quhether he bad thai suld him say | C |
Quhat toun wes that that he in lay | C |
'Schyr ' thai said 'Burch in the sand | I |
Men callis this toun in till this land ' | - |
'Call thai it Burch als ' said he | C |
My hop is now fordone to me | C |
For I wend never to thole the payne | E |
Of deid till I throu mekill mayn | E |
The burch of Jerusalem had tane | E |
My lyff wend I thar suld be gayne | E |
In burch I wyst weill I suld de | C |
Bot I wes nother wys na sle | C |
Till other burch kep to ta | I |
Now may I na wis forther ga ' | - |
Thus pleynyeit he off his foly | C |
As he had mater sekyrly | C |
Quhen he covyt certante | I |
Off that at nane may certan be | C |
The quhether men said enclosit he had | I |
A spyryt that him answer maid | I |
Off thingis that he wald inquer | F |
Bot he fulyt foroutyn wer | F |
That gaiff throuth till that creatur | F |
For feyndys ar off sic natur | F |
That thai to mankind has invy | N |
For thai wate weill and witterly | C |
That thai that weill ar liffand her | F |
Sall wyn the sege q | B |
John Barbour
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