The Brus Book V Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A AABBCCDDEFAACCGHIIAA DDIIDDAAJBDDBBFHCCII AAFIAAAAC D FHAAGFD D D AAABAF FABKF FFAACCBBAKA B CC BCC BBBAAIIAAF A AAA II ACC I AAFFABLM NN ICCAAII F ABFAAAIICC MAAABAAAAAAIIA B IICCAAAAAAFIAA IIAA AIICC BBCFOOAAFFF BB F F AAAAAAFAThe king goes to Carrick he upbraids Cuthbert | A |
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Thys wes in ver quhen wynter tid | A |
With his blastis hidwys to bid | A |
Was ourdryvyn and byrdis smale | B |
As turturis and the nychtyngale | B |
Begouth rycht sariely to syng | C |
And for to mak in thar singyng | C |
Swete notis and sounys ser | D |
And melodys plesand to her | D |
And the treis begouth to ma | E |
Burgeans and brycht blomys alsua | F |
To wyn the helynd of thar hevid | A |
That wykkyt wynter had thaim revid | A |
And all gressys beguth to spryng | C |
Into that tyme the nobill king | C |
With his flote and a few mengye | G |
Thre hunder I trow thai mycht be | H |
Is to the se oute off Arane | I |
A litill forouth evyn gane | I |
Thai rowit fast with all thar mycht | A |
Till that apon thaim fell the nycht | A |
That woux myrk apon gret maner | D |
Sua that thai wyst nocht quhar thai wer | D |
For thai na nedill had na stane | I |
Bot rowyt alwayis intill ane | I |
Sterand all tyme apon the fyr | D |
That thai saw brynnand lycht and schyr | D |
It wes bot aventur thaim led | A |
And thai in schort tyme sa thaim sped | A |
That at the fyr aryvyt thai | J |
And went to land but mair delay | B |
And Cuthbert that has sene the fyr | D |
Was full of angyr and off ire | D |
For he durst nocht do it away | B |
And wes alsua doutand ay | B |
That his lord suld pas to se | F |
Tharfor thar cummyng waytit he | H |
And met thaim at thar aryving | C |
He wes wele sone brocht to the kimg | C |
That speryt at him how he had done | I |
And he with sar hart tauld him sone | I |
How that he fand nane weill luffand | A |
Bot all war fayis that he fand | A |
And that the lord the Persy | F |
With ner thre hunder in cumpany | I |
Was in the castell thar besid | A |
Fullfillyt of dispyt and prid | A |
Bot ma than twa partis off his rowt | A |
War herberyt in the toune without | A |
'And dyspytyt you mar schyr king | C |
Than men may dispyt ony thing ' | - |
Than said the king in full gret ire | D |
'Tratour quhy maid thou than the fyr ' | - |
'A schyr ' said he 'Sa God me se | F |
The fyr wes nevyr maid for me | H |
Na or the nycht I wyst it nocht | A |
Bot fra I wyst it weill I thocht | A |
That ye and haly your menye | G |
On hy suld put you to the se | F |
For thi I come to mete you her | D |
To tell perellys that may aper ' | - |
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The king decides to stay to attack Percy's men in a village by Turnberry | D |
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The king wes off his spek angry | D |
And askyt his pryve men in hy | - |
Quhat at thaim thocht wes best to do | A |
Schyr Edward fryst answert tharto | A |
His brodyr that wes sua hardy | A |
And said 'I say you sekyrly | B |
Thar sall na perell that may be | A |
Dryve me eftsonys to the se | F |
Myne aventur her tak will I | - |
Quhethir it be esfull or angry ' | - |
'Brother ' he said 'sen thou will sua | F |
It is gud that we samyn ta | A |
Dissese or ese or payne or play | B |
Eftyr as God will us purvay | K |
And sen men sayis that the Persy | F |
Myn heritage will occupy | - |
And his menye sa ner us lyis | F |
That us dispytis mony wys | F |
Ga we and venge sum off the dispyte | A |
And that may we haiff done als tite | A |
For thai ly traistly but dreding | C |
Off us or off our her cummyng | C |
And thocht we slepand slew thaim all | B |
Repruff tharoff na man sall | B |
For werrayour na fors suld ma | A |
Quhether he mycht ourcum his fa | K |
Throu strenth or throu sutelte | A |
Bot that gud faith ay haldyn be ' | - |
Quhen this wes said thai went thar way | B |
And to the toune sone cummyn ar thai | - |
Sa prevely but noyis making | C |
That nane persavyt thar cummyng | C |
Thai skalyt throu the toun in hy | - |
And brak up duris sturdely | B |
And slew all that thai mycht ourtak | C |
And thai that na defence mocht mak | C |
Full petously gan rar and cry | - |
And thai slew thaim dispitously | B |
As thai that war in full gud will | B |
To venge the angyr and the ill | B |
That thai and thairis had thaim wrocht | A |
Thai with sa feloun will thaim soucht | A |
That thai slew thaim everilkan | I |
Owtane Makdowell him allan | I |
That eschapyt throu gret slycht | A |
And throu the myrknes off the nycht | A |
In the castell the lord the Persy | F |
Hard weill the noyis and the cry | - |
Sa did the men that within wer | - |
And full effraytly gat thar ger | - |
Bot off thaim wes nane sa hardy | A |
That ever ischyt fourth to the cry | - |
In sic effray thai baid that nycht | A |
Till on the morn that day wes lycht | A |
And than cesyt into party | A |
The noyis the slauchtyr and the cry | - |
The king gert be departyt then | I |
All hale the reff amang the men | I |
And dwellyt all still thar dayis thre | - |
Syk hansell to that fokk gaiff he | A |
rycht in the fyrst begynnyng | C |
Newlingis at his aryvyng | C |
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A kinswoman gives him news and forty men | I |
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Quhen that the king and his folk war | - |
Aryvyt as I tauld you ar | - |
Aquhile in Karryk leyndyt he | A |
To se quha freynde or fa wald be | A |
Bot he fand litill tendyrnes | F |
And nocht forthi the puple wes | F |
Enclynyt till him in party | A |
Bot Inglismen sa angrely | B |
Led thaim with daunger and with aw | L |
That thai na freyndschip durst him schaw | M |
Bot a lady off that cuntre | - |
That wes till him in ner degre | - |
Of cosynage wes wonder blyth | N |
Off his aryvyng and alswyth | N |
Sped hyr till him in full gret hy | - |
With fourty men in cumpany | I |
And betaucht thaim all to the king | C |
Till help him in his werraying | C |
And he resavyt thaim in daynte | A |
And hyr full gretly thankit he | A |
And speryt tythandis off the queyne | I |
And off his freyndis all bedene | I |
That he had left in that countre | - |
Quhen that he put him to the se | F |
And scho him tauld sichand full sar | - |
How that his brothyr takyn war | - |
In the castell off Kyldromy | A |
And destroyit sa velanysly | B |
And the erle off Athall alsua | F |
And how the queyn and other ma | A |
That till his party war heldand | A |
War tane and led in Ingland | A |
And put in feloun presoune | I |
And how that Cristole off Setoun | I |
Wes slayn gretand scho tauld the king | C |
That sorowful wes off that tithing | C |
And said quhen he had thocht a thraw | - |
Thir wordis that I sall you schaw | M |
'Allace ' he said 'For luff off me | A |
And for thar mekill lawte | A |
Thai nobill men and thai worthy | A |
Ar destroyit sa velanysly | B |
Bot and I leyff in lege powyste | A |
Thar deid rycht weill sall vengit be | A |
The king the quhether off Ingland | A |
Thocht that the kynrik off Scotland | A |
Was to litill to thaim and me | A |
Tharfor he will it myn all be | A |
Bot off gud Cristole off Setoun | I |
That wes off sa nobill renoun | I |
That he suld dey war gret pite | A |
Bot quhar worschip mycht provyt be ' | - |
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Percy is rescued from Turnberry castle | B |
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The king sichand thus maid his mayn | I |
And the lady hyr leyff has tayn | I |
And went hyr hame till hyr wonnyng | C |
And fele sys confort the king | C |
Bath with silver and with mete | A |
Sic as scho in the land mycht get | A |
And he oft ryot all the land | A |
And maid all his that ever he fand | A |
And syne drew him till the hycht | A |
To stynt better his fayis mycht | A |
In all that tym wes the Persy | F |
With a full sympill cumpany | I |
In Turnberys castell lyand | A |
For the King Robert sua dredand | A |
That he durst nocht isch furth to fayr | - |
Fra thine to the castell off Ayr | - |
That wes then full off Inglismen | I |
Bot lay lurkand as in a den | I |
Tyll the men off Northummyrland | A |
Suld cum armyt and with strang hand | A |
Convoy him till his cuntre | - |
For his saynd till thaim send he | A |
And thai in hy assemblyt then | I |
Passand I weyne a thousand men | I |
And askyt avisement thaim amang | C |
Quhether that thai suld dwell or gang | C |
Bot thai war skownrand wonder sar | - |
Sa fer into Scotland for to far | - |
For a knycht Schyr Gawter the Lile | B |
Said it wes all to gret perile | B |
Sua ner thai schavalduris to ga | C |
His spek discomfort thaim sua | F |
That thai had left all thar vyage | O |
Na war a knycht off gret corage | O |
That Schyr Roger off Sanct Jhon hycht | A |
That thaim confort with all his mycht | A |
And sic wordis to thaim gan say | F |
That thai all samyn held thar way | F |
Till Turnbery quhar the Persy | F |
Lap on and went with thaim in hy | - |
In Ingland his castell till | B |
Foroutyn distroublyne or ill | B |
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Douglas decides to visit his lands | F |
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Now in Ingland is the Persy | F |
Quhar I trow he a quhile sall ly | - |
Or that he schap hym for to fayr | - |
To werray Carryk ony mar | - |
For he wyst he had na rycht | A |
And als he dreid the kyngys mycht | A |
That in Carrik wes travailland | A |
In the maist strenth off the land | A |
Quhar Jamys off Douglas on a day | A |
Come to the king and gan him say | A |
'Schyr with your leyve I wald ga se | F |
How that thai do | A |
John Barbour
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