The Brus Book Vii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDBBEECFDGA FHFFEEHHF BBFIEEFFFEHHJJEEEHBB DDHHB KC L JJDDHHDIBBHDMMHDEEHH DDDDJJ JE BBFFJJDDBBJJEEFFDD DFFFD DF DDHHHHFFDDHHHHHFC JJHHJJFF CJJDCJF D DF JDDDDHHHH DFDJFHHHHHHDDDDDDFFF FJ FDDBBHHBBNFDDHHBBD FDFFD DDHHDDF JJDDThe king escapes from the hound | A |
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The king towart the wod is gane | B |
Wery forswayt and will of wane | B |
Intill the wod sone entryt he | C |
And held doun towart a vale | D |
Quhar throu the woid a watter ran | B |
Thidder in gret hy wend he than | B |
And begouth for to rest him thar | E |
And said he mycht no forthirmar | E |
His man said 'Schyr it may nocht be | C |
Abyd ye her ye sall son se | F |
Fyve hunder yarnand you to sla | D |
And thai ar fele aganys us twa | G |
And sen we may nocht dele with mycht | A |
Help us all that we may with slycht ' | - |
The king said 'Sen that thou will sua | F |
Ga furth and I sall with the ga | H |
Bot Ik haiff herd oftymys say | F |
That quha endlang a watter ay | F |
Wald waid a bow draucht he suld ger | E |
Bathe the slouth hund and his leder | E |
Tyne the sleuth men gert him ta | H |
Prove we giff it will now do sa | H |
For war yone devillis hund away | F |
I roucht nocht off the lave perfay ' | - |
As he dyvisyt thai haiff doyn | B |
And entryt in the watter sone | B |
And held down endlang thar way | F |
And syne to the land yeid thai | I |
And held thar way as thai did er | E |
And Jhone off Lorn with gret affer | E |
Come with hys rout rycht to the place | F |
Quhar that his fyve men slane was | F |
He menyt thaim quhen he thaim saw | F |
And said eftre a litill thraw | E |
That he suld veng thar bloude | H |
Bot otherwayis the gamyn youde | H |
Thar wald he mak na mar dwelling | J |
Bot furth in hy folowit the king | J |
Rycht to the burn thai passyt war | E |
Bot the sleuth hund maid styntyn thar | E |
And waveryt lang tyme to and fra | E |
That he na certane gate couth ga | H |
Till at the last that Jhon of Lorn | B |
Persavyt the hund the slouth had lorn | B |
And said 'We haiff tynt this travaill | D |
To pas forthyr may nocht availe | D |
For the void is bath braid and wid | H |
And he is weill fer be this tid | H |
Tharfor is gud we turn agayn | B |
And waist no mar travaill in vayne ' | - |
With that relyit he his mengye | K |
And his way to the ost tuk he | C |
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An alternative account of the escape | L |
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Thus eschapyt the nobill king | J |
Bot sum men sayis this eschaping | J |
Apon ane other maner fell | D |
Than throu the wading for thai tell | D |
That the king a gud archer had | H |
And quhen he saw his lord sua stad | H |
That he wes left sa anerly | D |
He ran on sid alwayis him by | I |
Till he into the woude wes gane | B |
Than said he till him selff allane | B |
That he arest rycht thar wald ma | H |
To luk giff he the hund mycht sla | D |
For giff the hund mycht lest in lyve | M |
He wyst rycht weile that thai wald dryve | M |
The kingis trace till thai him ta | H |
Than wyst he weile thai wald him sla | D |
And for bhe wald his lord succur | E |
He put his liff in aventur | E |
And stud intill a busk lurkand | H |
Till that the hund come at his hand | H |
And with ane arow sone him slew | D |
And throu the woud syne him withdrew | D |
Bot quhether this eschaping fell | D |
As I tauld fyrst or I now tell | D |
I wate weill without lesing | J |
That at the burn eschapyt the king | J |
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Three men with a wethertry to kill the king | J |
and kill his foster brother | E |
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The king has furth his wayis tane | B |
And Jhon of Lorn agayne is gane | B |
To Schyr Aymer that fra the chace | F |
With his men repayryt was | F |
That sped lytill in thar chassyng | J |
Thoucht at thai maid gret folowing | J |
Full egrely thai wan bot small | D |
Thar fayis ner eschapyt all | D |
Men sayis Schyr Thomas Randell than | B |
Chassand the kingis baner wan | B |
Quharthrou in Ingland with the king | J |
He had rycht gret price and loving | J |
Quhen the chasseris relyit war | E |
And Jhon of Lorn had met thaim thar | E |
He tauld Schyr Aymer all the cas | F |
How that the king eschapyt was | F |
And how that he his fyve men slew | D |
And syne to the wode him drew | D |
Quhen Schyr Aymer herd this in hy | - |
He sanyt him for the ferly | D |
And said 'He is gretly to prys | F |
For I knaw nane that liffand is | F |
That at myscheyff gan help him sua | F |
I trow he suld be hard to sla | D |
And he war bodyn evynly ' | - |
On this wis spak Schyr Aymery | D |
And the gud king held furth his way | F |
Betwix him and his man quhill thai | - |
Passyt out throu the forest war | D |
Syne in the more thai entryt ar | D |
That wes bathe hey and lang and braid | H |
And or thai halff it passyt had | H |
Thai saw on syd the men cummand | H |
Lik to lycht men and waverand | H |
Swerdis thai had and axiys als | F |
And ane off thaim apon his hals | F |
A mekill boundyn wether bar | D |
Thai met the king and halist him thar | D |
And the king tthaim thar hailsing yauld | H |
And askyt thaim quhether thai wauld | H |
Thai said Robert the Bruys thai socht | H |
For mete with him giff that thai moucht | H |
Thar dwelling with him wauld thai ma | H |
The king said 'Giff that ye will sua | F |
Haldys furth your way with me | C |
And I sall ger you sone him se ' | - |
Thai persavyt be his speking | J |
That he wes the selvyn Robert king | J |
And chaungyt contenance and late | H |
And held nocht in the fyrst state | H |
For thai war fayis to the king | J |
And thocht to cum into Sculking | J |
And dwell with him quhill that thai saw | F |
Thar poynt and bryng him than off daw | F |
Thai grantyt till his spek forthi | - |
Bot the king that wes witty | C |
Persavyt weill be thar having | J |
that thai luffyt him nathing | J |
And said 'Falowis ye mon all thre | D |
Forthir aquent till that we be | C |
All be yourselvyn forrouth ga | J |
And on the samyn wys we twa | F |
Sall folow behind weill ner ' | - |
Quod thai 'Schyr it is na myster | D |
To trow in us ony ill ' | - |
'Nane do I ' said he 'bot I will | D |
That yhe ga forrourth thus quhill we | F |
Better with othyr knawin be ' | - |
'We grant ' thai said 'sen ye will sua ' | - |
And furth apon thar gate gan ga | J |
Thus yeid thai till the nycht wes ner | D |
And than the formast cummyn wer | D |
Till a waist husbandis hous and thar | D |
Thai slew the wethir that thai bar | D |
And slew fyr for to rost thar mete | H |
And askyt the king giff he wald ete | H |
And rest him till the mete war dycht | H |
The king that hungry was Ik hycht | H |
Assentyt till thar spek in hy | - |
Bot he said he wald anerly | D |
Betwix him and his fallow be | F |
At a fyr and thai all thre | D |
In the end off the hous suld ma | J |
Ane other fyr and thai did sua | F |
Thai drew thaim in the hous end | H |
And halff the wethir till him send | H |
And thai rostyt in hy thar mete | H |
And fell rycht freschly for till ete | H |
For the king weill lang fastyt had | H |
And had rycht mekill travaill mad | H |
Tharfor he eyt full egrely | D |
And quhen he had etyn hastily | D |
He had to slep sa mekill will | D |
That he mocht set na let thartill | D |
For quhen the vanys fillyt ar | D |
Men worthys hevy evermar | D |
And to slepe drawys hevynes | F |
The king that all fortravaillyt wes | F |
Saw that him worthyt slep nedwayis | F |
Till his foser broder he sayis | F |
'May I traist in the me to waik | J |
Till Ik a litill sleping tak ' | - |
'Ya schyr ' he said 'till I may dre ' | - |
The kingbthen wynkyt a litill wey | F |
And slepyt nocht full encrely | D |
Bot gliffnyt up oft sodanly | D |
For he had dreid of thai thre men | B |
That at the tother fyr war then | B |
That thai his fais war he wyst | H |
Tharfor he slepyt as foule on twyst | H |
The king slepyt bot a litill than | B |
Quhen sic slep fell on his man | B |
That he mycht nocht hald up his ey | N |
Bot fell in slep and rowtyt hey | F |
Now is the king in gret perile | D |
For slep he sua a litill quhile | D |
He sall be ded fotoutyn dreid | H |
For the thre tratouris tuk gud heid | H |
that he on slep wes and his man | B |
In full gret hy thai rais up than | B |
And drew thar swerdis hastily | D |
And went towart the king in hy | - |
Quhen that thai saw him sleip sua | F |
And slepand thocht thai wald him sla | D |
Till him thai yeid a full gret pas | F |
Bot in that tym throu Goddis grace | F |
The king up blenkit hastily | D |
And saw his man slepand him by | - |
And saw cummand the tother thre | D |
Deliverly on fut gat he | D |
And drew his swerd out and thaim mete | H |
And as he yude his fute he set | H |
Apon his man weill hevily | D |
He waknyt and rais disily | D |
For the slep maistryt hym sway | F |
That or he gat up ane off thai | - |
That com for to sla the king | J |
Gaiff hym a strak in his rysing | J |
Sua that he mycht help him no mar | D |
The king sa straitly stad wes thar | D |
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