The Brus Book Xvi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDEEFGDDHIJJEEIH KBBDDHIBBHJGFHBLLMHN NBBFGBBBJ O PQHBJJBBJJENEELLEEQQ QQLLBBQJBHBBJJJJMHLL KEEBBJ K JMH JJBBEENKBBJJJKKK BBK EEEEKKEREE KDDKKBB JQEEEEJJQK J JKKDDJJJJEEJJEEKKBBJ JKQJJEEBBNJJJKKEEJMQ QJJN CCDDKKBBJJJJJJKQEE QQBBJJJKing Robert goes to Ireland | A |
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Quhen Schyr Edward as Ik said ar | B |
Had discomfyt Richard of Clar | B |
And of Irland all the barnage | C |
Thris throu his worthi vasselag | D |
And syne with all his men of mayn | E |
Till Cragfergus wes cummyn agayn | E |
The gud erle of Murreff Thomas | F |
Tuk leyff in Scotland for to pas | G |
And he him levyt with a gruching | D |
And syne him chargyt to the king | D |
To pray him specialli that he | H |
Cum intill Irland him to se | I |
For war thai bath into that land | J |
Thai suld fynd nane suld thaim withstand | J |
The erle furth thane his way has tane | E |
And till his schipping is he gayn | E |
And sayllyt weill out our the se | I |
Intill Scotland sone aryvit he | H |
Syne till the king he went in hy | - |
And he resavyt him glaidsumly | K |
And speryt of his brodyr fayr | B |
And of journayis that thai had thar | B |
And he him tauld all but lesing | D |
Quhen the king left had the spering | D |
His charge to the gud king tauld he | H |
And he said he wald blythly se | I |
Hys brother and se the affer | B |
Off that cuntre and off thar wer | B |
A gret mengye then gaderyt he | H |
And twa lordys of gret bounte | J |
The tane the Stewart Walter was | G |
The tother James of Douglas | F |
Wardanys in his absence maid he | H |
For to maynteyme wele the countre | B |
Syne to the se he tuk the way | L |
And at Lochriane in Galloway | L |
He schippyt with all his menye | M |
To Cragfergus sone cummyn is he | H |
Schyr Edward of his come wes blyth | N |
And went doun to mete him swyth | N |
And welcummyt him with glaidsome cher | B |
Sa did he all that with him wer | B |
And specially the erle Thomas | F |
Off Murreff that his nevo was | G |
Syne till the castell went thai yar | B |
And maid thaim mekill fest and far | B |
Thai sojournyt that dayis thre | B |
And that in myrth and jolyte | J |
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The Scots march south and an ambush is prepared for them | O |
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King Robert apon this kyn wis | P |
Intill Irland aryvit is | Q |
And quhen in Cragfergus had he | H |
With his men sojournyt dayis thre | B |
Thai tuk to consaill that thai wald | J |
With thar folk thar wayis hald | J |
Throu all Irland fra end till other | B |
Schyr Edward than the kingis brother | B |
Befor in the avaward raid | J |
The king himselff the rerward maid | J |
That had intill his cumpany | E |
The erle Thomas that wes worthi | N |
Thar wayis southwart haff thai tane | E |
And sone ar passyt Inderwillane | E |
This wes in the moneth of May | L |
Quhen byrdis syngis in ilk spray | L |
Melland thar notis with seymly soune | E |
For softnes of the swet sesoun | E |
And levys off the branchys spredis | Q |
And blomys brycht besid tham bredis | Q |
And feldis ar strowyt with flouris | Q |
Well saverand of ser colouris | Q |
And all thing worthis blyth and gay | L |
Quhen that this gud king tuk his way | L |
To rid southwart as I said ar | B |
The wardane than Richard of Clar | B |
Wyst the king wes aryvyt sua | Q |
And wyst that he schup him to ta | J |
His way towart the south contre | B |
And of all Irland assemblit he | H |
Bath burges and chevalry | B |
And hobilleris and yhumanry | B |
Quhill he had ner fourty thousand | J |
Bot he wald nocht yet tak on hand | J |
With all his fayis in feld to fycht | J |
Bot he umbethocht him of ane slycht | J |
That he with all his gret menye | M |
Wald in a wod enbuschit be | H |
All prively besid the way | L |
Quhar that thar fayis suld away | L |
And lat the avaward pas fer by | - |
And syne assembill hardely | K |
On the rerward with all thar men | E |
Thai did as thai divisyt then | E |
In ane wod thai enbuschit wer | B |
The Scottis ost raid by thaim ner | B |
Bot thai na schawing of thaim maid | J |
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The ambush of King Robert's men the folly of Colin Campbell | K |
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Schyr Edward weill fer forouth rad | J |
With thaim that war of his menye | M |
To the rerward na tent tuk he | H |
And Schyr Richard of Clar in hy | - |
Quhen Schyr Edward wes passyt by | - |
Send lycht yomen that weill couth schout | J |
To bykkyr the rerward apon fute | J |
Then twa of thaim that send furth war | B |
At the wod sid thaim bykkerit thar | B |
And schot amang the Scottismen | E |
The king that had thar with him then | E |
Weill fyve thousand wicht and worthi | N |
Saw thai twa sa abandounly | K |
Schut amang thaim and cum sa ner | B |
He wist rycht weill withoutyn wer | B |
That thai rycht ner suppowall had | J |
Tharfor a bidding has he mad | J |
That na man sall be sa hardy | J |
To prik at thaim bot sarraly | K |
Rid redy ay into bataill | K |
To defend gif men wald assail | K |
'For we sall sone Ik undreta ' | - |
He said 'haf for to do with ma ' | - |
Bot Schyr Colyne Cambell that ner | B |
Was by quhar thai twa yhumen wer | B |
Schoutand amang thaim hardily | K |
Prykyt on thaim in full gret hy | - |
And sone the tane has our tane | E |
And with the sper him sone has slane | E |
The tother turnyt and schot agayne | E |
And at the schot his hors has slane | E |
With that the king come hastily | K |
And intill his malancoly | K |
With a trounsoun intill hys new | E |
To Schyr Colyne sic dusche he geve | R |
That he dynnyt on his arsoun | E |
Than bad he smertly tit him doun | E |
Bot other lordis that war him by | - |
Ameyssyt the king into party | K |
And he said 'Breking of bidding | D |
Mycht caus all our discumfiting | D |
Weyne ye yone ribaldis durst assaill | K |
Us sa ner intill our bataill | K |
Bot giff thai had suppowaill ner | B |
I wate rycht weill withoutyn wer | B |
That we sall haf to do in hy | - |
Tharfor luk ilk man be redy ' | - |
With that weill neir thretty or ma | J |
Off bowmen come and bykyrit sua | Q |
That thai hurt off the kingis men | E |
The king has gert his archeris then | E |
Schoute for to put thai men agayn | E |
With that thai entryt in a playn | E |
And saw arayit agayn thaim stand | J |
In four bataillis fourty thousand | J |
The king said 'Now lordingis lat se | Q |
Quha worthy in this fycht sall be | K |
On thaim foroutyn mar abaid ' | - |
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The fight and victory of King Robert | J |
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Sa stoutly than on thaim thai raid | J |
And assemblyt sa hardely | K |
That off thar fayis a gret party | K |
War laid at erd at thar meting | D |
Thar wes off speris sic bristing | D |
As ather apon other raid | J |
That it a wele gret frusch has maid | J |
Hors come thar fruschand heid for heid | J |
Sua that fele on the ground felle deid | J |
Mony a wycht and worthi man | E |
As ather apon other ran | E |
War duschyt dede doun to the ground | J |
The red blud out off mony a wound | J |
Ruschyt in sa gret foysoun than | E |
That off the blud the stremys ran | E |
And thai that wraith war and angry | K |
Dang on other sa hardily | K |
With wapnys that war brycht and bar | B |
That mony a gud man deyit thar | B |
For thai that hardy war and wycht | J |
And frontlynys with thar fayis gan fycht | J |
Pressyt thaim formast for to be | K |
Thar mycht men cruell bargane se | Q |
And hard bataill Ik tak on hand | J |
In all the wer off Irland | J |
Sa hard a fechting wes nocht sene | E |
The quhether of gret victours nynteyne | E |
Schyr Edward has withoutyn wer | B |
And into les than in thre yer | B |
And in syndry bataillis of tha | N |
Vencussyt thretty thousand and ma | J |
With trappyt hors rycht to the fete | J |
Bot in all tymys he wes yete | J |
Ay ane for fyve quhen lest wes he | K |
Bot the king into this melle | K |
Had alwayis aucht of his fa men | E |
For ane bot he sua bar him then | E |
That his gud deid and his bounte | J |
Confortyt sua all his menye | M |
That the mast coward hardy wes | Q |
For quhar he saw the thikkest pres | Q |
Sa hardely on thaim he raid | J |
That thar about him roume he maid | J |
And Erle Thomas the worthi | N |
Wes in all tyme ner him by | - |
And faucht as he war in a rage | C |
Sua that for thar gret vasselage | C |
Thar men sic gret hardyment gan tak | D |
That thai na perell wald forsak | D |
Bot thaim abandound sa stoutly | K |
And dang apon thaim sa hardely | K |
That all thar fayis affrayit war | B |
And thai that saw weill be thar far | B |
That thai eschewyt sumdele the fycht | J |
Than dang thai on with all thar mycht | J |
And pressit thame dyngand so fast | J |
That thai the bak gaf at the last | J |
And thai that saw thaim tak the flicht | J |
Pressit thame than with all thare mycht | J |
And in thar fleyng fele gan sla | K |
The kingis men has chassyt sua | Q |
That thai war scalyt everilkane | E |
Rychard off Clar the way has tane | E |
To Devillyne into full gret hy | - |
With other lordys that fled him by | - |
And warnysyt bath castellis and townys | Q |
That war in thar possessiounys | Q |
Thai war sa felly fleyit thar | B |
That I trow Schyr Richard off Clar | B |
Sall haiff na will to faynd his mycht | J |
In bataill na in fors to fycht | J |
Quhill King Robert and | J |
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