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The Boy And The Mantle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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In the third day of May	A
To Carleile did come	B
A kind curteous child	C
That cold much of wisdome	B
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A kirtle and a mantle	D
This child had uppon	E
With brouches and ringes	F
Full richelye bedone	E
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He had a sute of silke	G
About his middle drawne	E
Without he cold of curtesye	H
He thought itt much shame	B
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God speed thee King Arthur	I
Sitting at thy meate	C
And the goodly Queene Gu never	I
I cannott her forgett	C
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I tell you lords in this hall	J
I hett you all to heede	C
Except you be the more surer	I
Is you for to dread	C
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He plucked out of his poterner	I
And longer wold not dwell	K
He pulled forth a pretty mantle	D
Betweene two nut shells	F
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Have thou here King Arthur	I
Have thou heere of mee	B
Give itt to thy comely queene	E
Shapen as itt is alreadye	H
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Itt shall never become that wiffe	L
That hath once done amisse	F
Then every knight in the kings court	C
Began to care for his	F
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Forth came dame Gu never	I
To the mantle shee her hied	C
The ladye shee was newfangle	D
But yett shee was affrayd	C
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When shee had taken the mantle	D
She stoode as shee had beene madd	C
It was from the top to the toe	C
As sheeres had itt shread	C
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One while was it gule	D
Another while was itt greene	E
Another while was it wadded	C
Ill itt did her beseeme	B
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Another while was it blacke	G
And bore the worst hue	M
By my troth quoth King Arthur	I
I thinke thou be not true	M
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Shee threw downe the mantle	D
That bright was of blee	D
Fast with a rudd redd	C
To her chamber can shee flee	D
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She curst the weaver and the walker	I
That clothe that had wrought	C
And bade a vengeance on his crowne	E
That hither hath itt brought	C
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I had rather be in a wood	C
Under a greene tree	D
Then in King Arthurs court	C
Shamed for to bee	D
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Kay called forth his ladye	H
And bade her come neere	D
Saies Madam and thou be guiltye	H
I pray thee hold thee there	D
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Forth came his ladye	H
Shortlye and anon	E
Boldlye to the mantle	D
Then is shee gone	E
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When she had tane the mantle	D
And cast it her about	C
Then was shee bare	D
Before all the rout	C
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Then every knight	C
That was in the kings court	C
Talked laughed and showted	C
Full oft att that sport	C
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She threw downe the mantle	D
That bright was of blee	D
Fast with a red rudd	C
To her chamber can shee flee	D
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Forth came an old knight	C
Pattering ore a creede	C
And he proferred to this little boy	N
Twenty markes to his meede	C
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And all the time of the Christmasse	F
Willinglye to ffeede	C
For why this mantle might	C
Doe his wiffe some need	C
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When she had tane the mantle	D
Of cloth that was made	C
Shee had no more left on her	D
But a tassell and a threed	C
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Then every knight in the kings court	C
Bade evill might shee speed	C
Shee threw downe the mantle	D
That bright was of blee	D
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And fast with a redd rudd	C
To her chamber can shee flee	D
Craddocke called forth his ladye	H
And bade her come in	E
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Saith Winne this mantle ladye	H
With a litle dinne	E
Winne this mantle ladye	H
And it shal be thine	E
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If thou never did amisse	F
Since thou wast mine	E
Forth came Craddockes ladye	H
Shortlye and anon	E
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But boldlye to the mantle	D
Then is shee gone	E
When she had tane the mantle	D
And cast it her about	C
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Upp att her great toe	C
It began to crinkle and crowt	C
Shee said Bowe downe mantle	D
And shame me not for nought	C
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Once I did amisse	F
I tell you certainlye	H
When I kist Craddockes mouth	O
Under a greene tree	D
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When I kist Craddockes mouth	O
Before he marryed mee	D
When shee had her shreeven	E
And her sines shee had tolde	C
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The mantle stoode about her	D
Right as shee wold	C
Seemelye of coulour	D
Glittering like gold	C
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Then every knight in Arthurs court	C
Did her behold	C
Then spake dame Gu never	D
To Arthur our king	G
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She hath tane yonder mantle	D
Not with right but with wronge	P
See you not yonder woman	E
That maketh her self soe cleane	E
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I have seene tane out of her bedd	C
Of men fiveteene	E
Priests clarkes and wedded men	E
From her bedeene	E
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Yett shee taketh the mantle	D
And maketh her self cleane	E
Then spake the little boy	N
That kept the mantle in hold	C
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Sayes King chasten thy wiffe	L
Of her words shee is to bold	C
Shee is a bitch and a witch	Q
And a whore bold	C
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King in thine owne hall	D
Thou art a cuckold	C
The little boy stoode	C
Looking out a dore	D
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And there as he was lookinge	P
He was ware of a wyld bore	D
He was ware of a wyld bore	D
Wold have werryed a man	E
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He pulld forth a wood kniffe	L
Fast thither that he ran	E
He brought in the bores head	C
And quitted him like a man	E
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He brought in the bores head	C
And was wonderous bold	C
He said there was never a cuckolds kniffe	L
Carve itt that cold	C
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Some rubbed their knives	F
Uppon a whetstone	E
Some threw them under the table	D
And said they had none	E
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King Arthur and the child	C
Stood looking upon them	B
All their knives edges	F
Turned backe againe	E
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Craddocke had a little knive	L
Of iron and of steele	D
He britled the bores head	C
Wonderous weele	D
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That every knight in the kings court	C
Had a morssell	D
The little boy had a horne	E
Of red gold that ronge	P
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He said there was noe cuckolde	C
Shall drinke of my horne	E
But he shold it sheede	C
Either behind or beforne	E
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Some shedd on their shoulder	D
And some on their knee	E
He that cold not hitt his mouthe	O
Put it in his eye	H
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And he that was a cuckold	C
Every man might him see	E
Craddocke wan the horne	E
And the bores head	C
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His ladie wan the mantle	D
Unto her meede	C
Everye such a lovely ladye	H
God send her well to speede	C