Vnto Diuers People That Remord This Rymynge Agaynst the Scot Jemmy
I am now constrayned,With wordes nothynge fayned,This inuectiue to make,For some peoples sakeThat lyst for to iangyllAnd waywardly to wrangyllAgaynst this my makynge,Their males therat shakynge,At it reprehending,And venemously stingynge,Rebukynge and remordyng,And nothing according.Cause haue they none other,But for that he was brother,Brother vnnaturalVnto our kynge royall,Against whom he dyd fighteFalsly agaynst all ryght,Lyke that vntrue rebellFals Kayn agaynst Abell.Who so therat pyketh mood,The tokens are not goodTo be true Englysh blood;For, yf they vnderstoodHis traytourly dispyght,He was a recrayed knyght,A subtyll sysmatyke,Ryght nere an heretyke,Of grace out of the state,And died excomunycate.And for he was a kynge,The more shamefull rekenyngeOf hym should men report,In ernest and in sport.He skantly loueth our kynge,That grudgeth at this thing:That cast such ouerthwartesPercase haue hollow hartes.
SOLEMNISAVIT HOC EPITOMA XXII DIE SEPTEMBRIS, &c.
Salve, festa dies, toto resonabilis ævo,Qua Scottus Jacobus, obrutus ense, cadit.Barbara Scottorum, gens, perfida, plena malorum,Vincitur ad Norram, vertitur inque fugam.Vasta palus, sed campestris, (borie memoraturBranxton more), Scottis terra perosa fuit.Scottica castra fremunt Floddun sub montibus altis,Quæ valide invadens dissipat Angla manus.Millia Scottorum trusit gens Anglica passim;Luxuriat tepido sanguine pinguis humus:Pars animas miseri miseras misere sub umbras,Pars ruit in foveas, pars subiit latebras.Jam quid agit Jacobus, damnorum germine cretus?Perfidus ut Nemroth, lapsus ad ima ruit.Dic modo, Scottorum dudum male sane malorumRector, nunc regeris, mortuus, ecce, jaces!Sic Leo te rapidus, Leo Candidus, inclytus ursit,Quo Leo tu Rubeus ultima fata luis.Anglia, due choreas; resonent tua tympana, psallas;Da laudes Domino, da pin vota Deo.
Salve, festa dies, toto memorabilis ævo,Qua rex Henricus Gallica bella premit.Henricus rutilans Octavus noster in armisTirwinnæ gentis mœnia stravit humi.Sceptriger Anglorum bello validissimus Hector,Francorum gentis colla superba terit.Dux armis nuper celebris, modo dux inermis,De Longville modo dic quo tua pompa ruit?De Clermount clarus dudum dic, Galle superbe,Unde superbus eris? carcere nonne gemis?Discite Francorum gens cætera capta, BritannumNoscite magnanimum, subdite vosque sibi.Gloria Cappadocis, divæ milesque Mariæ,Illius hic sub ope Gallica regna reget.Hoc insigne bonum, divino numine gestum,Anglica gens referat semper, ovansque canat.
Words in this poem 17
- royall a.
- Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state. [OE. roial, riall, real, OF. roial. reial, F. royal, fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See Rich, and cf. regal, real a coin, Rial.]
- rebell a.
- Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops. [F. rebelle, fr. L. rebellis. See Rebel, v. t.]
- shamefull a.
- Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.
- percase adv.
- Perhaps; perchance. [OE. per cas. See Parcase.]
- jacobus n.
- An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I. [See Jacobite.]
- barbara n.
- The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives. Whately. [Coined by logicians.]
- gens n.
- A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe. [L. See Gentle, a.]
- palus n.
- One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals. [L., a stake.]
- manus n.
- The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand. [L., the hand.]
- passim adv.
- Here and there; everywhere; as, this word occurs passim in the poem. [L.]
- humus n.
- That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils. Graham. [L., the earth, ground, soil.]
- quid n.
- A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco. [See Cud.]
- sane a.
- Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- said of the mind. [L. sanus; cf. Gr. Sound, a.]
- ultima a.
- Most remote; furthest; final; last. Ultima ratio Etym: [L.], the last reason or argument; the last resort. [L., fem. ultimus last.]
- domino n.
- A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice. Kersey. [F. domino, or It. dominò, or Sp. dominó, fr. L. dominus master. The domino was orig. a hood worn by the canons of a cathedral. See Don, Dame.]
- premit v. t.
- To premise. Donne.
- unde a.
- Waving or wavy; -- applied to ordinaries, or division lines. [F. ondé.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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Form and metre
Vnto Diuers People That Remord This Rymynge Agaynst the Scot Jemmy is 75 lines in 4 stanzas. The metre is iambic trimeter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 81%). 94% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 9.3 syllables. 14 lines end on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending. 19% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.
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Measured by Laurel's pipeline, not copied from a handbook: how stress and metre are counted, how rhyme is lettered, how a drifted rhyme is found. Where the dictionary cannot confirm a rhyme the letter is withheld, not guessed.
Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 AABBCCDDDDDDEE------FGGFHHIIJJKKLLKK-- constraynedA · faynedA · makeB · sakeB · iangyllC · wrangyllC · makyngeD · shakyngeD · reprehendingD · stingyngeD · remordyngD · accordingD · otherE · brotherE · vnnatural · royall · fighte · ryght · rebell · abell · moodF · goodG · bloodG · vnderstoodF · dispyghtH · knyghtH · sysmatykeI · heretykeI · stateJ · excomunycateJ · kyngeK · rekenyngeK · reportL · sportL · kyngeK · thingK · ouerthwartes · hartes
- 3 --A--B-------BA----- ævo · cadit · malorumA · fugam · memoratur · fuitB · altis · manus · passim · humus · umbras · latebras · cretus · ruitB · malorumA · jaces · ursit · luis · psallas · deo
- 4 -AB--AB--BC---C- ævo · premitA · armisB · humi · hector · teritA · inermisB · ruit · superbe · gemisB · britannumC · sibi · mariæ · reget · gestumC · canat
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. Read against iambic trimeter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| I am now constrayned, | 5 | ····· |
| With wordes nothynge fayned, | 5 | ····· |
| This inuectiue to make, | 5 | ····· |
| For some peoples sake | 5 | ··/˘· |
| That lyst for to iangyll | 6 | ······ |
| And waywardly to wrangyll | 7 | ······· |
| Agaynst this my makynge, | 6 | ······ |
| Their males therat shakynge, | 6 | ······ |
| At it reprehending, | 6 | ······ |
| And venemously stingynge, | 7 | ······· |
| Rebukynge and remordyng, | 7 | ······· |
| And nothing according. | 6 | ·/˘˘/˘ |
| Cause haue they none other, | 6 | ····/˘ |
| But for that he was brother, | 7 | ·····/˘ |
| Brother vnnatural | 5 | /˘··· |
| Vnto our kynge royall, | 6 | ·/˘·/˘ |
| Against whom he dyd fighte | 6 | ······ |
| Falsly agaynst all ryght, | 6 | ······ |
| Lyke that vntrue rebell | 5 | ···/˘ |
| Fals Kayn agaynst Abell. | 6 | ····/˘ |
| Who so therat pyketh mood, | 7 | ······· |
| The tokens are not good | 6 | ·/˘··· |
| To be true Englysh blood; | 6 | ······ |
| For, yf they vnderstood | 5 | ····· |
| His traytourly dispyght, | 6 | ······ |
| He was a recrayed knyght, | 5 | ····· |
| A subtyll sysmatyke, | 6 | ······ |
| Ryght nere an heretyke, | 6 | ······ |
| Of grace out of the state, | 6 | ······ |
| And died excomunycate. | 7 | ······· |
| And for he was a kynge, | 6 | ······ |
| The more shamefull rekenynge | 7 | ··/˘··· |
| Of hym should men report, | 6 | ····˘/ |
| In ernest and in sport. | 6 | ·/˘··· |
| He skantly loueth our kynge, | 7 | ····/˘· |
| That grudgeth at this thing: | 6 | ·/˘··· |
| That cast such ouerthwartes | 5 | ····· |
| Percase haue hollow hartes. | 6 | ˘/·/˘· |
| SOLEMNISAVIT HOC EPITOMA XXII DIE SEPTEMBRIS, &c. | 16 | ················ |
| Salve, festa dies, toto resonabilis ævo, | 12 | ·/˘·/˘······ |
| Qua Scottus Jacobus, obrutus ense, cadit. | 12 | ···˘/˘······ |
| Barbara Scottorum, gens, perfida, plena malorum, | 14 | /˘············ |
| Vincitur ad Norram, vertitur inque fugam. | 12 | ············ |
| Vasta palus, sed campestris, (borie memoratur | 14 | /˘/˘·········· |
| Branxton more), Scottis terra perosa fuit. | 11 | ·····/˘···· |
| Scottica castra fremunt Floddun sub montibus altis, | 15 | ··············· |
| Quæ valide invadens dissipat Angla manus. | 13 | ···········/˘ |
| Millia Scottorum trusit gens Anglica passim; | 13 | ···········˘/ |
| Luxuriat tepido sanguine pinguis humus: | 12 | ······/˘··/˘ |
| Pars animas miseri miseras misere sub umbras, | 15 | ·············/˘ |
| Pars ruit in foveas, pars subiit latebras. | 11 | ··········· |
| Jam quid agit Jacobus, damnorum germine cretus? | 14 | ····˘/˘······· |
| Perfidus ut Nemroth, lapsus ad ima ruit. | 12 | ············ |
| Dic modo, Scottorum dudum male sane malorum | 13 | ············· |
| Rector, nunc regeris, mortuus, ecce, jaces! | 11 | /˘········· |
| Sic Leo te rapidus, Leo Candidus, inclytus ursit, | 17 | ·/˘····/˘········ |
| Quo Leo tu Rubeus ultima fata luis. | 12 | ·/˘···/˘/˘˘/ |
| Anglia, due choreas; resonent tua tympana, psallas; | 14 | /˘············ |
| Da laudes Domino, da pin vota Deo. | 11 | ··/˘·····/˘ |
| Salve, festa dies, toto memorabilis ævo, | 12 | ·/˘·/˘······ |
| Qua rex Henricus Gallica bella premit. | 12 | ········/˘˘/ |
| Henricus rutilans Octavus noster in armis | 13 | ······/˘····· |
| Tirwinnæ gentis mœnia stravit humi. | 10 | ········/˘ |
| Sceptriger Anglorum bello validissimus Hector, | 15 | ······/˘·····/˘ |
| Francorum gentis colla superba terit. | 12 | ·····/˘····· |
| Dux armis nuper celebris, modo dux inermis, | 14 | ···········˘/˘ |
| De Longville modo dic quo tua pompa ruit? | 12 | ·········/˘· |
| De Clermount clarus dudum dic, Galle superbe, | 11 | ··········· |
| Unde superbus eris? carcere nonne gemis? | 12 | /˘·········· |
| Discite Francorum gens cætera capta, Britannum | 14 | ·············· |
| Noscite magnanimum, subdite vosque sibi. | 11 | ··········· |
| Gloria Cappadocis, divæ milesque Mariæ, | 11 | /˘·······/˘ |
| Illius hic sub ope Gallica regna reget. | 12 | ··········˘/ |
| Hoc insigne bonum, divino numine gestum, | 12 | ···/˘······· |
| Anglica gens referat semper, ovansque canat. | 13 | ············· |
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