Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudeslie (1840-1850)

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“Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudeslie”, published in 1840-1850, is a work by . It explores elements such as public domain and William.

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Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudeslie (1840-1850)

“ Then spoke William of Cloudeslie,
By him that for me died,
I hold him never a good archer
That shooteth at butts so wide.
At what a butt, now, wold ye shoot?
I pray thee tell to me;
At such a butt, Sir, then he said,
As men use in my countrie.
William then went into a field
With his two brethren;
There they set up two hazel rods,
Twenty score paces between.
I hold him an archer, said Cloudeslie,
That yonder wand cleaveth in two;
Here is none such, said the King,
Nor no man can so do. ”

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Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudeslie (1840-1850)

“ My wife and children three?
Lightly let in thine own husband,
William of Cloudeslie.
Alas! then said fair Alice,
And sighed wondrous sore,
This place hath been beset for you
This half a year and more.
Now I am here, said Cloudeslie,
I would that I in were;
Now fetch us meat and drink enough,
And let us make good cheer.
She fetched him meat and drink plenty,
Like a true wedded wife,
And pleased him with that she had,
Whom she loved as her life.
There lay an old wife in that place,
A little beside the fire,
Which William had found of charity
For more than seven yere. ”

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Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudeslie (1840-1850)

“ In sight that men may see,
By all the saints that be in heaven,
I shall you hang all three.
What I have promised, said William,
That I will ne’er forsake,
And there even before the King,
In the earth he drove a stake:
And bound thereto his eldest son,
And bade him stand still therat;
And turned the childe’s face him fro,
Because he should not start.
An apple upon his head he set. ”

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Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudeslie (1840-1850)

“ Come fetch thy payment when thou wilt,
No man shall say the nay.
William I make thee a gentleman,
Of elothing and of fee;
And thy two brethren, yeomen of my Chamber
For they are seemly to see.
Your son, for he is of tender age,
Of my wine eellar shall be,
And when he cometh to man’s estate,
He better advanced shall be.
And William, bring me your wife, said the Queen,
Me longeth her sore to see:
She shall be my chief gentlewoman,
To govern my nurserie. ”

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Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudeslie (1840-1850)

“ William shot so wondrous well,
Till his arrows were all ago,
And the fire so fast upon him fell,
That his bowstring brent in two.
The sparkles brent and fell upon
Good William of Cloudeslie;
Then was he a wofull man, and said,
This is a coward’s death to die.
Leever had I, said William then,
With my sword in the route to renne,
Then here among my enemies wode,
Thus eruelly to brene.
He took his sword and his buckler,
And among them all he ran;
Where the people were most in prece
He smote down many a man.
There might no man abide his strokes,
So fiercely on them he ran ”

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Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudeslie (1840-1850)

“ WILLIAM OF CLOUDESLIE.
They fought together as brethren true,
Like hardy men and bolde;
Many a man to the ground they threw.
And many a heart made cold.
GLASGOW:
PRINTED FOR THE BOOKSELLERS.
111.
ADAM BELL,
CLYM OF THE CLOUGH,
AND
WILLIAM OF CLOUDESLIE.
Merry it was in the green forest,
Among the leaves so green,
Wheras men hunt both east and west,
With bows and arrows keen.
To raise the deer out of their den,
Such sights have oft been seen ”

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Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudeslie (1840-1850)

“ And William of Cloudeslie.
Be ye those theves, then said the king,
That bene told of to me
Here to God I make an avowe,
Ye shall be hanged all three.
Ye shall be dead without merey
As I’m King of this land ”

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Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudeslie (1840-1850)

“ And as they looked them beside,
A pair of new Gallows they see,
And the Justice with a guest of squires,
That judged William hang’d to be.
And Cloudeslie lay ready there in a cart,
Fast bound both foot and hand ”

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Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudeslie (1840-1850)

“ All the citizens fast gan fly,
They durst no longer abide:
There lyghtly they loosed CLoudeslic,
Where he with ropes lay tied.
William start to an officer of the town,
His axe fro his hand he wrung,
On each side then he smote them down,
He thought he tarried long.
William said to his brethren two,
This day let us live and die ”

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Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudeslie (1840-1850)

“ And all that with a hand-bow shooteth,
That of heaven they never misse.
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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”

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