LORDINGES,' seide the duke Otoun,
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'Vnderstonde to my resoun.
Well ye wite Terry, that here is,
Hath agilted the Duke loyer, ywis,
That him forth bredde, and armes yaf,
And euyl him aquytte he hath,
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Whan he bringeth vnkouthe folke moche
Vpon his lorde so dedeliche.
Bot y haue besoughte the Duke so
With my frendes also,
That foryiue him hath he for euere moo,
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And grete worship he woll him doo.'
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The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.
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- Title
- The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.
- Publication
- London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, & co., limited,
- 1883, 1887, 1891.
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- Subject terms
- Guy of Warwick (Legendary character)
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"The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AHA2638.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.
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Thanne seide the Duke loer:
'Vnderstonde all that been heer,
That the Erle sir Terry,
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Aubry sone, that is here by,
That he the mayde Oysell shall spousy, [Caius MS. 107 page 128]
And in goddis lawe lyue, truly.
Accorded we bee to that dede,
And foryiue is all hatrede.'
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Thanne hath the Duke kyste Terry
Of grete treason, and not frendly.
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Guy and heraude that mayde doo lede
Oysel she highte with rodyes rede.
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At laste seide Otes of Pauye:
'Herken to me, my companye.
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By the rede of the Duke Loer
I commaunde you all that bee heer
That ye Guy, Terry, and heraude bynde
Faste their handes theim behynde.'
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Anone they assailled Terry,
And toke him full hastly,
And heraude, that was so good of might,
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Theim twoo they toke agayne right.
But Guy vp sterte full hastly,
And to theim spake boldely.
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With that forth sterte anone right
Otes Cousyn, a noble knyghte.
Guy by the mantell he plighte so
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That the tassels brake in two.
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Guy sawe it might noon other bee:
To him that helde him tourned he,
And raughte him suche a buffet tho,
That his nekke brake in two.
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Guy defended him well and strongly
With the helpe of god to him redy.
Smartly they gonne him assaille, [Caius MS. 107 page 129]
And he him defended euere in bataille,
So that at laste he come to his stede:
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To him he ranne as man that had nede.
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Then said Gui thoo, in the blank left between 1.5758 and 1.5759, in the same hand as p. 126.