Þan seyd to Loer þerl Aubri:
'Þe ich biteche mi sone Tirri.
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Alder-first Iesu heuen king
& þe y biteche mi ȝongling.
No may ich for eld trauaily:
Hom ichil wende now an hye.'
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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- Cite this Item
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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 June 20, 2025.
Pages
Page 308
He bitauȝt hem god & gode day,
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He lete hem þar, & went his way.
Gij and Herhaud þe maiden gan forþ lede,
Oysel sche hete wiþ þe rode so rede.
Gret iurne þai riden þat day,
Fram Gormoise þai riden owai
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Wele fiften mile oþer mo:
For gret hete þai resten hem þo.
In a pleyne þai liȝten hem snelle, [folio 137b:b]
Þer þai wald resten & duelle.
When þai aliȝt þe kniȝtes fre,
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Alle þai wende y-nomen to be.
¶ Þan seyd Otus of Paui:
'Herkeneþ to me, al mi compeynie,
Þe Loreins & þe Lombardes ichon,
Alle þat in our side riden & gon:
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Bi þe rede of þe douke Loer
Ichot boþe kniȝt & squier
Þat ȝe Gij, Herhaud, & Tirri binde
Fast her hondes hem bi-hinde.
In-to Loreine we lede hem snelle:
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Tomorwe we schul hem hongen alle.
Who so him feyneþ hem to nime
Forþ wiþ hem men schal him blim.'