Þan lopen about hem þe Lombars
As wicked coltes out of haras
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& Loyers [men] [Or read þe Loreyns?] deden also,
& þerfore hem was ful wo.
Anon Tirri aseylden he,
& nomen him (he no miȝt nouȝt fle),
& Herhaud, þat was gode of miȝt,
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Þai nomen þer anon riȝt.
Gij vp stirt hastiliche, [C line 5455]
& to hem spac wel sternliche:
'Now þe deuel hong ȝou ichon.
Is þis acord now alle agon?
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The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.
About this Item
- 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)
- Link to this Item
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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 21, 2025.
Pages
Page 310
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Worþschiped ous haþ þe douk Loer
Wiþ alle þe tresoun þat is her.
No war we acorded bifor þe barnage,
& kist wiþouten vtrage?
Þis has made þe douke Otoun, [MS. of toun.]
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Þat is so ful of tresoun.
Alle þis tresoun he haþ bispeke
(God ous of him awreke);
For þurch þe no war it nouȝt,
Bot it were first of him y-þouȝt.'
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Þe douk Loer was so wo:
O word no miȝt he speke þo.