Wiþ þat stirt forþ anon riȝt [C line 5469]
Otus cossyn, an vnwrast kniȝt.
Gij bi his mantel he drouȝ so,
Line 5735
Þat þe tassels brosten ato.
Þan seyd a Tya[y]s to a Lombard: [folio 138a:a]
'Now is Gij of Warwike a couward.
Lo, now he no haþ no miȝt:
Lorn he haþ contenaunce, apliȝt.'
Line 5740
Wiþ þat þai speken hem þus bitven,
Gij seye it miȝt no noþer ben:
To him þat him held turned he,
And ȝaf him swiche benedicite,
Þat he brak his nek ato.
Line 5745
Alle þe oþer on him þresten þo.
Þe mantel þat he had opon
To cloutes it was drawen anon,
So þat ichon oway bar
An pece of his mantel þar.
Line 5750
Gij werd him fast in þat sturbing:
Now helpe him Iesu heuen king.
Smer[t]liche þai gun him asaily:
He werd him as a kniȝt hardy,
So þat he neyȝed his stede;
Line 5755
For to him he hadde nede.
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 June 22, 2025.
