Þan went forþ Gij þe gode,
Nas neuer man of his mode
Þat better him werd in his ende.
Er he out of þat fiȝt gan wende
Ȝete he slouȝ on of her felawe. [folio 138b:a]
Line 5825
In lasse while he hadde [him] y-slawe,
Þen men schold sigge a pater-noster.
Y telle it ȝou bi Peter þe apostel
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 20, 2025.
Pages
Page 316
Þat neuer swiche nas [nas on an erasure.] y-seye non.
When he haþ ouer-comen ichon
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Wel long he werþ him þat day.
When he no lenge doure ne may
Þan seyd he to hem anon:
'Þe deuel biteche ich ȝou ichon,
& namliche Otus of Pauie,
Line 5835
Þat haþ y-don ous þis felonie;
& ȝif ich a ȝer libbe may
He schal it [MS. ich] abigge, for soþe to say.'
Þan is [is added above the line.] he gon [MS. goand] oway ful ȝernne,
So þat he com to a water sterne. [C line 5561]
Line 5840
In he him dede, & ouer he goþ.
Alle þai wondred þer-of, for soþ.
Non no durst after him wende
For drencheing at her liues ende.
Oȝain þan þai ben y-come
Line 5845
To þe douke Otus alle and some,
& telden him wel sone anon
Þat Gij was ouer þe water y-gon. [Lines 5847-8 written twice originally, but struck out the second time.]
Þe douke Otous is now wel sori,
For Gij is schaped so oway,
Line 5850
& swore bi god & seyn Gelen
Neuer eft nold he louen [looks more like louen than leuen.] his men,
For þat hii leten him oway fle:
Gret wille he hadde him to sle;
Ac Gij him werd wiþ mani wrenche:
Line 5855
Hope [Bothe, Turnbull, but the first letter, although not quite distinct, is cer|tainly not b, and the third, without any doubt, is p, not þ.] of fole may of-blenche.
'Sir douk Loer,' seyd Otoun,
'Y-schaped is þe felle Gyoun. [C line 5569]
To Paui ichil now [n and part of o struck out after now.] gon,
& spouse þi douhter anon:
Line 5860
Riche bridal ichil maki.
Wiþ me schal Herhaud & Tirri;
Þer þai schul be don in prisoun:
Schul þai neuer come to raunsoun.
