Now is Otous to Paui gan, [C line 5597]
Wiþ him he ledde his feir leman,
Also he dede þerl sir Tirri
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Fast y-fetred, sikerly,
Riȝt fast vnder þe hors fet
In-to Paui, and þer him let.
When Oysel seye him lede so
Sore sche wepe for his wo.
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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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http://name.umdl.umich.edu/AHA2638.0001.001
- 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 319
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'Allas,' sche seyd, '& wale-wo:
Sone is my ioie went me fro.'
Of þe hors sche fel aswon anon:
For sorwe almost hir hert to-chon.
When þe douk hir falle seye
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Bi his oþ he swore an heye,
'Iuel þou dost, mi gode leman,
When þou for swiche a man
Swiche sorwe schaltow make.
& ȝif þou more [Another more struck out.] sorwe for his sake,
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Oþer euer eft make swiche sorweing, [folio 139a:a]
& ich it perceiue bi ani þing,
To-hewe he worþ bifor þe,
Or heye hong on galwe tre.
Glad & bliþe, leman, þou be:
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Wiþ ioie to Paui y lede þe,
Þer ichil nim þe to wiue,
And wiþ þe helden alle mi liue.
Tirri ichil in prisoun do:
He no schal haue sorwe no wo.
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Ichim hate wel sore, sikerly,
For þe loue of Herhaud and Gij.
Richeliche he schal serued be:
Þer-of nouȝt no dred þou þe.'
¶ 'Sir, gramerci of þi speche, [C line 5623]
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Ac of o þing y þe biseche:
Fourti days respite þou ȝif me,
Til þat mi sorwe aslaked be,
& seþþen spouse me wiþ worþschipe.'
'Y graunt wele,' quaþ þe douke, 'sikerlike.'
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To Paui þai ben þan ago,
Ac alle anoþer þouȝt þat maiden þo;
Anoþer sche souȝt [Read þouȝt?] þan sche seyd:
Gret sorwe in hir hert sche leyd.
Ar sche wille to him spoused be,
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Wiþ a kniif sche wil hir sle.
