Þerl wiþ þat armed is: [C line 6647]
Gij he drof smertliche, y-wis,
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Wiþ his kniȝtes on heye stede
Redi armed to þat nede.
Sir Gij his stede bi-went þo:
On of her kniȝtes he smot so,
Þurch his bodi þe swerd is gon.
Line 6965
Anoþer he feld þer anon.
Wiþ þat come þerl prikeinde
Opon his stede wele bereinde
Wiþ a spere an hond y-armed [The y added above the line.] wel:
Gij to smite he was ful fel.
Line 6970
Gij him wiþ-went, wold he nouȝt fle: [folio 145a:a]
To þerl Florentin þan smot he.
Heteliche togider þai smete
Opon her scheldes wiþ gret hete.
Þerl alder furst smot sir Gij
Line 6975
Wiþ a gode spere, sikerly.
Gij him smot oȝain, no miȝt he as nauȝt,
Þat he haþ þe grounde y-rauȝt. [ra on an erasure.]
Bi þe reynes his stede toke he:
Of þerl he hadde gret pite,
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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 20, 2025.
Pages
Page 366
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For his sone he hadde aqueld,
And for he was a man so eld.
Fiftene ȝer weren agon
Þat he er in armes come.
'Sir,' seyd Gij þer anon,
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'Nim þi stede, & worþ þeron.
What wonder dede þe armes bere?
To ȝer more þou schust rest þe here.
Her ich ȝiue þe þi stede,
For þou ȝeue me þe mete at nede.
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In chaumber þou schust ligge stille,
Oþer to chirche gon to bid godis wille.
Þi court ichil quite-cleym þe.
Ded ich wold raþer be,
Ar ich wold wiþ þe ete
Line 6995
At souper oþer at oþer mete.'