When þe king haþ y-herd þis [C line 6841]
Þat þe men him teld, y-wis,
An gode while he him bi-þouȝt,
Er þan þat he speke mouȝt.
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'Sir,' quaþ Gij, 'no care þou nouȝt:
Þer-of no haue þou no þouȝt.
Into Norþ-humberlond ichil wende,
& ȝif ich þat best may fende,
Ich him schal ouercome þurch godes miȝt;
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For wiþ him ichil hold fiȝt.'
¶ 'Gij,' quaþ þe king, 'schaltow nouȝt so.
No wille ich þat þou al-on go.
An hundred kniȝtes schul wende wiþ þe,
Þat þou may þe sikerer be.'
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Gij answerd anon riȝt, [folio 146a:b]
'Nold neuer god ful of miȝt
Þat for a best onlepi
Schuld so miche folk traueli.'
At þe king his leue he nam,
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And hom to his in he cam.
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.
