Sir Gij went in his way forþ riȝt, [C line 10475]
Oft he þonked god almiȝt
Þat þe geaunt was slawe.
To Warwike he went, to þat cite
Þer he was lord of þat cuntre
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To hold wiþ riȝt lawe.
He nas knowen þer of no man,
When he to þe castel ȝates cam:
Þerof he was ful fawe.
Among þe pouer men he him dede
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Þer þai weren vp in a stede,
& sett him on a rawe.
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)
- 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 22, 2025.
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Page 611
¶ & Feliis þe countas was þer þan:
In þis warld was non better wiman,
In gest as-so we rede;
For þritten pouer men & ȝete mo
For hir lordes loue sche loued so
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Ich day sche gan fede,
Wiþ þan god & our leuedi
Schuld saue hir lord sir Gij,
& help him at his nede.
Sche no stint noiþer day no niȝt,
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For him sche bisouȝt god almiȝt
Wiþ bedes & almos dede.
¶ On a day þe leuedi went to mete,
& bad men schuld biforn hir fete
Hir pouer men al biden,
& men brouȝt hem euerichon,
& Gij of Warwike was þat on
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Of þo ich þritten.
In his hert he hadde gret care,
Þat he schuld be knawen þare
Of hem þat hadde him sen,
Ac þer was non so wise of siȝt
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Þat him þer knowe miȝt:
So misais he was & lene.