Nov is Gij to Warwike fare;
Þerl Rohaut he fint þare.
He welcomed him & his fere,
For he was him leue & dere,
& kist him wel sweteliche,
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& of his present þonked him miche.
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 20, 2025.
Pages
Page 64
To his leman he is y-come,
& euen forþ hir-self sche haþ him nome.
. . . . .
. . . . .
Glad was his fader for him,
Sabin his moder & al his kin,
& al þe folk of þat cuntre
Bliþe were þai miȝt him se.
¶ To Felice þan sir Gij is go; [C line 777] [folio 113a:2]
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Sweteliche he seyd hir to:
'Leman,' he seyd, 'wele þou be,
Mi liif ichaue for loue of þe;
Ded ich were ȝif þou nere,
Mi bodi destrud and leyd on bere.
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When þou þi wille hadde seyd to me,
Armes y fenge for loue of [þe];
& when ich hadde armes take,
Þou seyd þou noldest me for-sake,
. . . . .
. . . . .
Þou noldest þi loue werne to me;
& nov ich am her comen to þe:
Dere leman, y prey þe
Þi wille þatow tel to me.'
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