The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.

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The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, & co., limited,
1883, 1887, 1891.
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Guy of Warwick (Legendary character)
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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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When Gij herd Felice speke so, [C line 821] Line 1165 Wel depe he gan to sike þo: [folio 113b:1] 'Now ichot, þou scornest me: Swiche answer ichaue of þe, Þat y schuld be þe best y-teld, Þat be fiȝtand wiþ spere & scheld. Line 1170 Swiche no miȝt y neuer werþe To be þe best on þis erþe [on þis erþe on an erasure.] ; Into oþer cuntres ichil go, For þi loue to wirche me wo. For dout of deþ nil y nouȝt fle: Line 1175 Ȝif y dye, it is for þe.' Sir Gij of hir toke his leue, [C line 831] & kist hir wiþ wepeand eye.

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Unto his in he goþ snelle; Þer nil he no lenger duelle. Line 1180 To þerl he wil gon, & tak his leue sone anon.
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