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 20, 2025.

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                    Þan seyd Gij, 'Gwichard, y nille: [C line 1089] 
                  
                    To ȝeld me to þe is nouȝt mi wille,
                  
                    Þer-whiles ichaue mi swerd y-grounde,
                  
                    & mi bodi wiþouten wounde.'
                  
                    Gwichard smot Gij wiþ michel miȝt
                    Line 1495 
                  
                    Opon þe helme þat schon so briȝt,
                  
                    Þat a quarter out fleye;
                  
                    Þe kniȝt was boþe queynt & sleye.
                  
                    Opon his scholder þat swerd glod,
                  
                    Of his hauberk it tok a pece brod;
                    Line 1500 
                  
                    God saued Gij þat he nas ded,
                  
                    No for þat dint hadde no qued.