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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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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When Gij [s] . . . . . [C line 1851] & out of . . . . . His helme . . . . . & his scheld . . . . . & his hors . . . . . Line 2065 In strong . . . . . Wiþ loude . . . . . To þe douk[e] . . . . . He rescuw[e] . . . . . Þe oþer þai . . . . . Line 2070 Ac when [s?] . . . . . [C line 1861] Arnend he . . . . . Wiþ loude [v?] . . . . . To þe douk [o] . . . . . Þou fals wr . . . . . Line 2075 Wel litel þou þ(?) . . . . . [leaf 118r b and 118v a torn off.]

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [C line 1909] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [C line 1917] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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. . . . . [C line 1937] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [C line 1975] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [C line 1989]

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [the first 11 lines of leaf 118v b. entirely gone] [C line 1999] [folio 118b:b] . . . . . . . . . . [o]n . . . . . Line 2165 . . . . . falle . . . . . . . . . . stiel . . . . . [h]ond . . . . . d Line 2170 . . . . . [R]eyner [C line 2023] . . . . . er . . . . . es fere . . . . . . . . . . ori Line 2175 . . . . . . . . . . n . . . . . broun . . . . . on . . . . . non Line 2180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tede Line 2187 . . . . . . . . . . me . . . . . [o]me [C line 2043] . . . . .

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. . . . . . . . . . [f]leinge . . . . . [d]riueinge . . . . . ode gome [C line 2047] Line 2195 . . . . . e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fro . . . . . to do Line 2200 . . . . . t . . . . . d sket . . . . . oȝe . . . . . [þ] me . . . . . Line 2205 . . . . . omen ichon Or ichil telle þemperour [C line 2059] Ȝe han y-don him gret deshonour, [folio 119a:a] When ȝe for a fewe men Schul so sone oway flen.' Line 2210 Þai turned hem anon riȝt, & bi-gun a newe fiȝt. Al togider þai gun smite; Semblant [Slemblant MS.] of loue þai kidde bot lite. Heteliche to him smot Gyoun; Line 2215 His scheld nas nouȝt worþ a botoun, No his tvifold armes halp him nouȝt Þat in Loreyn weren y-wrouȝt. Strokes hij togider delden ywis On helmes & on briȝt scheldes; Line 2220 So hard þai striken hem bitvene, Þat gode stones fallen þer ben. Aiþer semed a lyoun of mode, So hard þai smiten wiþ swordes gode. Wiþ him smot þe douke Segyn, Line 2225 No lenge miȝt he wiþhelden him; Togider þai smiten hard and wel Wiþ brondes wele wrouȝt of stiel.
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