When þemperour herd þo [C line 2177]
Line 2305
What þerl Tirri seyd him to,
Wel sori he was, & wroþ þer-fore,
Þat neyȝe he haþ his witt forlore.
Y-sworn he haþ a wel gret oþ
Bi god almiȝti al for-soþ,
Line 2310
Þat neuer bliþe no worþ he,
Al what þat cite y-nomen be,
& þat þe [not quite distinct.] traitours ben y-slawe,
Oþer for-brent, oþer y-flawe.
¶ His [ost underdotted.] heste he dede cri anon, [C line 2187]
Line 2315
His men to arme hem euerichon;
His scheltromes anon he diȝt,
& redi þai ben al to fiȝt.
Þe feldes þai ben sone ouer-gon
Þat were þe tounes bisiden on,
Line 2320
Al what hij comen to þe cite.
Gaier [Gaier on an erasure.] þan forþ ȝede he
Wiþ fif hundred armed kniȝtes,
Hardi & wele doand in fiȝtes.
Þo þat weren in þe cite,
Line 2325
On þe Almaynes bihelden he,
& seye þe cuntres & al þe feldes,
Wiþ white hauberkes & wiþ scheldes. [C line 2200]
Þe douke him com forþ wiþ þat,
Wele y-armed on stede he sat:
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'Gij,' he seyd, 'what schal we do?
Ȝif we go & smite hem to,
Or we gon our walles to were,
Þat þe Almayns ous nouȝt dere?'
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)
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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.