When Gij seye þe douke of fot,
For sorwe no wist he no bot;
Wel hardiliche he smot a kniȝt,
Þat ded he feld him anon riȝt.
Line 2400
His swerd of stiel he haþ up pliȝt,
& smot so anoþer kniȝt
Þat asailed þe douke Segin,
Þat heued sone binam him,
& seþþe he sett him his stede opon,
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& fast hii asailed her fon;
. . . . .
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 21, 2025.
Pages
Page 142
. . . . .
Þennes nil hii neuer gon
Er hii han slawe mani on. [C line 2280]
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¶ 'Sir douk,' seyd Gyoun,
'Vnderstond to mi resoun:
To þe cite oȝain we wil go,
Ful wele we may it now do;
A þousand þer beþ of armed kniȝtes
Line 2415
Þat sone wiþ ous wil holde fiȝtes;
& we here lenger duelle
For foles we schullen ous telle.'
Into her cite þai ben y-gon,
Togider þai asembled hem ichon,
Line 2420
& at þe alours þai [i on an erasure.] defended hem,
& abiden bataile of her fomen.
¶ When þemperour y-herd þis, [C line 2293]
Þat his sone y-nomen is,
Wiþ loude steuen þan hete he
Line 2425
His folk asayl þat cite
Wiþ schot of bowe and alblast,
Wiþ swerdes, speres schete & cast,
Wiþ laddren steye, þat couþe best.
Þe cite to asail haue þai no rest,
Line 2430
Wiþ stones & mangunels fast to cast:
Þe fair walles al to-dast. [MS. alto dast.]
& hii wiþ-in fended hem wele apliȝt, [folio 120a:b]
& hii wiþ-outen ȝeld hem gret fiȝt;
Þe Almayns þat ilke day þere
Line 2435
Wiþ gret sorwe y-slawe were.
Strongliche þai asail þe cite,
Ac þat day noþing no speden he;
At euen þat wiþ-drouȝ hem oȝan.
Þemperour was þer-fore a sori [MS. asori] man, [C line 2311]
Line 2440
Þat he no miȝt [nomight MS., not nought.] of þat cite spede,
No awreken him for no nede.
Þe cite ich day what niȝt
Þai asailed wiþ gret miȝt;
