The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.
Zupitza, Julius, ed. 1844-1895.
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Þe douk answerd anon riȝt:
'So help me god, ful of miȝt,
Also þou wilt, þou schalt do.'
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Wiþ þat is Gij þennes y-go;
In-to þe way he dede him anon
Þer þemperour schuld forþ gon. [C line 2400]
Þemperour bi þe morwe aros,
Into his forest he rideþ & gos:
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A gret bore þai founden, y-wis,
& hij vncopled her houndis;
Her hornes þai blewe loude & stille,*. [schrille?]
¶ Þemperour biheld sone wiþ þan
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He seyd, 'y-treyst we ben here:
Sir Tirri, mi frende dere,
No sestow hou*. [MS. ȝou] þat ȝonder ride
Kniȝtes? þai ben of gret pride.
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On ich halue bisett we beþ, [folio 120b:b]
Nis her nouȝt bot þe deþ.
Felawes þai be þe douke Segyn,
Whom þat god ȝif iuel fin!
Gij of Warwike þer y sey,
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Y-armed on his stede an hey.'
'Sir emperour,' quod Tirri anon,
'For þe rode loue þat god was on don,
Ich þe bidde, hennes go now,
For godes loue no lenge bileue þou!
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& ichil here bileuen ay,
& ȝif ich Gij mete may,
Wiþ meschaunce y schal him gret, [C line 2436]
& al his feren þat y mete.
Ar ich be ded or nomen be
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Þou schalt passe al þis cuntre.'
Þemperour seyd, 'for soþe, y nille:
Here ichil wiþ*. [w in wiþ altered from ȝ.] ȝou duelle.'
Hastiliche þai armed hem anon,
& lepe her gode stedes opon.
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¶ Wiþ þat come Gij prikeinde,
& a smal tvige in his hond bereinde
Of oliue, in token of pais:
To þemperour he grad as curteys,
& seyd, 'god, þat alle þing may se,
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Sir emperour, so loke þe [C line 2452]
Þiselue, & al þi meyne,
Þat in place wiþ þe be!
Þe douke Segyn þe sent bi me
Þat trewþe & loue he wil to þe,
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& biddeþ þe als his lord dere,
Þeselue, & alle þine fere,
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Þat wiþ þe ben togider here,
Þat ȝe come to him to þe dinere;
And his gode cite he wil þe ȝelde
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Wiþ al his castels he haþ in welde;
& ȝif he haue don oȝain skille,
He wille amende it to þi wille.'
¶ When þemperour herd him speke so,
& so gret loue bede him to,
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Þe king of Hongrie*. [o in Hongrie altered from u.] he cleped þo,
And sir Tirri he dede also:
'Lordinges,' he seyd, 'what schal we do?
Rede ȝe þat we þider go?' [C line 2472]
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'Sir emperour, wat hastow do? [folio 121a:a]
Is þe acord made bitven ȝou to? [C line 2633]
Astow þe douke Segyn y-kist,
Þe strong traitour & vnwrest?
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& haþ for-ȝif al in loue
Sadok deþ, þi suster sone?
Þat þe wil dred, say me on;
Þe misdo þai willen ichon;
When her wretþe and her gilt
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So liȝtliche for-ȝif þou wilt,
Hennes forward wil þe dred non,
Schame anouȝ þai wil þe don;
& ȝif þou haddest þe douk anhong,
In þi lond men wold*. [MS. wil] þe dred strong,
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& þan after-ward þe treytour Gij,
Þat neuer dede ous bot vilayni.
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Ac now þai worþ wiþ þe priue,
& better þan alle we.
& topen al þis, ȝif Gij wer ded,
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We miȝten haue þe lesse dred.'
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