Esclandar went oway fleinde,
Toward her ost fast prikeinde;
The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.
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- 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 21, 2025.
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Page 180
Þurch þe bodi he bar a trounsoun,
Wiþ boþe honden he held him to þe [e in þe added over the line.] arsoun.
Boþe bifore & eke bihinde,
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Þe blod gan out fast winde,
His helme in þe on half honginde,
& his visage al bledeinde.
His scheld to held hadde he no miȝt,
He drad him to dye anon riȝt.
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To þe soudans pauiloun he come,
Þe soudan him bi-knewe anon:
'Esclandar, when comestow?' seyd he;
'In strong fiȝt þou hast y-be.
Were þou alon at þe cite?
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Say me who haþ þus wounded þe?'
'Sir,' quaþ he, 'ichil þe telle
Of hard tidinges wel snelle:
Y-lorn þou hast þe amiral Cosdram [s on an erasure.]
Þat leuest þe was of ani man,
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& þe king of Turkie þou hast forgon,
Of hem no tit þe neuer help non.
& alle þe best men y-bore [folio 123a:b]
Bifor þe cite þou hast forlore.'