When þemperour herd þis, [C line 3175]
Alle droupeninde he was y-wis,
He gan to prike, & þat anon: [folio 124b:a]
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As hauk þat fleyþe his hors gan gon.
After Gij loude he gradde þo:
'Abide & speke me now to!
For godes loue lete now be;
Whi wiltow, sir, go fro me?
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Ȝif ich ouȝt haue agilt to þe,
For godes loue þou say it me;
Be it in dede oþer in speche
That ani þe han agilt, y þe biseche,
The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.
About this Item
- 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.
- Rights/Permissions
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- Subject terms
- Guy of Warwick (Legendary character)
- Link to this Item
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http://name.umdl.umich.edu/AHA2638.0001.001
- 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 194

To þi wille it schal amended be,
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& topon al oþer y loue þe.
Wele ich wene þat þe soudan, y-wis,
To whom al Percie atended is,
After þe haþ sent: ich vnderstond so.
He þe schal habbe, & y forgo.
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Gold & siluer he may ȝiue þe,
& feffe þe wiþ mani a riche cite;
Þer-fore þou wilt wiþ him be,
& strongliche holden oȝaines me.'