Þan seyd Gij þe Englisse,
'Vnderstond to mi speche:
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Þilke lord þat woneþ an heye,
Þat al þing walt fer & neye,
& in þe rode lete him pini,
Al cristen men to saui, [sauei, but the e underdotted.]
& in þe se made þe sturioun,
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So ȝif ȝou alle his malisoun,
& alle þilk þat ich here se,
Þat mis-bileued men be;
& þe at þe first, sir soudan,
Cristes wreche þe come opan!
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Yuel fure breninde fast þe opon,
& cleue þi brest doun to þi ton!
For icham Gij ȝe mow wel [l added over the line with another ink.] se,
Yuel mot ȝe alle y-the!
Vnder-stond, treitour, mi resoun:
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Haue þou Cristes malisoun,
& alle þilke forþ mitt te,
Þat ich her [r added over the line (with another ink?).] about þe se.
Þe heye god þat is ful of miȝt
Binim ȝou ȝour limes & ȝour siȝt!
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Bi me þe sent word þemperour Garioun,
Þat miȝti men haþ in his bandoun, [C line 3660]
Þurch wham þou art y-brouȝt to schond,
& hoteþ þe wende out of his lond,
For here has tow no riȝt.
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Finde a Sarrazin oþer a kniȝt,
& he schal anoþer finde, [folio 127b:b]
Þat schal deray[ne] his riȝt kinde.
Y schal wiþ þe glotoun fiȝt;
& ȝif þine haue þe more miȝt,
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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.
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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 226
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& ouer-comeþ our champioun,
Mi lord þe schal ȝiue ransoun,
& als his lord serue wille
Euer more, & þat is skille.
& ȝif it so bitide þat our kniȝt
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Ouer-come ȝour in feld in fiȝt,
Hastiliche þan, y rede þe,
Out of þis lond þat þou fle.
Þer-of þou take a day:
On mi lordes word, y þe say,
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To þi pauiloun ich am y-come,
To do þe bateyle atte frome.
Onswere me wiþ-outen lesing,
What word y schal mi lord bring.'