With þis Gij arisen is, [C line 293]
& to þe gate goþ y-wis.
'God,' quod Gij, 'y do foliliche:
Y sle me seluen sikerliche;
Mine owhen [deþ] y go now secheinde.
Line 555
God,' he seyd, 'be mine helpinde!'
Adoun he fel a-swounie;
& when he gan to dawei,
'To þe court,' he seyd, 'ichil go,
Be it for wele or for wo:
Line 560
To þe court ichil, what so bitide,
Þei gret strengþe me do abide.'
Now is Gij to court y-comen [C line 295]
As man þat is wiþ sorwe y-nome,
& in to an erber he is y-go,
Line 565
Felice findeþ þer in þo;
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 20, 2025.
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Page 34
At hir fet he him leyd,
Al wepeand to hir he seyd,
'Felice, now ich am comen to þe, [C line 304]
& ȝif þou wilt, þou miȝt m[e] sle,
Line 570
For now icham wiþ-in thi loke,
& þine hest ichaue to-broke.
For ich would þatow seye
Þe sorwe þat y for þe dreye:
Þe strong pine & þe wo
Line 575
Y dreye for þe euer-mo.
Mine hert schal bileue wiþ þe:
Wiltow, niltow, it schal [MS. itschal.] so be,
Þat [read þat me?] mi bodi ferli [read fersi?] may,
Bot þat wille it lasteþ ay.
Line 580
Þer while y liue, loue y þe wille,
& bot ȝif y do, ichil me spille;
For me no schal it to-deled be
Þer while þat liif it lasteþ in me;
Þe to loue no miȝtow me forbede,
Line 585
In wo & sorwe þou dost me fede.
Whan it worþ þi fader y-teld [folio 110b:1]
Þatow hast mine hert in weld,
& he wite that y loue þe,
Ichot for soþe he wil me sle;
Line 590
& þat schal turn me al to blis
When y schal dye for soþe y-wis.
Henne forward ne reche y me
Of mi liif, whare it be,
No of mi deþ neuer þe mo
Line 595
No reche y neuer where y go.'
He ferd as he wer mat, [C line 317]
Adoun he fel aswoune wiþ þat;
Felice stode & loked him to
& biheld his strong wo;
Line 600
. . . . .
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. . . . .
To a mayde sche seyd þo:
'Take him vp in þine armes to,
& lay him soft on þe [MS. onþe] grounde';
Line 605
& sche dede so in þat stounde.
Þat mayden ȝede to him wepeinde,
& Gij wel sore biminde:
'Bi god [MS. Bigod] of heuen,' sche seyd,
& ich wer as feir a mayd, [C line 330]
Line 610
& as riche kinges douhter were
As ani in þis warld here,
& he of mi loue vnder-nome were,
As he is of þine in strong manere,
& he wald me so o loue ȝerne,
Line 615
Me þenke y no myȝt it him nouȝt werne.'