Þan Gij hadde y-don so
Þemperour cleped Gij him to:
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The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.
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- 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)
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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 236
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'Welcome be þou to me, sir Gij!
Hennes for dayes þritti
Michel monschip ichil þe do,
Mi feir douhter ȝiue þe to.'
To þemperour onswerd sir Gij,
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'An hundred siþe, sir, gramerci!'
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Þemperour aros amorwe þo, [C line 3843]
To sen þe cuntre þai ben y-go;
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Alle þat day þai riden hem so
Alle what euen, þai rested hem þo.
Þai seye toward a pleyn plas
Þat bisiden a doun [MS. adoun] was.
A lyoun þai seye cominde þo,
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Bot a smal pas no miȝt he go,
Wiþ ȝenende mouþe, & weri he was.
Gij þat seye & seyd, 'allas!
Whi, no haddestow help non?'
Ac þat lyon [MS. foly] þai dradden ichon,
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For wiþ a dragoun he hade y-fouȝt,
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& ouercomen he was nere him þouȝt.
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Gij anon asked his stede þo,
His spere, & his swerd also:
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In his hond a gode swerd he bar;
Þat y-seye alle þat þer war.
When þe dragoun seye com Gij
Þe lyoun he forlett, & gan him sayly.
Wiþ open mouþe oȝaines him he come;
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Gij bar his spere oȝaines him anon:
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In-to his þrote he it þrest wiþ strengþe;
In his bodi was alle his schaft lengþe,
Þat ded to grounde he feld him þo.
What schuld y make tales mo?
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He smot of þe heued, & went oway,
& come to þemperour so sone so he may,
Gyoun, wiþ riȝt gode wille:
Þe lyoun after him folweþ snelle. [C line 3890]
Biforn him he goþ swiþe sket,
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& folwed him at his stede fet.
His fet he licked, so ȝede he neye,
& lepe vp on his stede an heye,
& seþþe he lepe adoun anon, [folio 129a:a]
& made him gret joie opon.
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To þemperour is comen Gij,
Þat of him was glad, sikerli.
Alle þai bihelden þe lyoun,
& hadde gret joie bot þe feloun,
Morgadour þe steward,
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Þat euer was Gij oȝeinward.
A liþer tresoun þan þouȝt he,
Þat he wold þe lyoun sle.
Wiþ þat into þe cite þai ben y-gon;
Þemperour went vnto his tour of ston, [C line 3913]
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& Gij is to his in y-go:
Þe lyoun him folwed euer mo.
Biforn his bed he goþ to ligge,
Fram him he nold, for soþe to sigge.
So long þai riden her jurneys,
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And þurch riden þe cuntreys,
Þat to Costentin þai ben y-come.
Þemperour haþ Gij on speche y-nome,
& seyd, 'Gij, make þe redi:
Tomorwe þou schalt mi douhter weddi.'
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Wel sweteliche him answerd sir Gij,
'Sir emperour, mow gramerci!'