Felice the feir answerd þo:
'Damisel,' sche seyd, 'whi seistow so?
Þou art to blame, al-so y se,
No-þing þer-mid no paistow me.
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Oft þou hast y-herd in speche
Þat we no schal no man biseche,
Ac men schul biseche wimen
In the feirest maner þat þai can,
& fond to speden ȝif þai may
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Boþe bi [MS. biniȝtes] niȝtes and bi day.'
Of his swouning he vpros þo;
Þe maiden him tok in armes to.
Felice seyd to Gij, 'þou dost folie,
Þatow wilt for mi loue dye;
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Schal y do mi fader of-sende?
I schal him telle word & ende,
Þat tow dost me litel worþschipe, [folio 110b:2]
When þou me desirest to schenschipe;
In his court he schal deme þe,
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& al to-lime, to queme me.'
¶ Gij answerd anon þer-to,
'God ȝeue þat it wer y-do,
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
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Þat of mi deþ þou haddest [MS. þouhaddest] wite!
Of mi liif is me bot lite;
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Redi ich am it to vnder-fong,
Be it wiþ riȝt, be it wiþ wrong.'
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¶ Felice hadde of him gret rewþe: [C line 341]
'Gij,' quod [sche], 'þou louest me in trewþe;
Al to michel þou art afoild,
Now þi blod it is acoild.
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Ac o thing y grant þe;
More no miȝtow asky me:
Þer nis leuedi, no maiden non,
In þis cuntre so wide so man may gon,
& tow louedest hir astow dost me
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Þat sche no wold grant hir loue to þe.'