'Sir,' he seyd, 'a maiden it is
Þat Herhaud fond, wel feir, y-wis,
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Vnder an hawe-þorn in þe forest.'
Quaþ Gij, 'fete hir to me in hast,
Swiþe þat ich miȝt hir se.
Now hastiliche bringeþ hir to me.'
Þe chaumberleyn is forþ y-gon,
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& brouȝt hir bi-forn hem anon.
Gij hir knewe, & gan hir gret,
'Welcome be þou, mi lef swete,'
As sche was into þe halle y-come,
Wepeinde & sorwende vnder-nome.
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Wiþ þat hij seye þat bodi, y-wis, [C line 4645]
Liggend on a pal of pris.
¶ 'A, leman Tirri,' quaþ sche þo,
'What, y se þi neb al blo,
Þat so white of colour was:
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Þi better neuer y-born nas.
In wroched time mi bodi þou say,
When þou schalt for me day.
Dye ich-il forþ wiþ þe:
For sorwe liues no may y be.
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Bot y may dye ichil me quelle:
Leng [e seems altered from i.] to libbe is nouȝt mi wille.
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)
- 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 20, 2025.
Pages
Page 280
Seþþen þou hast þi deþ for me,
For soþe dye ich-il for þe.'
When sche seye Tirri, hir leman,
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Ouer him sche fel aswon onan.
Gij hir in his armes nam,
& seyd to hir, 'mi leue leman,
No make þou nouȝt sorwe so miche:
Þi leman worþ hole hastiliche.'
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In þat cite þai bi-leued þere [folio 133a:b]
What Tirry was hole & fere.
To þe wode þai ben y-go:
Miche loue was bitven hem to.