Oȝainward him went sir Gij
So is þe gode erl Tirri. [C line 5103]
Þe Lombardes þai han ouercome,
What y-slawe [a added above the line.] & y-nome.
After Herhaud he asked þo,
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Whare he is, & whider y-go.
A kniȝt it seyd him anon
Out of þe scomfite he was y-gon
Strongliche a kniȝt driueing,
Þe douk Otus bi his witeing.
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'God, merci,' þan Gij seyd,
'Be mi frende ded, icham bitreyd,
Herhaud þat so loued me:
For no þing may y comfort be.
Lordinges,' he seyd, 'ginneþ ȝe to gon,
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& lede ȝour prisouns wiþ ȝou anon,
& Herhaud ich seche wille;
Niȝt no day swiken y nille,
Liues or deþes þat ich him se:
Ȝif ich him lese wo is me.
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Com wiþ me, felawe Tirri,
Hastiliche Herhaud to socouri.'
Wiþ scharp spors þai smiten her stede, [C line 5125]
& sprongen forþ so spark on glede.
Swiþe þai priked, for soþe to sigge,
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Chalaunge on Herhaud to legge.
At an ende of þe ost bihalt Gij þo
Þe douk of Paui, hou he is y-go,
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 300
& þat Herhaud was y-nome:
Gret sor was [sorwas MS.] at his hert y-come.
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'God,' [bi added before god in a later hand.] quaþ Gij, 'Herhaud y se
Among his fon: nomen is he.
Go we smite to hem, Tirri: [folio 136b:a]
For dout of deþ spare nil y.
So gode a kniȝt leten y nille.'
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Herhaud þai socourd snelle.
To a Lombard smot sir Gij, [C line 5139]
& feld him & his fere him by.
Tirri anoþer smite bigan,
Þat ded he feld boþe hors & man.
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Swerdes þai drowen, wiþ-outen feyle,
Wharwiþ was wrouȝt mani batayle.
Þai hewe and slouȝ wiþ gret hete:
So mani þer þe liif forlete.
Herhaud þai socourd mididone,
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A gode swerd þai toke him sone.
Toward his ost þe douke heyeþ bliue, [C line 5151]
& Gij after him gan driue.
A strok him ȝaf sir Gyoun:
Bitvene þe bodi & þe arsoun
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Þe dint of þat strok aliȝt:
Þe stede he smot adoun riȝt.
Kniȝtes þan out of þat ost
To Gij lopen wiþ michel bost:
Þurch þat gret ost went Gij snelle
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Þe Lombardes him folwed wiþ gode wille.
Tirri & Herhaud her ost metten þere,
& of hem michel awonderd were,
Hou hij [hij seems altered from he.] fram þe ost aschaped is:
Of hem þai hadden gret blis.
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Gij, & Tirri, and Herhaud also
Oȝain to þe cite þai ben y-go,
& þe citiseins of þat cite
Wel often god þonkeden he.