'Lordinges,' seyd þe douke Otoun, [of toun MS.] [C line 5349]
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'Vnder-stond now to mi resoun.
Ȝe wite wel þat Tirri, þat is here,
Haþ agilt þe douk Loere,
Þat him forþ brouȝt, & armes him ȝaf:
Iuel ȝolden he it him haþ,
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Now he bringeþ vncouþe folk miche
Opon his lond so dedliche.
Ac ichaue þe douke bisouȝt,
& mine feren hider brouȝt,
Þat forȝif it be him euermo;
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& gret worþschipe he wil him do:
His douhter he wille him ȝiue,
& gret worþschip while [i in while above the line.] þat he liue.
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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- 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 21, 2025.
Pages
Page 306
And ichil wiþ Tirri wende: [folio 137b:a]
Henneforward we schul be frende.
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Ȝete vnderstond,' seyd sir Otoun,
'Bifor ȝou alle y biseke sir Gyoun,
Ȝif ich him haue ouȝt misdo,
Amenden ichil wele þerto:
Bi so þat he wille kisse me,
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Euer eft we schul frendes be.'
'Lat be,' seyd sir Gij þe fre,
'No wille ichaue no cosse wiþ þe:
In Lombardye þou bitraydest me,
& min men þou dest sle.
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Ac kisse þou schalt þerl Aubri,
& wiþ him þou schalt acordi.'
¶ Þan seyd þe douk Loer:
'Vnderstond now, ȝe þat ben here,
Þat þerl sir Tirri,
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Aubri sone, þat is her bi,
He þat maiden Oysel schal spouse
In godes lawe vnto his house.
Acorded we ben of þat dede,
& forȝeuen al hatrede.'
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Þan haþ þe douke y-kist Tirri
For gret traisoun, & nouȝt freli.
Gij & Herhaud held hem in pays:
Hye no kist Lombard no Tyays,
Ac þe Loreins þai kist,
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& þe douke Loyer att [An erasure be|fore att.] first;
Ac Otus no kist þai nouȝt:
Þai no hadde to him no gode þouȝt.