'SIR GUY,' quoth the Erle tho,
'Failleth the aught that y may doo,
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Golde or siluer or highe stede,
To passe the see yf thou haue nede?
Sir Guy, lete bee all this,
And thou shalt haue all that nedefull is,
To chase the herte and the hynde,
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And to pley vnder the wode lynde:
Of all thinge thou shalt haue plentee,
And abide at home, y bidde the.
We shull wende bothe in feere
And pleye vs in wode and by Ryueer.
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All by tymes thou may ouere wende:
Thou hast not soiourned a moneth to the ende.'
'Mikel thanke,' quoth Guy tho;
'For sothe so may it not goo.'
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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"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 22, 2025.
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Page 71
His leeue he toke withoute more;
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The erle it forthoughte full sore.
He gooth him to his fader thoo,
That for his goyng was full woo:
'Fader,' quoth Guy, 'goo y wille:
For noo thing y woll lette by skille;
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Yiue me leeue, y woll not spare
Ouer the See for to fare,
To wynne pris and losse also, [Caius MS. 107 page 39]
As a yonge man in his youghte shuld doo.
To abide longe in this contree
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It is not worthe noo thing to me;
For a yonge man that is mighti
In his youthe shuld make bowne and redy,
So that in age he may bee preised,
And so to honour to bee arreised.
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Whiles that y am yonge and lighte,
My name y shall encrese by my mighte.'