THANNE the Almaignes were thus wente
Discomfited in the feelde and shente,
The Duke Segwyn than wente, as ye may see,
The right wey to the Citee;
And Guy of Warrewik with him is goo,
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And all their felawes with theim also.
With theim they lede their prisounes, [prisouners MS.]
Dukes, Erles, and also Barounes.
Full glad and blithe all they bee,
And all that were in the Citee.
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To their Innes they bee goon
Full gladde and ioyefull euerychoon.
The Duke him wente to his toure:
His prisouners he lokked with grete honoure
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 23, 2025.
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Page 135
Than, [The?] Duke Reyner of Cessoigne,
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And the Erle Waldemer of Coloigne,
And with theim Conrad the Stywarde,
That good knyght was and not a-ferde.
With him to ete he theim dude,
And gretly theim he than worshipped.
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The Duke his Suster cleped him to,
The fairest maide that on erthe might goo.
'Thise prisouners thou take to the, [Caius MS. 107 page 72]
And in thy Chambre thou kepe theim me,
. . . . .
. . . . .
And ouer all other the Duke Reyner,
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That to me is leef and deer.'
'Sir,' she seide, 'y shall so
To kepe theim my might doo.'
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