ON A DAYE as Guy come fro dere sheting
By a cooste he sawe a shippe aryving.
Thiderwardes he is goon:
Faire he grette the maryners echoon.
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 20, 2025.
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Page 165
'Lordingis,' he seide, 'of whense come ye,
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That in this contree thus arriued bee?
By your semblant y see, y-wis,
That ye lede grete richesse.'
Amonges theim all ther spake oon,
That well kouthe speke for theim, anoon:
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'Fro Constantyn-noble come bee we,
Londe of pees to seche, in verite.
Marchantis we been of that lande,
And oute driuen with stronge hande;
For of Coyne the riche sowdan
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(Proude he is, and of grete boban),
He hath with him fiftene kynges,
And .xxx.ti admirallis, withoute lesinges.
In-to Constantyn-noble the Emperour flowen is,
And they haue him beseged, y-wys.
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There is him lefte noon other Citee,
Bot all haue destroied withoute pitee.
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Fro thense we might eskape vnnethe, [Caius MS. 107 page 84]
Bot were well nyghe broughte to dethe.
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Come we bee thus in-to this contree:
Voir and grys enough lede we,
Golde and siluer and riche stones,
That vertues bereth for the nones.
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Suche bee the tidingis of that contree.'
Than answerd Guy: 'my frendis free,
