THE EMPEROUR was full gladde tho
That ouere-come thus was his foo.
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Goo he woll to the Ryuere,
To pley him and to solace there.
The Emperour sente for [his fowlis] thoo, [Caius MS. 107 page 89]
Ostreyes and faukons, girfaukes also.
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Sethe he sente for his knyghtes,
That good were and curteys.
To Ryuer they been goon
All, bot Guy is lefte at hoom.
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Tho come to him Morgadour,
That Styward was with the Emperour.
To Guy he seide: 'my frende dere,
With herte y loue the in good manere.
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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Moche y desire thy loue to haue,
And therof hertly y the craue:
And in-to the Chambre lete vs goo,
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Amonges the maydens some sportes to doo
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Before thy lemman, Clarice the free,
Themperours doughter of bright blee,
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Whiles the Emperour is to wode goo,
To chace the herte and the Roo.'
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In-to the Chambre they wente thoo
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Honde in honde bothe twoo.
To the maide they come withoute lette,
That curteisly theim hath grette.
'Sir Guy,' she seide, 'welcome thou bee!
Is it thy wille, come sitte by me.'
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He toke that mayde and hir kiste:
That forthoughte the Styward in his breste;
For he hir had loued many a daye,
Wenyng to haue spoused that faire maye.
Than at Chequer with the meyne
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Before that maide pleyden they.
The first game they haue sette, [Caius MS. 107 page 90]
And the Styward it loste withoute lette.
Than another anone they haue begonne,
And that also hath Guy wonne,
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And the Styward vp roosse thoo:
Wrothe and angry he was also.
'Guy,' quoth he, 'y leue the here,
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Thy self and Clarice pley in fere,
Till that y come ayene.'
'It shalbee doo,' quoth Guy, 'certen.'
Oute wente him Morgadour,
And at the stable he toke a chasour,
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And to the Emperour he gooth right.
And, whan the Emperour had of him sight:
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'Why comest thou so yerne priking?
Telle me withoute lesyng.
Yf thou of the Sarasyns here aught,
Telle it me and concele naught.'
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