GUYE cleped to him his chiefenteyn,
With good wille to him gan seyn:
'Lorde god, thanked he bee!
A Faire grace nowe haue we,
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That the sarasyns bee thus ouerecome.
Wende we to the Citee nowe sone.'
Whan they to the Cytee were come ayene,
To the Emperour welcome they been,
And namely Guy, the good knyght,
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Most was worshipped, and that was right.
Whan that sawe Morgadour,
That Styward was with the Emperour,
That Guy was come home thoo,
And that the Emperour loued him so,
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Than he bethoughte him, the sothe to sey,
How he might Guy best betraye.
On felonye he bethoughte thoo,
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That Guy shulde on message goo.
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Thanne he seide to the Emperour: [Caius MS. 107 page 101]
'Sir,' quoth he, 'paramour,
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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.
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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 21, 2025.
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Page 217
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Yf thy wille bee, herken me:
Good counsaille y shall yiue the.'
'Now lete see,' quoth the Emperour.
'Vnderstonde me,' quoth Morgadour.
'The sowdan hath for his folke sente:
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In-to all paynym the sonde is wente.
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So moche folke he hath for-sente,
The to besege verament.
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To him, y rede, thou sende thy sonde
In sauacion of the and all thy londe,
That loue and pees bee betwene you two,
Till all this rancour bee a-goo.'
'Who durste,' quoth the Emperour, 'thider wende?
'Sir, a good knyght hardy and hen le
Of thy house, y the aplighte,
Guy of Warrewik of grete mighte,
And heraude, that other the beste:
In theim two thou mav well truste.'
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The Emperour seide: 'Morgadour, bee stille:
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Toward Guy thou hast euyl wille.
He ne shall on suche message wende,
Bot for my barons y shall sende.'