GUYE of Warrewik than vpryste:
'Sir Emperour, by my lorde Criste,
This message,' quoth he thoo,
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'With goddis helpe y shall it well doo.'
The Emperour seide: 'that shalt thou nought:
Thider goo haue thou noo thought.'
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Thanne answerd Guy, as y you telle:
'By god, sir, y it leue nelle,
Bot y woll this message doo,
To dye or y thense goo.'
With that he toke his leeue of theim all,
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And wente him forthe oute of the hall.
For him they bidde, knyght and baron,
To god, that suffred passion,
Shuld saue him fro combringe,
And him ayene sauf bringe.
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Guy come to his ynne in a stounde,
His felawes he hath all drowping founde.
'What, lordingis,' he seide, 'how is it nowe?
All-mighti god y beteche you.'
'Sir,' quoth heraude, 'y shall with the goo; [Caius MS. 107 page 103]
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For, yf thou dye, y shall also.'
Guy answerd: 'so may it not bee.
I shall goo: pray thou for me.'
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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His armes he asked hastely,
And men theim broughte gentilly.
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Than he girde him with his bronde,
That was made in eluyssh londe.
A sheelde aboute his swere he toke,
To horse he leepe withoute stirope,
In his hande he bare his spere keruyng,
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And oute of the Citee he wente ryding.
All the folke of the Citee
For him wepte for pitee,
And preyde hertly for his gayne-comyng,
And that the sowdan shuld haue euyl ending.
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