NOWE IS Guy in the wey
Towardis the sarasyns, as y you sey,
Well armed vpon his stede,
A launce he bare full good at nede.
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So nyghe the sarasyns come he is,
That he their pauylon sawe y-wis.
To the Sowdans pauylon he gan aspie
With an heron of golde stonding on highe.
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In-to that pauylon Guy is went
On horsebak, y telle you, verament.
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)
- Link to this Item
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- Cite this Item
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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.
Pages
Page 225
The Sowdan at mete was there:
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Of Guy ne was he not ware.
With the Sowdan ete kyngis ten:
A faire sighte it was to ken.
And Guy on horsbak sate there, [Caius MS. 107 page 104]
To theim he spake in this manere:
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'Now that god that duelleth on highe,
That all thing socoureth farre and nyghe,
And on the Rode suffred passion,
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Yiue you all his malison;
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And the first, sir Sowdan,
Cristes curse come the vpon!
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Vnderstonde, traitour, to my reeson:
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I am the Emperours garson,
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That by me hath sente his sonde,
And biddeth the to goo oute of his londe.
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