'MERCY, SIR Guy,' quoth the Emperour tho.
'Yf any of myn haue the mysdoo,
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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- 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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Suche right y shall the doo as thou wilt,
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To make the amendes well for the [thy MS.] gylt;
For all they shull thy men bee,
And at thy wille serue the.
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And to-morowe right eerly
Thou shalt my doughter spousy.'
Guy answerd: 'therof speke nought:
Hir to take y am not in thought;
For, and ye hir had me yiue,
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To haue and holde whiles y [ye MS.] lyue,
Than wolde thy men sey echoon,
That wonderfull bee many oon,
That ye had with dishonour
Of a pouere man made their Emperour.
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Leuer me is a litell with worship
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Than moche to welde with shenship.
Therfor, sir, forsothe y the telle, [Caius MS. 107 page 115]
With you noo lenger woll y duelle.
Wende y shall in-to my contree,
All my frendes for to see.'
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His leeue he tooke with that speche:
'Sir, all-mighti god y you beteche.'
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Now Guy of the Emperour his leeue take hath,
And he all weping him it yaf,
And at the knyghtes of the Citee,
Of theim all his leeue toke he.
Ther men might see folke sorowyng
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For Guy that was fro theim goyng,
And women and children many oon:
For him they wepe euerychoon;
For, whiles that he was with theim in that stede,
Of noon Enmyes they durste drede.
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