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 2, 2024.

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WHANNE they had ete and dronke to, In grete gladnesse they were tho. Thanne seide the Erle Terry: 'For loue y prey the, sir Guy, That thou to my Contree come with me, [Caius MS. 107 page 127] Line 4995 As we sworne brethern bee. My fader to helpe we vs spede; For to helpe he hath grete nede.'

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'I shall the neuere faille,' quoth Guy, 'While the lif lasteth in my body.' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Full gladde was therle Aubry For the comyng of his sone Terry, Line 5020 And ouere all other of Guyes comyng, That good knyght was, withoute lesing. So longe to bataille they been goo, That betwene theim moche sorowe is doo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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