The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.

                                  
                                    WITH THAT come a Lombard ride,
                                  
                                    As a man of grete pride.
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                                    'Guy,' quoth he, 'yelde the anone,
                                  
                                    Or ye bee dede euerychone.
                                  
                                    To the Duke Otes y haue the plighte,
                                  
                                    Thy body to bringe him anone righte.'
                                  
                                    The Lombard was hote withoute lette,
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                                    And Guy him hath with harme grette;
                                  
                                    He ne spared for noo drede,
                                  
                                    That deed he felled him in the mede.
                                  
                                    'By the trouth,' quoth Guy, 'that y shall my lemman yelde,
                                  
                                    Thou shalt not thy trouth to the Duke holde.'
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                                    To another lombarde he smote anone,
                                  
                                    That thurgh the body his swerde gan goone:
                                  
                                    'Nor thou, traitour, thou ne shall me lede
                                  
                                    To thy Duke that is so full of quede,
                                  
                                    Nor to his prisoun for the bee broughte.' [Caius MS. 107 page 44] 
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                                    Heraude smote to another and spared noughte,
                                  
                                    That thurgh the swerde glode:
                                  
                                    Deed he felled him withoute bode.
                                  
                                    Than come Toraude, a good knyghte:
                                  
                                    Swithe good he was in fighte.
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                                    With a lombarde he so mette,
                                  
                                    And so well he his stroke besette,
                                  
                                    That the heed fro the body fleighe:
                                  
                                    He smote his shuldres alowe so neighe.
                                  
                                    With that come Vrry priking
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                                    (A better knyght might noman fynde),
                                  
                                    To a lombarde he smote so,
                                  
                                    That thurgh the body his swerde gan goo:
                                  
                                    So he smote him, the sothe to sey,
                                  
                                    That deed he felled him in the wey;
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                                    And than he seide: 'thou ne Otoun
                                  
                                    Ne shall vs bringe in-to your prison.'
                                  
                                    There might men see fighte begynne,
                                  
                                    Hedes clouen downe to the chynne.

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Title: The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.
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Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, & co., limited,; 1883, 1887, 1891.
Subject terms: Guy of Warwick (Legendary character)

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