Now wyll we speke of syr Gye,
As we fynde in storye:
At all seyntes he had bene
In Costantyne þorow and bedene.
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He thoght in hys harte yare
Into Ynglonde for to fare:
Hys wey he hath sone tane.
So longe on hys wey hath he gane
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Bothe wyth trauell and wyth payne,
That comen he was to Almayne.
¶ As he came on a day,
In that wylde cuntraye
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A cros he fonde standynge
And thervndur a pylgryme syttynge.
He made sorowe on all thynge,
And euyr he seyde wyth mornynge:
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'Allas, my sorowe, þat arte [The Caius MS. p. 203, has ys, which appears to be right.] so stronge,
And my lyfe, that lastyth so longe.'
¶ When Gye þat sawe, he had pyte
And seyde to hym wyth herte free:
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The romance of Guy of Warwick. The second or 15th-century version. Edited from the paper ms. Ff. 2. 38. in the University Library, Cambridge, by Dr. Julius Zupitza ...
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- The romance of Guy of Warwick. The second or 15th-century version. Edited from the paper ms. Ff. 2. 38. in the University Library, Cambridge, by Dr. Julius Zupitza ...
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"The romance of Guy of Warwick. The second or 15th-century version. Edited from the paper ms. Ff. 2. 38. in the University Library, Cambridge, by Dr. Julius Zupitza ..." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ANZ4364.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 7, 2025.
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Page 252
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'Y bydde the for my loue nowe,
So god the slake of thy sorowe,
Thou me telle wyth gode harte,
Fro whens þou came and what thou art.'
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¶ He answeryd, as he myght:
'Yf y tolde the anon ryght,
Thou woldyst of me haue pyte,
And y schulde neuyr þe better bee.'
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Tho Gye answeryd and seyde: 'nay,
Y may þe comforte, par ma faye. [folio 217b:2]
Par auenture y myght þe say,
How þy sorowe may passe away.
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Hyt befallyth to trauelde men
Eyther other some gode to kenne.'
Tho seyde þe palmer: 'soþe seye ye.
Almes hyt were to teche me.
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Lefe syr, now wyll y telle
All my sorowe, how that [how that omitted in MS. Cf. the Caius MS. p. 203, All my sorrow how that hyt befell.] hyt felle.
¶ I was a knyght of ryche lande
And castels and towres in my hande.
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Of gode y had grete plente:
All þat londe had drede of me.
In crystendome þer was no lande,
But y was preysed of my hande.
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Y was bothe kynde and hende
And also y had mony a frende.
Golde y had grete plente
And helde mony meyne.
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Now haue y not an halpenye
My mete nor drynke for to bye.
Y am nowe a pore caytyfe:
Hyt ys wonder, y haue my lyfe.'
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For sorowe myght he speke no more,
For sorowe and for wepynge sore.
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'Lo here my sorowe, let be þy fare:
Aske me now of thys no mare,
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What y hyght or fro whens y came;
For to telle me thynkyth hyt schame.
Yf y my lyfe to þe schulde telle,
To longe here schulde y dwelle.
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Whereto aske ye me soche thynge?
Thou mayste not me fro sorowe brynge.
I had leuyr haue some mete;
For y haue grete myster to ete.'
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¶ Gye seyde: 'pylgryme, so mote þou the,
And for goddys loue in trynyte,
Telle me þy name, and lye noght,
And why þou art in soche state broght.
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And Iesu, that ys myn affyawnce, [folio 218a:1]
May happe to geue þe ryȝt gode chaunce.
And owre mete schall y bye:
Ȝyt y haue lefte a penye.'
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He answeryd: 'y schall the saye.
I wyll not lye, be my faye.