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 ...

                                
                                  I harde neuer man speke wyth mowthe,
                                
                                  That anythynge telle cowthe
                                
                                  Of Harrowde odur of syr Gye:
                                
                                  Therfore a sory man am y.
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                                  Gyes men tolde me on a day,
                                
                                  For sothe, syr, as y the say,
                                
                                  That Gye was in exsyle wente:
                                
                                  In holy weyes was hys entente.
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                                  And Harrowde aftur hym ys gone
                                
                                  For to seke hym, be seynt Iohan.
                                
                                  Longe dwellyd y there noght
                                
                                  And many landys syth haue y soght. [folio 210b:1] 
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                                  I myght neuer fynde no wyght
                                
                                  That cowde telle me of that knyght.
                                
                                  ¶ Now come y hedur thys ylke day
                                
                                  And restyd me be the way.
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                                  Hyt ys xii monythys and mo, [MS. more.] 
                                
                                  Syth y the kynge wente fro. [MS. fore.] 
                                
                                  And now y wende to hym agayne,
                                
                                  Well y wote, for to be slayne:
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                                  For the dethe wyll y not flee
                                
                                  (I haue the tolde, how hyt wyll be);
                                
                                  For y haue my trowthe plyght,
                                
                                  That y schall come ageyne ryght.
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                                  Then, y wott, y schall be slone
                                
                                  And my sonnes euerychone.
                                
                                  Of my lyfe yeue y noght,
                                
                                  But for my sonnes ys all my thoght.
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                                  They were knyghtys bolde and wyght
                                
                                  And well defendyd þem in euery fyght.
                                
                                  Yf they [MS. y.]  myght leue and olde [MS. bolde.]  bee,
                                
                                  They [MS. I. Cf. Caius MS. p. 164:
Yf they myght leve and old men bee,They myght much helpe crystiante.
]  myght moche helpe crystyante.

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Title: 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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