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 ...

                                
                                  There were hys felowes euerychon
                                
                                  Dubbed knyghtys be oon and oon.
                                
                                  ¶ The Erle at morne a feste made:
                                
                                  There were feele lordyngys glade.
                                  Line 424 
                                
                                  When þe knyghtys had etyn
                                
                                  And at þe borde longe setyn,
                                
                                  Vp they rose euerychone:
                                
                                  To þe chaumbur be þey goone.
                                  Line 428 
                                
                                  Gye hym went anon ryght
                                
                                  To Felyce, that swete wyght.
                                
                                  He seyde: 'lemman, for thy sake
                                
                                  Knyghtys ordur haue y take:
                                  Line 432 
                                
                                  For þe y am dubbyd knyght.
                                
                                  Do nowe, as þou me hyght.'
                                
                                  'Gye,' sche seyde, 'what wylt þou done?
                                
                                  Ȝyt haste þou not wonnen þy schone.
                                  Line 436 
                                
                                  Of a gode knyghtys mystere
                                
                                  Hyt ys the furste manere
                                
                                  Wyth some odur gode knyght
                                
                                  Odur to juste or to fyght.
                                  Line 440 
                                
                                  Goo and do thy cheualrye
                                
                                  And þen þou schalt lye me bye:
                                
                                  Then þou shalt haue þe loue of me
                                
                                  And at þy wylle my body shall be.'
                                  Line 444 
                                
                                  ¶ Gye toke hys leue of þat maye
                                
                                  And to þe halle he toke þe waye.
                                
                                  The Erle he fonde in the halle [folio 164a:1] 
                                
                                  And on hys kneys he can down falle.
                                  Line 448 
                                
                                  'Syr,' he seyde, 'gyf me leeue
                                
                                  For to go myselfe to preue.
                                
                                  I wyll fare to odur [d blotted out before odur in MS.]  londe
                                
                                  Dedes of armes for to fonde.'
                                  Line 452 
                                
                                  The Erle spake to Gye stylle:
                                
                                  'Gye,' he seyde, 'take all þy wylle.'
                                
                                  Gye toke hys leue þere in þe halle

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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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Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English Text Society, by N. Trübner & Co.,; 1875-6.

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