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 ...

                                
                                  From now forwarde, y bydde the,
                                
                                  That þou bothe lorde and syre bee.
                                
                                  All schall be at þy comawndemente, [folio 172a:1] 
                                
                                  Into what stedde that they be sente.
                                  Line 1696 
                                
                                  I wyll do aftur yowre avyse
                                
                                  And venge me on myn enmyes.'
                                
                                  'Thou art a curtes man,' quod Gye;
                                
                                  'Syr dewke,' he seyde, 'gramercy.
                                  Line 1700 
                                
                                  Y schall yow helpe wyth all my myght
                                
                                  Wyth gode cowncell to venge the ryght.'
                                
                                  ¶ He hath yeuyn hym hys powere
                                
                                  Of all, that he hath far and nere,
                                  Line 1704 
                                
                                  He hath geuyn Gye into hys honde
                                
                                  And made hym lorde ouyr hys londe.
                                
                                  He wenyth be hys cownceyle [MS. cowncell.] 
                                
                                  To acorde wyth þe emperowre, sawns fayle.
                                  Line 1708 
                                
                                  There they spake togedur stylle,
                                
                                  How þey myght gete ther wylle.
                                
                                  ¶ Gye sendyth now a messengere,
                                
                                  That was queynt on hys manere:
                                  Line 1712 
                                
                                  He sent into many a dyuers londe,
                                
                                  There he had bee before honde:
                                
                                  Knyghtys v hundurd, y vndurstonde,
                                
                                  There come to hym fro many a londe.
                                  Line 1716 
                                
                                  Wolde he nodur stynte nor blynne,
                                
                                  Or he þat londe wyth force myȝt [w blotted out before myȝt in MS.]  wynne.
                                
                                  Thorow Gye and hys cownceyle [MS. cowncell.] 
                                
                                  All he venged, wythowte fayle.
                                  Line 1720 
                                
                                  ¶ When þe emperowre all had harde
                                
                                  How Gye wyth þe dewke farde,
                                
                                  Hys stewarde to hys pryson tane, [Lines 1723 and 1724 must exchange places, I suppose.] 
                                
                                  And how he had hys men slane, [MS. slayne.] 
                                  Line 1724 
                                
                                  He had grete sorowe and care

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