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

                                
                                  Oþer on fot, oþer on hond,
                                
                                  Oþer opon arm coruen wiþ brond.
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                                  ¶ Wiþ þat come an amiral prikeinge,
                                
                                  Newe dubbed he was, wiþ-outen lesing;
                                
                                  To þe soudan he is y-come,
                                
                                  Þurch þe bodi he haþ woundes some.
                                
                                  'Sir,' he seyd, 'hennes we go:
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                                  No sestow al our folk slo?
                                
                                  Bi þousendes þou sest hem to deþ ligge;
                                
                                  Our godes ous hateþ, for soþe to sigge.
                                
                                  Þou sest Mahoun ne Apolin
                                
                                  Be nouȝt worþ þe brestel of a swin.
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                                  Anon riȝtes wiþdrawe þou þe,
                                
                                  & to þi pauiloun þou fle;
                                
                                  Alle þe wounded þou do wiþ þe lede;
                                
                                  Ȝete þai may þe help & rede.
                                
                                  Þi rereban þou do of-sende;
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                                  To awreke [þe] þou haue in mende.'
                                
                                  Anon þai hem wiþdrawe and ben ouer-come;
                                
                                  Sori þai ben alle & some.
                                
                                  Þe soudan dede biforn him bring [folio 126b:a] 
                                
                                  Alle his godes, wiþouten lesing:
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                                  Toward hem he is wel wroþ,
                                
                                  Do he wil hem harm & loþ:
                                
                                  'A ȝe [ȝe on an erasure.]  fals godes vnwreste!
                                
                                  Sone ȝou tit a liþer [MS. alither]  feste.
                                
                                  Oȝain ous ȝe ben of wicked mode:
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                                  Schame ȝe don ous & no gode.
                                
                                  Ȝe don ous alder-werst to spede
                                
                                  When þat we han mest nede.
                                
                                  Fy, fy,' he seyd, 'on [þe], Apolin!
                                
                                  Þou schalt haue wel iuel fin,
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                                  & þou, Ternagaunt, also:
                                
                                  Michel schame schal com ȝou to;
                                
                                  & þou, Mahoun, her alder lord,
                                
                                  Þou nart nouȝt worþ a tord!

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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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