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

                                
                                  ¶ Þan bi-spac Otus of Paui
                                
                                  (To Gij he bar gret envie):
                                
                                  'No-þing, sir, desmay þou þe:
                                
                                  Ful wel we schul awreken be.
                                
                                  To morwe we schal to þe cite go
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                                  Wiþ a þousend kniȝtes & mo:
                                
                                  & ȝif þe treytours y-founden be,
                                
                                  We schul hem aseyle, y telle þe.
                                
                                  Euerichon þai worþen ded.'
                                
                                  Quaþ þe douk, 'þat is a gode red.'
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                                  Wel erliche þai arisen þo, [C line 4957] 
                                
                                  & to the cite þai ben y-go,
                                
                                  & a þousend kniȝtes in her compeynie,
                                
                                  Þe best þat were in Lombardye.
                                
                                  Alle þai þreten sir Gij,
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                                  Him for to slen & sir Tirri.
                                
                                  To-gider fast þai gun smite
                                
                                  Wiþ swerdes þat wil wele bite.
                                
                                  Als Gij com fro chirche go, [C line 4963] 
                                
                                  Into a pleyne he loked þo:
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                                  He seye þe doukes ost was neye:
                                
                                  So mani kniȝtes þer he seye.
                                
                                  Þan þerl Tirri he cleped him to,
                                
                                  & to him wiȝtliche spac þo:
                                
                                  'Sir erl,' he seyd, 'what schal we do?
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                                  Alle þe ost of Loreine y se, lo, [An erasure before lo.] 
                                
                                  Þe ost of Loreyne wele y-diȝt
                                
                                  Wiþ scheldes & wiþ brinis briȝt.
                                
                                  Þe douk of Paui is y-come, [folio 135a:a] 
                                
                                  By his armes y knowe þat gome.
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                                  Y no may him [he struck out after him.]  loue, he is mi fo:
                                
                                  Gret wille me comeþ oȝain him go.'
                                
                                  Þerl seyd, 'arme we ous euerichon:
                                
                                  A þousend kniȝtes schul wiþ ous gon.'
                                
                                  Gij him mett wiþ þerl Iordan, [C line 4995] 
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                                  Lord he was of alle Melan.

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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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