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

                                
                                  Of loue he bi-ment strongliche
                                
                                  For whom þat he loued so miche:
                                
                                  'Loue,' he seyd, 'slake now mi sore
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                                  Þat is dedeliche, as y seyd ore.
                                
                                  Loue of þis ȝongling
                                
                                  Makeþ me iuel fonding.
                                
                                  Loue, bring me of þis wodenisse,
                                
                                  & bring me in to sum lisse,
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                                  For to reste me aþrowe,
                                
                                  Þat y miȝt meseluen knowe.
                                
                                  Sore me meneþ, for me smert,
                                
                                  Miche care is in mine hert,
                                
                                  Michel ich am y-cast of miȝt
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                                  Al to fer wiþ vnriȝt.
                                
                                  Loue me doþ to grounde falle,
                                
                                  Þat y ne may stond stef wiþ alle.
                                
                                  Loue doþ min cloþes done,
                                
                                  & after me clepeþ 'wreche' sone.
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                                  Hou schal y liue? hou schal y fare?
                                
                                  Hou long schal y liuen in care?
                                
                                  Leuest þing me were to dye,
                                
                                  & ich wist bi wiche weye.
                                
                                  Deþ,' he seyd, 'wher artow so long?
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                                  Þou makest me y may nouȝt stond.
                                
                                  Þou makest me out of þe way to gon;
                                
                                  Whi ne comestow to feche me anon?
                                
                                  Worþi ich were ded to be:
                                
                                  Y loue þing þat loueþ nouȝt me.
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                                  Herkeneþ now hou seiþ þe wise:
                                
                                  Y schal ȝou schewe bi þis asise.
                                
                                  For a fole he schal him held
                                
                                  Þat takeþ more þan he may weld.
                                
                                  To a fenestre þan Gij is go, [folio 109b:2] 
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                                  Biheld þe castel, þe tour also. [C line 269] 
                                
                                  'Tour,' he seyd, 'feir artow bisett!
                                
                                  In þe is þat maiden bischett

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Title: The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.
Canvas: Page 26
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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