Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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

¶ Sir Gij was wroþ anon fot hot, & Berard on þe helme he smot: To stond hadde he no space; For boþe helmes he carf atvo, & his heued he dede also 5 In midward of þe face. Þurch al his bodi þe swerd bot Into þe erþe wele half a fot, Þat seiȝe men in þe place. Þ[e s] [The letters in brackets blotted.] oule went fro þe bodi þere: 10 Þ[e fol]k [The letters in brackets blotted.] of þe cite wel glad were; Þ[ai] [The letters in brackets blotted.] þonked our lordes grace.
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The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, & co., limited,
1883, 1887, 1891.
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Guy of Warwick (Legendary character)

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