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

                                
                                  Tvay swaines Gij clepeþ him to,
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                                  Anon he seyd to hem bo:
                                
                                  'This present ȝe schullen vnderfong,
                                
                                  & wende þer-wiþ into Inglond,
                                
                                  & present þer-wiþ bi mi word
                                
                                  Rohaut, mi kinde lord.'
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                                  & when þai herd what he hem hete, [C line 718] 
                                
                                  In her way þai dede hem skete,
                                
                                  & went þe[r]wiþ in-to Inglond,
                                
                                  & þerl Rohaut þer þai fond.
                                
                                  Þe gerfauk and þe gode stede,
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                                  Þe tvai grehoundes wiþ hem [MS. originally him.]  ȝede;
                                
                                  Þerl þai made þer-wiþ present,
                                
                                  Þat sir Gij wan in turnament.
                                
                                  & anon þai him teld
                                
                                  Gij was þe best in þe feld,
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                                  & þat he was best y-teld bi
                                
                                  Of al þe kniȝtes of Normandi.
                                
                                  . . . . . 
                                
                                  . . . . . 
                                
                                  . . . . . 
                                
                                  . . . . . 
                                
                                  Þerl þer-of wel glad he was, [C line 737] 
                                
                                  & þonked god of þat gras;
                                
                                  & Felice þe feir dede al-so,
                                
                                  When þe tiding come hir to;
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                                  And al his frendes eld and ȝing
                                
                                  Glad were of þat [d expunged after þat.]  tiding.
                                
                                  Nov Gij wendeþ in-to fer lond, [C line 743] 
                                
                                  More of auentours for to fond;
                                
                                  Forþ he went in-to Speyne, [MS. originally Speyine.]  [folio 113a:1] 
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                                  & after in-to Almeyne.
                                
                                  Þer nas noiþer turnament no burdis,
                                
                                  Þat Gij þer-of no wan þe priis.
                                
                                  He was out al þat ȝer
                                
                                  In mani londes fer & ner,

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Title: The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.
Canvas: Page 60
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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