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

Gij forþ goþ, & þai bileue þare, [C line 899] Þat for hym hadde miche care. To þe se he is y-come, [folio 114a:1] Gode winde he haþ atte frome. Y-comen he is in-to Normundye, Line 1255 Kniȝtschip he schewed on hye. Þennes he went in-to Speyne; Nis turnament non in-to Almeyne, Þat Gij no haþ þer-at y-be, & michel y-preised so is he. Line 1260 Þennes to Lombardye he went; Þer ben þe iustes & þe turnament, Þer he dede him preyse miche, Þe Lombardes him loued inliche; He was large, curteys, & fre: Line 1265 Of miche miȝt so was he. [C line 918]
Of an vnsele y may ȝou telle, & ȝe wil a stounde [MS. astounde] duelle: As he cam fram a turnament Þat was biside Bonevent, Line 1270 In þe bodi wounded he was: Þat sore him greued [The second e of greued over the line.] no wonder it nas. ¶ Þan bithouȝt him þe douk Otoun, [MS. of toun.] Þat vnwrast was, & feloun, Þat he wald ben awreke þat day Line 1275 Of Gij of Warwike, ȝif he may; For he him wounded in a turnament, As ichaue herd telle verrament; Þer-fore Gij him was swiþe loþ, & wel depe he swore his oþ Line 1280 Þat he of him awreke wald be Er þan he wende out of þat cuntre.
When þe douke Otus y-seye þat cas, [C line 927] Þat Gij so sore wounded was, Þerl Lambard he cleped to him Line 1285 (A kniȝt he was stout & grim),
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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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