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

                                
                                  Both a squyer and a knyght,
                                
                                  And yaue hem treasure gret plente,
                                
                                  And bad hem wende be-yonde the see
                                
                                  To euery londe and euery towne,
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                                  To aspye tydyngis of sir Gyoune.
                                
                                  Herraud hym selfe forth ys gone,
                                
                                  Wede of palmer he toke vpone.
                                
                                  The Erle of Warwyke sone he fonde,
                                
                                  And by-toke hym all hys londe,
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                                  And seyd, 'in wede of a palmere
                                
                                  I wyll Gye seche fere and nere
                                
                                  In euery stede and in euery londe
                                
                                  There he hath bene in be-fore-hande.'
                                
                                  When the Erle saw herrawd so dyght,
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                                  'Thow arte,' he seyd, 'a trew knyght.'
                                
                                  Herrawd went forth, the Erle left there.
                                
                                  To the see he come full yare:
                                
                                  Shyp he founde and passyd in hye.
                                
                                  Comyn he ys into normandye,
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                                  From thense to fraunce and burgoyne,
                                
                                  To almayne and to sosayne:
                                
                                  Herd he neuer man speke with mouth
                                
                                  That owte of Gye tell cought.
                                
                                  Than he though[t] hym shente:
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                                  Into ynglond ys he wente.
                                
                                  All that londe was well sory,
                                
                                  For he myght not fynde sir Gye:
                                
                                  Kyngis, Erlys, and barouns, [Caius MS. 107 page 154] 
                                
                                  All made dole for sir Gyouns;

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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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