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

                                
                                  For to lye me thought shame.
                                
                                  'In none contre ne in no londe
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                                  Is none that durste it take in honde
                                
                                  But it were Gye, the noble knyght,
                                
                                  That all men seyn ys so wyght.
                                
                                  Yf I myght hym fynde in eny contre [Caius MS. 107 page 162] 
                                
                                  Other herrawd, to fyght for the
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                                  Thow myghtist be seker, with-owt fayle,
                                
                                  For to wynne that bateyle.'
                                
                                  When the kyng, that stode me bye,
                                
                                  Herd speke of herrawd and of sir Gye,
                                
                                  Hys ryght hond he leyd on me,
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                                  And seyd, 'but I haue helpe of the
                                
                                  Shall I neuer of man levande
                                
                                  Haue helpe, I vndyrstonde.
                                
                                  Yf I myght haue sir Gye,
                                
                                  I were seker of the mastrye,
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                                  Other sir herrawd, the knyȝt herdye:
                                
                                  Be-fore all other I desyre sir Gye.'
                                
                                  He seyd, 'to englond shalt thow fare,
                                
                                  To loke yf he be founden thare.
                                
                                  Yf he may not fownden be,
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                                  Loke sir herrawd com with the:
                                
                                  I wyll then delyuer the owt of prison
                                
                                  And all thy sonnes with-oute rawmsom,
                                
                                  And thow shalte haue for thi seruice,
                                
                                  Yf thow wylte be ware and wyse,
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                                  And to me be both trew and hold,
                                
                                  Ten somers chargyd with gold.'
                                
                                  Then swere I there in all manere
                                
                                  To bene hys trew messyngere;
                                
                                  And yf I found of hem none,
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                                  I shuld com home alone:
                                
                                  I shuld be hangyd on a galow tree
                                
                                  And my fyftene sonnus with me.

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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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