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

                                
                                  I seyd none other thyng
                                
                                  Here vnto my lord the kyng,
                                
                                  But with synne and vnryght
                                
                                  Ye have dystroyed terry the knyȝt,
                                
                                  And chasyd hym owte of this land,
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                                  For that ye beryth hym wrong on hand,
                                
                                  That your cosyn shuld be dede
                                
                                  Thorough hym and thorough hys rede:
                                
                                  Ofte I have herd trewlye
                                
                                  1[That he was nothynge geltye.'
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                                  Then spake þe dewke wyth yre,
                                
                                  'Be god, that made water and fyre,]1 [1_1 These three lines, wanting in the Caius MS., are taken from the MS. in the University Library, Cambridge, ll. 9234-6.] 
                                
                                  That thow were that ilke knyȝt
                                
                                  That durst for sir terry fyght!'
                                
                                  Gye answeryd with-owte more
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                                  (He saw the Duke agrevyd sore),
                                
                                  He seyd, 'yf my lord the emperoure wyll [Caius MS. 107 page 219] 
                                
                                  Fyndyn [Fyndyth MS.]  me that longith tyll,
                                
                                  Lo me here, sir, all redye
                                
                                  To take the bateyle for sir terrye.
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                                  He slew neuer the Duke Otoun,
                                
                                  The false Duke, that wyked glotoune.'
                                
                                  Quod Gye to the emperoure,
                                
                                  'Have here my wed, for your honoure:
                                
                                  With hym, for-soth, wyll I fyght,
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                                  And help sir terry in hys ryght.'
                                
                                  The Emperoure with mornyng chere
                                
                                  Toke the wed of Gye there.
                                
                                  He seyd, 'pylgrym, so god the save,
                                
                                  All that the nedyth thow shalt have.'
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                                  With that he began to sygh sore,
                                
                                  So dyd all that there wore.

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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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