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

                                  
                                    Tho ther com a good fysshere
                                  
                                    Fyshyng be sir Gye nere.
                                  
                                    The bed he saw far by fletand:
                                  
                                    He turned hys bot, and went nere-hand.
                                  
                                    Wondir he had what hyt were
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                                    That in the see com fletyng there.
                                  
                                    He coniured hyt in all manere,
                                  
                                    When that he was comyn hyt nere:
                                  
                                    What he was he shuld saye,
                                  
                                    And yf he levyd on goddys laye.
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                                    Vp he lyfte hys heed sir Gye,
                                  
                                    And to the fyssher he spake in hye:
                                  
                                    'My frend,' quod Gye, 'have thow no dred;
                                  
                                    I leve in god, so god me spede.'
                                  
                                    Quod the fysher, 'art thow of this cite?'
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                                    'Yea, so god me sped,' seyd he.
                                  
                                    'Thynkest thow not on that fyght [Caius MS. 107 page 229] 
                                  
                                    Be-twene the pylgryme and the knyȝt
                                  
                                    That the Emperoure dyd make
                                  
                                    Yesterday for terry ys sake?'
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                                    'For-soth,' quod he, 'I saw full ryȝt
                                  
                                    The bateyle tyll the derke nyȝt.
                                  
                                    The emperoure dyd departe hem late:
                                  
                                    He kept the pylgryme at the gate.'
                                  
                                    'And I am,' seyd Gye, 'that ylke pilgryme
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                                    That faught ageynst Duke berrardyne.
                                  
                                    We were departyd yesternyȝt,
                                  
                                    For we myȝt se no lenger for to fyȝt.
                                  
                                    In-to a chambre I was brought:
                                  
                                    Of treason had I lytill thought.
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                                    Into this bed was I done:
                                  
                                    I was wery, and slept full sone.
                                  
                                    I was be-trayed, I note howe:
                                  
                                    My dere frend, helpe me nowe.
                                  
                                    For the trouth god yave the,
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                                    Att thys tyme have rewth on 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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