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

                                
                                  'What art thow that seyest such thyng? [Caius MS. 107 page 263] 
                                
                                  Art thow god, of hevyn kyng?'
                                
                                  'An angell of hevyn,' he seyd, 'I am:
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                                  Mighell,' he seyd, 'ys my name.
                                
                                  God hath me to the now sent:
                                
                                  Thow haste hym seruyd with good entent.
                                
                                  I shall come with angellys bryght,
                                
                                  And bryng thy sowle to hevyn lyȝt.'
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                                  When he had seyd forth he went:
                                
                                  Gye thankyd god of hys present.
                                
                                  He was glad of hys maundement
                                
                                  That god of hevyn hym had sent.
                                
                                  When the tyme was com nyȝe
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                                  That he wyste that he shuld dye,
                                
                                  To hym he clepyd hys page hend. [The e of hend altered from o.] 
                                
                                  'Fellow,' he seyd, 'thow must wende
                                
                                  To warwyke with-owten more.
                                
                                  The countes thow shalt fynd thore:
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                                  To her bere thys ylke rynge,
                                
                                  And she wyll the geve rych thyng;
                                
                                  And sey to her that ylke palmere
                                
                                  That ete to-forne her farne yere,
                                
                                  To whome she all her mete sent,
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                                  Both clarey and pyment,
                                
                                  Sendyth here thys ilke ryng
                                
                                  (And gretyth well her) to tokenyng.
                                
                                  When she may the ryng sene
                                
                                  She wyll hyt know, as I wene:
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                                  She wyll the askyn hastylye,
                                
                                  And yeve the yeftis rychelye,
                                
                                  For that thow shalt her tell there [Caius MS. 107 page 264] 
                                
                                  Where that dwellyth the palmere,

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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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