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

Reinbrun, Gij sone of Warwike.
Iesu, þat ert of miȝte most, [folio 167b:b] Fader, & sone, & holy gost, Ich bidde þe a bone: Ase þow ert lord of our ginning, & madest heuene and alle þing, Line 5 Se, and sonne, and mone, Ȝeue hem grace wel to spede Þat herkneþ what y schel rede, Iesu, god in trone. Of a kniȝt was to batayle boun, Line 10 Sire Gij is sone, þat hiȝte Rey[n]broun, Of him y make my mone.
[¶, though sug|gested by the scribe, omitted by the rubricator.] His fader Gij, þat him get, He was a werrour swiþe gret: Þar nas nowhar his per In Fraunce, in Pycardy, In Spayne, in Lombardy, Line 5 Neyþer fer ne ner. Mani batayle he be-gan For þe loue of o wimman Þat was him lef & dere. Siþe Rey[n]broun on hire he wan, Line 10 Þat was a swiþe douȝti man, Ase ȝe may forþward here.
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The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, & co., limited,
1883, 1887, 1891.
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Guy of Warwick (Legendary character)

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