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

                                
                                  la fylle au counte, ke mult ert bele.
                                
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                                  En engleterre un coens esteit, [C line 25] 
                                
                                  en Warewik la cite maneit:
                                
                                  riches ert e de grant Foer [pouer] ,
                                
                                  queintes, sages, bon cheualer;
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                                  riches ert de or e de argent,
                                
                                  de Dras, de seie, de vesselement,
                                
                                  de fortz chasteul [chastels] , de riche citez;
                                
                                  par tut le rengne ert mult dotez.
                                
                                  n'i [n']  aueit homme en tote la terre
                                  Line 45 
                                
                                  qui uers li osaht [osat]  prendre guerre,
                                
                                  ke par force toht [tost]  nel preist,
                                
                                  e en la [sa]  chartre nel meist.
                                
                                  bons cheualers mult ama,
                                
                                  riches douns souent lur dona;
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                                  pur ceo fu cremu e dote,
                                
                                  e par tut le rengne preise.
                                
                                  coens esteit de mult grant pris,
                                
                                  sires ert de tuit le pais;
                                
                                  de oxeneford tut le honur
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                                  sue estoit a icel iour;
                                
                                  de bukingham de [omit.]  tut le counte
                                
                                  sire en tel [cel]  tens esteit clame.
                                
                                  li coens roaud out a nun, [C line 51] 
                                
                                  mult par esteit noble barun.
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                                  vne fylle auoit [out de]  sa mulier,
                                
                                  sa grant beaute ne puis conter:

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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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