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

                                
                                  pur la plus bele le unt choisie.
                                
                                  ore est reisun ke l'em uus die
                                
                                  vn petitet de sa grant [omit.]  beaute:
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                                  le viz out blank e colore,
                                
                                  lunge, traitet [treitis] , e auenaunt;
                                
                                  bele buche, e nes bien seaunt,
                                
                                  les euz uairs e le chief bloi;
                                
                                  de li ueer uus semblast poi:
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                                  bien faite de cors, de bele estature,
                                
                                  tant par ad duce la reguardure.
                                
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                                  corteise ert e enseignee,
                                
                                  de tuz artz ert enseignee [endoctuinee] :
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                                  ses mestres esteient venuz
                                
                                  de tulette [toulette] , tut [touz]  blaunks chanuz,
                                
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                                  qui la apernoient de astrenomie,
                                
                                  de arsmetic [arsmetrike] , de Geumetrie.
                                
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                                  mult par ert fere de corage:
                                
                                  pur ceo ke ele fud tant sage,
                                
                                  ducs e countes la requeroient; [C line 71] 
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                                  de 7multz de7 [7_7 mute; read multes]  terres pur li [luy]  venoient,
                                
                                  mes nul de eus amer ne uoleit,
                                
                                  pur ceo ke tant bele esteit.

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Title: The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.
Canvas: Page 6
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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