The romance of Guy of Warwick. The second or 15th-century version. Edited from the paper ms. Ff. 2. 38. in the University Library, Cambridge, by Dr. Julius Zupitza ...

                                
                                  Nodur fayle odur in no lande?'
                                  Line 4700 
                                
                                  ¶ Then bespake the erle Tyrrye:
                                
                                  'Syr,' he seyde, 'gramercye.
                                
                                  Thys ys a grete specyalte,
                                
                                  That ye wyll my felowe bee.
                                  Line 4704 
                                
                                  God of heuyn geue me grace
                                
                                  Yow to quyte in some place.
                                
                                  Ȝyt þou art the trewest knyght,
                                
                                  That euer slepyd in wynturs nyght.
                                  Line 4708 
                                
                                  Ye had a wyckydde redde [folio 191a:2] 
                                
                                  For to saue me fro the dedde,
                                
                                  But y yow louyd on all manere
                                
                                  And seruyd [MS. serue.]  yow, as my lorde dere:
                                  Line 4712 
                                
                                  Y were ellys gretly to blame,
                                
                                  As god schylde me fro schame.'
                                
                                  ¶ Than the toon kyssed the todur
                                
                                  And eyther dud, as other brodur
                                  Line 4716 
                                
                                  To the cyte can they fare,
                                
                                  As yoyfull men wythowten care.
                                
                                  They be comen to ther ynne
                                
                                  Wyth grete yoye and mekyll wynne.
                                  Line 4720 
                                
                                  ¶ Gye dud make hys thynge yare:
                                
                                  Into Ynglonde wolde he fare.
                                
                                  Tyrrye he wolde wyth hym take
                                
                                  And many odur for hys sake.
                                  Line 4724 
                                
                                  To the kynge wolde he fare
                                
                                  And entendyd to leue þere full yare
                                
                                  He þoght of hym to haue honowre
                                
                                  And ryche castels wyth many a towre.
                                  Line 4728 
                                
                                  ¶ Gye in a wyndowe stode
                                
                                  And spake to syr Tyrrye the gode
                                
                                  Of hys passage ouyr the see
                                
                                  And how he wolde wende to hys cuntre.
                                  Line 4732 
                                
                                  Than came oon prekande ryght:
                                
                                  He semyd full wele to be a knyght,

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