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 ...

                                
                                  All the vii arse sche cowthe.
                                  Line 64 
                                
                                  Sche had maysturs at hur honde,
                                
                                  The wysest men of that londe,
                                
                                  And taght hur astronomye,
                                
                                  Arsmetryck and gemetrye.
                                  Line 68 
                                
                                  That mayde was of grete prys,
                                
                                  For sche was bothe warre and wyse.
                                
                                  ¶ Dewkys, erlys of grete kynne
                                
                                  Of mony a londe come hur to wynne:
                                  Line 72 
                                
                                  Of them all wolde sche none
                                
                                  For the godenes, that was hur on. [folio 161b:1] 
                                
                                  Wele feyre was that damycell
                                
                                  Hur name was Felys la Belle. [MS. felysabelle.] 
                                  Line 76 
                                
                                  Of all maydenys sche bare þe [MS. þ e]  flowre:
                                
                                  That tyme was none of [of over the line.]  hur honowre.
                                
                                  Yf men soght all mankynde,
                                
                                  A feyrer maye schall no man fynde.
                                  Line 80 
                                
                                  Who so schulde the fayrenes telle,
                                
                                  All to longe schulde he dwelle.
                                
                                  ¶ Now of þe stewarde speke we then,
                                
                                  For he was comyn of ryche kynne.
                                  Line 84 
                                
                                  A man he was of grete myght:
                                
                                  In hys tyme ther was no knyght,
                                
                                  Of armes, of strenkyth of honde
                                
                                  That bare soche pryse in all þat londe.
                                  Line 88 
                                
                                  In Wallyngforde he was borne:
                                
                                  All that londe to hym was sworne.
                                
                                  He was a man of grete poste:
                                
                                  Ther was none bettur on þat halfe þe see.
                                  Line 92 
                                
                                  He cowde ynogh of nobull seruyse,
                                
                                  Therfore he was of nobull pryce.
                                
                                  Ther was noon in all that londe,
                                
                                  That durste aȝenste hys lorde stonde,
                                  Line 96 
                                
                                  But he batyd anon hys boste
                                
                                  Wyth the strenkyth of hys hooste

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Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English Text Society, by N. Trübner & Co.,; 1875-6.

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