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 ...

                                
                                  That were and are of grete valowre.
                                
                                  Y schall wytt, so mote y the,
                                
                                  Of hym wythynne þese dayes thre,
                                  Line 7044 
                                
                                  What he wyll sey, trewlye,
                                
                                  Whyll þou louest hym so specyallye.'
                                
                                  ¶ Gye and he wente on a day
                                
                                  To the wode them to play:
                                  Line 7048 
                                
                                  Venyson they had plente.
                                
                                  The erle callyd Gye in preuyte:
                                
                                  'Gye,' he seyde, 'y prey the here,
                                
                                  Telle me þy wylle on all manere.
                                  Line 7052 
                                
                                  What tyme wyll yow weddyd bee?
                                
                                  I prey yow, leyne hyt not fro me.'
                                
                                  'Syr,' quod Gye, 'y schall the say,
                                
                                  In all the worlde ys no maye,
                                  Line 7056 
                                
                                  But oon, that euer y wyll wedde,
                                
                                  And brynge hur vnto my bedde.'
                                
                                  ¶ 'Gye,' he seyde, 'loke in a throwe:
                                
                                  I haue a doghtur, þat ye well knowe.
                                  Line 7060 
                                
                                  I haue no heyre, but hur, lyueande:
                                
                                  Sche wyll be yowrys, y vndurstande.
                                
                                  I geue hur the wyth herte free, [folio 206b:1] 
                                
                                  And lorde of my londe schalt þou bee.'
                                  Line 7064 
                                
                                  To þe erle tho spake Gye
                                
                                  And seyde: 'syr, for yowre profur gramercye!
                                
                                  I had leuyr the body all bare
                                
                                  Of yowre doghtur wythowten mare,
                                  Line 7068 
                                
                                  Then þe doghtur of þe emperowre
                                
                                  Wyth all hys londe and hys honowre.'
                                
                                  ¶ The erle anone kyssed Gye
                                
                                  And thankyd hym full curteslye:
                                  Line 7072 
                                
                                  'Now wote y,' quod he, 'full well,
                                
                                  That ye loue me, be seynt Mychell,
                                
                                  That ye wyll my doghtur take
                                
                                  And soche ladyes for to forsake.
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                                  From hens be the seuynth day

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

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