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 ...

                                    
                                      ¶ When sche had armed hym wele, þat maye,
                                    
                                      On all manere, that he cowde saye,
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                                      Sche broght hym before þe emperowre.
                                    
                                      He was of grete bewte and valowre
                                    
                                      All, that lokyd on syr Gye,
                                    
                                      Of hym they had farlye.
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                                      He was a semely knyght,
                                    
                                      When he was armed ryght.
                                    
                                      All swere be seynt Rychere,
                                    
                                      Hyt was neuyr the palmere, [folio 221a:2] 
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                                      That toke þe batell wyth Barrarde to fyght;
                                    
                                      For he semed a doghty knyght.
                                    
                                      ¶ 'Lordyngys,' seyde the emperowre,
                                    
                                      'All, that be at thys honowre,
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                                      Thes two knyghtys, þat stonden here,
                                    
                                      Be men of grete powere.
                                    
                                      A batell they haue waged here,
                                    
                                      Ye wote all, on what manere.
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                                      Thys pylgryme, þat stondyth me bye,
                                    
                                      Wyll defende erle Tyrrye
                                    
                                      Of felonye and treson,
                                    
                                      That he neuer slewe þe dewke Oton,
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                                      Agenste the dewke Barrarde,
                                    
                                      That ys a champyon felle and harde
                                    
                                      For hys cosyns dedde,
                                    
                                      That he was slayne þorow hys redde.
                                      Line 9336 
                                    
                                      We schall see at thys batayle,
                                    
                                      Who hath þe wronge, wythowten fayle.'
                                    
                                      The lordys seyde: 'we assente,
                                    
                                      We graunte to hyt wyth gode entente.'
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                                      ¶ They wente þedur, þe batell shulde bee,
                                    
                                      On an hylle besyde the cyte.
                                    
                                      The boke was broght þem before
                                    
                                      And, when þey had þer othes swore,
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                                      To the hylle dud they gone
                                    
                                      And smeten togedur and that anon.

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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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