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 ...

                                
                                  And hym to stroye wyth hys hande.
                                
                                  ¶ For the kynge of Denmarke,
                                
                                  A felle man and eke a starke,
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                                  He ys comen into thys lande
                                
                                  And grete warre haþ broȝt vs on hande.
                                
                                  The londe he stroyeth and cuntrayse
                                
                                  And brennyth townes and abbayes.
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                                  A champyon he haþ broght wyth hym
                                
                                  Of Awfryke a felle man and a grymme:
                                
                                  More he ys dowted in fyghtes,
                                
                                  Then an hundurd armed knyghtes.
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                                  Men sey, he hyght Collebrande:
                                
                                  A strongar man ys none lyueande.
                                
                                  The kyng of Denmarke to owre kyng haþ sente,
                                
                                  Wherethorow [thorow omitted in MS.]  he holdyþ hym nere schente,
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                                  That he ȝylde vp Ynglande
                                
                                  Hastelye vnto hys hande
                                
                                  And hys man become and trewþe plyght
                                
                                  And trewage hym ȝelde euery yere be ryght
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                                  And, but yf that he graunt wylle
                                
                                  To parforme all hys wylle,
                                
                                  Or ellys that he wyll fynde a knyght,
                                
                                  That may and dar mayntene hys ryght
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                                  Agenste the kynge of Denmarke,
                                
                                  A sterne man and a starke,
                                
                                  And to fyght wyth Collebrande,
                                
                                  Yf þat he dar hyt take on hande,
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                                  And therto sett a certen day
                                
                                  Or ellys lose [ro blotted out before lose in MS.]  hys ryght for ay;
                                
                                  And to haue an answere in þys case
                                
                                  He hath grauntyd a serten space.
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                                  ¶ But, we vndurstande, kynge Adelston
                                
                                  Amonge hys knyghtys may fynde none,
                                
                                  That the batell dar vndurtake

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