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 ...

                                
                                  Ther ys none so stronge in all þys lande.
                                
                                  For hys loue y bydde the,
                                
                                  That syttyth aboue in trynyte,
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                                  Thou thys batell for hys sake
                                
                                  Agenste Collebrande þat þou take.'
                                
                                  ¶ Who so had the kynge beholde
                                
                                  And hys barons, þat were so bolde,
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                                  Betterlye wepte they euerychone.
                                
                                  'Syr,' quod Gye and that anon,
                                
                                  'For goddys loue in trynyte
                                
                                  And, for yow all beseche me,
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                                  Thys batelle y vndurtake:
                                
                                  For no feer y schall hyt slake.'
                                
                                  ¶ Owre kynge þankyd hym wyth gode wylle [folio 226b:1] 
                                
                                  And to þe kynge of Denmarke sende a bylle,
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                                  How þat oon had takyn on hande
                                
                                  For to fyght wyth Collebrande.
                                
                                  And the day was ysett
                                
                                  Of the batell wythowten lett
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                                  In a place, where þey schulde bee
                                
                                  Yn an yle wythynne the see.
                                
                                  Who was gladde, but kynge Adelston
                                
                                  And hys lordys euerychone,
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                                  That the pylgryme wolde take on hande
                                
                                  For to fyght wyth Collebrande
                                
                                  And wyth the grace of god almyght
                                
                                  To delyuyr ther enmyes wyth ryght?
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                                  ¶ The kynge comawndyd and that anon
                                
                                  To hys armerars euerychone,
                                
                                  That they schulde purvey armewre [MS. armowre.] 
                                
                                  Of the beste and moost sewre
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                                  For hys champyon, the pylgryme,
                                
                                  In peyne of lyfe, lyth and lymme.
                                
                                  Ynto euery place they sende and gone
                                
                                  But mete armowre fonde þey none.

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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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