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 he schulde neuer wende away,
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                                  Tyll he wyste, yf that he myght,
                                
                                  What was þat yoye and that lyght.
                                
                                  ¶ He blessyd hym wyth hys ryght honde
                                
                                  And syþen into þe watur he wonde. [folio 235b:2] 
                                  Line 11428 
                                
                                  That watur hym closyd all wythynne
                                
                                  Fro the fote vp to the chynne.
                                
                                  He felle depe, or he myght ryse,
                                
                                  Thretty fote of longe assyse.
                                  Line 11432 
                                
                                  God he cryed mercy thare.
                                
                                  The stede was gode, þat hym bare,
                                
                                  And also connyng and well lyght
                                
                                  And lawncyd vp wyth full grete myȝt
                                  Line 11436 
                                
                                  And fastenyd hys fete vpon þe londe þan,
                                
                                  And Raynbowrn was a yoyfull man
                                
                                  And þankyd god heuyn kynge,
                                
                                  That he wolde hym owt of parell brynge.
                                  Line 11440 
                                
                                  ¶ To þe paleys he hym dyght:
                                
                                  Before þe halle downe he lyght.
                                
                                  Syþen he went into þe halle
                                
                                  And fownde no man, þat wolde hym calle.
                                  Line 11444 
                                
                                  Fro chaumbur to chaumbur he can fare:
                                
                                  Mony a mervell he fonde thare.
                                
                                  He come into a chaumbur of stone:
                                
                                  Therynne he fonde a knyȝt allone.
                                  Line 11448 
                                
                                  He hym gret on feyre manere:
                                
                                  Awondurd he was, what he dud þere.
                                
                                  'Syr knyght,' he seyde, 'for seynt Martyn,
                                
                                  Ys all þys feyre paleys thyn?
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                                  Or what man ys lorde here?
                                
                                  Whethur ys he farre or nere?
                                
                                  Wyth hym wolde y aqweyntud bee.
                                
                                  And also, syr knyght, for charyte,
                                  Line 11456 
                                
                                  Telle me þy name, my frende so dere,
                                
                                  And why þou lyest on þys manere.'
                                
                                  ¶ And he answeryd: 'y hyght Amys.

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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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