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 ...

                                
                                  Of hys felows, þat were dedde,
                                
                                  Then cowde he no nodur redde,
                                  Line 1200 
                                
                                  But toke hys hors sone anon
                                
                                  And to an hermytage he can goon.
                                
                                  'Ermyte,' he seyde, 'come wyth me
                                
                                  (Thys horse of pryce y geue the)
                                  Line 1204 
                                
                                  And take vp bodyes tweyne,
                                
                                  That in þe wode lye slayne,
                                
                                  And bery þem wyth moche honowre;
                                
                                  For þey were of grete valowre.'
                                  Line 1208 
                                
                                  'Syr,' he seyde, 'y come ryght nowe.
                                
                                  Go before, y wyll sewe yow.'
                                
                                  Gye hath hym þe bodyes tane
                                
                                  Of Toralde and of Vrry than.
                                  Line 1212 
                                
                                  Sythen he ys lopen on hys stede:
                                
                                  He wyth hym Harrawde dud lede.
                                
                                  ¶ Gye wendyþ now from þat place,
                                
                                  There he had a febull grace.
                                  Line 1216 
                                
                                  The body of Harrawde wyth hym he bare
                                
                                  And lefte the odur corsys thare.
                                
                                  He went to an abbey,
                                
                                  That was a lytull besyde þe wey.
                                  Line 1220 
                                
                                  The abbot sone he fonde there
                                
                                  And spake to hym on hys manere:
                                
                                  'God, þat dyed on a tree,
                                
                                  Sur,' he seyde, 'saue the.
                                  Line 1224 
                                
                                  I the bydde pur charyte
                                
                                  In the name of the trynyte, [folio 169a:1] 
                                
                                  That þou take thys body here
                                
                                  And bery hyt on all manere.
                                  Line 1228 
                                
                                  He was to day a doghty knyght
                                
                                  And ryght now was slayne in fyght.
                                
                                  God wyll ȝylde the thy mede
                                
                                  And y schall, when y may spede.'
                                  Line 1232 
                                
                                  'Syr,' he seyde, 'wyth full gode chere
                                
                                  Schall y bery thys body here.

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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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