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 aftur broght owt of hys care.
                                
                                  The ermyte he yaue gode day
                                
                                  And to Pole he toke the way.
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                                  There he went to the kynge,
                                
                                  That had grete yoye of hys comyng.
                                
                                  Syluyr and golde he had hym sente:
                                
                                  Thereof had Gye no talente.
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                                  So had Gye taryed thore,
                                
                                  That all hym louyd, þat þere wore,
                                
                                  And of euery justynge
                                
                                  Wyth hym ys lefte the preysynge.
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                                  ¶ Leue of þe kynge Gye toke anon
                                
                                  And to Sesoyne [MS. Sesyone.]  ys he gone
                                
                                  To the nobull dewke Raynere,
                                
                                  And he welcomyd hym wyth gode chere.
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                                  So longe he hath hawntyd bordys,
                                
                                  That of armes he bare the prys.
                                
                                  He hym bethoght on a daye,
                                
                                  That he wolde wende away:
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                                  To hys contre wolde he fare.
                                
                                  He wolde not longe dwelle thare.
                                
                                  ¶ Now ys he went fro [MS. to.]  Sesoyne, [MS. Sesyone.] 
                                
                                  Comen he ys to Burgoyne
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                                  To dewke Myllon, that was þan:
                                
                                  Of Gye he was a yoyfull man.
                                
                                  All hys castels and all the lande
                                
                                  He dud take Gye in hys hande.
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                                  Thorow the londe he wan þe prys
                                
                                  Of justynge and of bordys.
                                
                                  Now ys Gye loueyd well
                                
                                  Thorow all þe londe euery dele.
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                                  Was þer nodur lorde nor knyght
                                
                                  Nor squyer, that had any myght:
                                
                                  He gaue þem armes to be knyght
                                
                                  Thorow þer strenkyþ and þer myght.

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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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