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 ...

                                
                                  The dewkes herte was full sore,
                                
                                  When he sawe hys men lye thore:
                                  Line 1832 
                                
                                  He began faste to crye
                                
                                  And seyde: 'ye do velanye.
                                
                                  Lordyngys,' he seyde, 'what do ye nowe?
                                
                                  Styr ye nowe for yowre prowe.
                                  Line 1836 
                                
                                  Se ye not thys traytowre,
                                
                                  That doyth me thys dyshonowre?
                                
                                  He hath slayne my men goode:
                                
                                  They lye sprawlande in þer blode.
                                  Line 1840 
                                
                                  But y be venged on that thefe,
                                
                                  Schall ye neuer be to me lefe.'
                                
                                  ¶ Then þey gedurde on a hepe
                                
                                  And abowte they dudde lepe.
                                  Line 1844 
                                
                                  Grete angwysche ys Harrawde beforne,
                                
                                  Now he haþ of hys felows lorne.
                                
                                  But he gate helpe, y vndurstande,
                                
                                  For grete socowre came hym on hande. [folio 173a:1] 
                                  Line 1848 
                                
                                  All þey [MS. þe.]  chacyd hym at the laste:
                                
                                  Then came Gye rydynge faste.
                                
                                  He mett hym faste fleande:
                                
                                  Hys spere was brokyn in hys hande
                                  Line 1852 
                                
                                  And hys hors woundyd on the knee,
                                
                                  That vnnethe goo myght hee.
                                
                                  Then seyde Gye: 'turne ageyne.
                                
                                  Where be þy men? be þey slayne?'
                                  Line 1856 
                                
                                  'Nay,' seyde he, 'y vndurstande:
                                
                                  I lefte them faste fyghtande.'
                                
                                  Gye beganne on hym to crye:
                                
                                  'Harrawde, come on smertlye.'
                                  Line 1860 
                                
                                  ¶ When Gye sye dewke Oton,
                                
                                  Soone he schewyd hys reson:
                                
                                  'Dewke,' he seyde, 'þynkyst þou noght
                                
                                  Of þe treson, that þou me wroght?
                                  Line 1864 
                                
                                  At the pase of thy foreste

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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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