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 felle from hys hors tyte.
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                                  He hath hym take wyth myght:
                                
                                  Bothe were woundyd in þat fyght.
                                
                                  Now be þe Lumbardes take be tale
                                
                                  And þe Almayns slayne alle.
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                                  The dewke and Gye dud þem chace:
                                
                                  Of dedde men was full þe place.
                                
                                  ¶ Tho came Tyrrye of Gormoyse
                                
                                  Wyth grete pryde and moche noyse
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                                  Wyth an hundurde of gode knyghtys,
                                
                                  That were armed at all ryghtys.
                                
                                  They were comyn wyth lawnce and spere
                                
                                  For to helpe the Almayns there.
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                                  As þe Almayns awey rode,
                                
                                  Tyrrye þem mett, and þey abode.
                                
                                  'Lordyngys,' he seyde, 'wyll ye flee?
                                
                                  Turne ageyne and stonde be me.
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                                  Fyght ageyne yowre enmyse
                                
                                  And let be yowre cowardyse,
                                
                                  Or y schall telle the emperowre,
                                
                                  That ye do hym þat dyshonowre.
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                                  Yf ye haue be ferde afore hande,
                                
                                  Turne ageyne: y wyll be yowre warante.'
                                
                                  He made þem to turne ageyne þan:
                                
                                  Newe batell they beganne.
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                                  ¶ The dewke Segwyne came full faste:
                                
                                  For noþynge wolde he be laste.
                                
                                  To an Almayne tho he starte
                                
                                  And smote hym streyght to þe harte.
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                                  When Tyrrye sawe hym dedde,
                                
                                  He cowde than no bettur redde,
                                
                                  But to dewke Segwyn he caste
                                
                                  A grete strook at the laste.
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                                  The dewke hym turned on hys manere
                                
                                  And faght ageyne wyth gode chere.
                                
                                  They two faght togedur wele

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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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