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 Rofaran' (þat was an hardy man:
                                
                                  Ther was none wysear in Almayn,
                                
                                  Certenly, as y yow telle,
                                
                                  For to geue gode cowncell).
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                                  'Lordyngys, what ys yowre redde,
                                
                                  All, þat be gedurd in þys stedde,
                                
                                  Of owre lorde the emperowre,
                                
                                  To whom we owe grete honowre?
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                                  He schall in the mornynge
                                
                                  Wende owte an huntynge
                                
                                  But wyth a small compane:
                                
                                  Thus hyt was tolde me.
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                                  Nowe may we wythowte care
                                
                                  Venge vs on hym thare.'
                                
                                  ¶ 'Syr dewke,' seyde Gye, 'y schall þe saye
                                
                                  The best cowncell, þat y maye.
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                                  An hundurd knyghtys y schall take,
                                
                                  That wyll wende for thy sake,
                                
                                  And myselfe wyth them wende
                                
                                  To the emperowre full hende.
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                                  Y wyll hym prey on feyre manere
                                
                                  To come and dyne wyth yow here,
                                
                                  He and all hys companye:
                                
                                  We schall þem serue rychelye.
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                                  Y rede, ye dwelle here at hame:
                                
                                  To take yowre lorde hyt were schame.
                                
                                  Dyght thy pales nobullye:
                                
                                  Loke, the mete be all redye.
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                                  Yf he wyth loue wyll not bowe,
                                
                                  He schall wyth awe, as y trowe.
                                
                                  What wyth strenckyth and wyth game,
                                
                                  Y schall þem brynge all same.' [folio 176b:1] 
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                                  ¶ Then seyde the dewke: 'ye sey wele.
                                
                                  Ye schall wende, so haue y hele.
                                
                                  An hundurd knyghtys bolde and kene

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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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