 | Guy of Warwick |  |
‘Sir,’ seyd þe douk Loer,
‘Þat nil ich nouȝt in non maner
Þat tow Tirri no do sle:
Y nold in non wise, sir douk þe fre;
Ac, ȝif Tirri schal wiþ þe go,
In fre prisoun þou schalt him do.
Þou do him kepe worþschipliche
Wiþ gret plente manschipliche,
Alle fort he haue mi wille y-do.
Ichil now þat it be so,
& ich-il lede Herhaud wiþ me:
In mi fre prisoun schal he be.
Y nil nouȝt he wiþ þe go:
To michel iuel þou wost him do.’
Þan þai token her leue þo:
Wiþ gret loue þai kisten hem bo.
To Lorein went þe douke Loer,
Þat wiþ worþschipe dede kepe þer
Herhaud of Arderne, þe marchis:
Wele leuer him were be ded, y-wis.
When he to Gij com no miȝt,
Leue him were dye anon riȝt.
‘Þat nil ich nouȝt in non maner
Þat tow Tirri no do sle:
Y nold in non wise, sir douk þe fre;
Ac, ȝif Tirri schal wiþ þe go,
In fre prisoun þou schalt him do.
Þou do him kepe worþschipliche
Wiþ gret plente manschipliche,
Alle fort he haue mi wille y-do.
Ichil now þat it be so,
& ich-il lede Herhaud wiþ me:
In mi fre prisoun schal he be.
Y nil nouȝt he wiþ þe go:
To michel iuel þou wost him do.’
Þan þai token her leue þo:
Wiþ gret loue þai kisten hem bo.
To Lorein went þe douke Loer,
Þat wiþ worþschipe dede kepe þer
Herhaud of Arderne, þe marchis:
Wele leuer him were be ded, y-wis.
When he to Gij com no miȝt,
Leue him were dye anon riȝt.
| Guy of Warwick | |