 | Guy of Warwick |  |
Amis of-sent his kniȝtes anon,
And haþ asembled hem euerichon,
His seriauns he dede also,
Þe best þat miȝt to fiȝt go.
When þat þai wer al redi
forþ þai wenten hastily.
To-ward Gormoise hij goþ,
Mani man þai made wel wroþ:
Þai nimen castels & cites,
& destruen alle þe cuntres.
To Gormoise þai ben y-come:
Glad þai ben alle & some,
Ouer alle oþer þerl Aubri.
When he seþ his sone Tirri
He fel aswon for ioie þo:
He wende he had ben forlorn for euer mo.
Þer was ioie & miche blis
Bitven þe fader & þe sone, y-wis.
Euerich told oþer, & forȝat nouȝt,
Hou Gij hem haþ fram deþ y-brouȝt.
And haþ asembled hem euerichon,
His seriauns he dede also,
Þe best þat miȝt to fiȝt go.
When þat þai wer al redi
forþ þai wenten hastily.
To-ward Gormoise hij goþ,
Mani man þai made wel wroþ:
Þai nimen castels & cites,
& destruen alle þe cuntres.
To Gormoise þai ben y-come:
Glad þai ben alle & some,
Ouer alle oþer þerl Aubri.
When he seþ his sone Tirri
He fel aswon for ioie þo:
He wende he had ben forlorn for euer mo.
Þer was ioie & miche blis
Bitven þe fader & þe sone, y-wis.
Euerich told oþer, & forȝat nouȝt,
Hou Gij hem haþ fram deþ y-brouȝt.
Gij nouȝt for-ȝete nold,
Asembled he haþ his kniȝtes bold.
Þe douk he haþ a grete harm y-do,
He þouȝt for to awreke him so.
When þe douk Loer herd þis tiding,
Þat Gij and Tirri were coming,
His douhte[r] Oysel also,
Wel glad & bliþe he was þo.
Herhaud he cleped him to,
& teld him þe soþe þo,
Þat Gij and Tirri wer y-come,
& hadde on hem wer y-nome,
Wiþ hem was þerl Amis
Wiþ ferred of miche pris.
When Herhaud y-herd þis,
Þat Gij and Tirri comen is,
Neuer nas he so bliþe:
God he þonked mani siþe.
Asembled he haþ his kniȝtes bold.
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He þouȝt for to awreke him so.
When þe douk Loer herd þis tiding,
Þat Gij and Tirri were coming,
His douhte[r] Oysel also,
Wel glad & bliþe he was þo.
Herhaud he cleped him to,
& teld him þe soþe þo,
Þat Gij and Tirri wer y-come,
& hadde on hem wer y-nome,
Wiþ hem was þerl Amis
Wiþ ferred of miche pris.
When Herhaud y-herd þis,
Þat Gij and Tirri comen is,
Neuer nas he so bliþe:
God he þonked mani siþe.
| Guy of Warwick | |