 | Guy of Warwick |  |
‘Sir,’ þai seyd, ‘we schul go,
& al þine hest we schul do.’
Þai dede hem arme swiþe wel
Boþe in iren & in stiel;
Vnto þe pas þai wenten snelle,
& þer þai houed swiþe stille,
As Gij schuld cum sone.
No wist he nouȝt of þat tresone,
No of þat sorwe neuer the mo,
Þat him was comand to;
For al his felawes þat gode were,
Al he for-les hem þere;
& his owhen liif he hadde for-lore,
No hadde goddes help ben bifore,
Þurch þe traitours þat were her fon,
Þat kept hem þere for to slon.
& al þine hest we schul do.’
Þai dede hem arme swiþe wel
Boþe in iren & in stiel;
Vnto þe pas þai wenten snelle,
& þer þai houed swiþe stille,
As Gij schuld cum sone.
No wist he nouȝt of þat tresone,
No of þat sorwe neuer the mo,
Þat him was comand to;
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Al he for-les hem þere;
& his owhen liif he hadde for-lore,
No hadde goddes help ben bifore,
Þurch þe traitours þat were her fon,
Þat kept hem þere for to slon.
| Guy of Warwick | |