 | Guy of Warwick |  |
Where is Gij? is he nome?
Liues or deþ[es] do him come.’
‘Ichil ȝou sigge sikerly
So michel so y wot of Gij:
At a ford we him mett,
& strongliche we him bisett,
Bot his bodi no nom we nouȝt,
Ac al to deþ we ben y-brouȝt;
Bot icham passed as ȝe may se.’
‘Mi nevou Hougoun, whar is he?’
Quod þe douk Otous, ‘tel me raþe.’
‘Sir, in þe sond he liþe, & þat is scaþe.’
‘& þerl Lambard, þat gode kniȝt?’.
‘Ded he liþe in þat fiȝt.’
When douk Otus herd þat,
Sori he was & no-þing glad:
Þat he haþ his folk for-lore,
Sorweful man he was þerfore.
Neyȝe his hert brast for mode,
& for sorwe ȝede ner wode,
When he wist his folk y-slawe,
& þurch him brouȝt o liue dawe.
Liues or deþ[es] do him come.’
‘Ichil ȝou sigge sikerly
So michel so y wot of Gij:
At a ford we him mett,
& strongliche we him bisett,
Bot his bodi no nom we nouȝt,
Ac al to deþ we ben y-brouȝt;
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‘Mi nevou Hougoun, whar is he?’
Quod þe douk Otous, ‘tel me raþe.’
‘Sir, in þe sond he liþe, & þat is scaþe.’
‘& þerl Lambard, þat gode kniȝt?’.
‘Ded he liþe in þat fiȝt.’
When douk Otus herd þat,
Sori he was & no-þing glad:
Þat he haþ his folk for-lore,
Sorweful man he was þerfore.
Neyȝe his hert brast for mode,
& for sorwe ȝede ner wode,
When he wist his folk y-slawe,
& þurch him brouȝt o liue dawe.
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