 | Guy of Warwick |  |
Of Almaine þe riche emperour,
Reyner, þat weldeþ þat anour,
Þe douke of Lowayn he haþ bisett,
His men slain, & þat is vnnett;
For his nevou þat he slouȝ,
Wiþ wer he doþ him wo anouȝ.
Almost a ȝer it is ago,
A turnament þer was y-do;
Þe douke Segyn was þer þo,
Þat al Lowayn bilongeþ to,
Wiþ his kniȝtes of his lond,
Þider come her miȝt to fond.
When þe turnament com to þende,
Þe douke Segyn þennes wald wende:
Wiþ þat come Sadok prikeing,
Þe douke Segyn vnder-secheing;
Wiþ þe douke he hadde gret envie,
For he was gode kniȝt for þe maistrie.
Sadok was y-hoten þat gome,
Out of Mirabel he was y-come;
Of turnamens he was praised þo.
His hauberk was of y-do;
In sengle armes he was y-diȝt.
Y-preysed he was for a gode kniȝt.
To þe douke he seyd, ‘wende tow þe;
Ones þou schalt justi wiþ me,
As kniȝt that wele alosed is;
Sone it worþ sen y-wis.’
Reyner, þat weldeþ þat anour,
Þe douke of Lowayn he haþ bisett,
His men slain, & þat is vnnett;
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Wiþ wer he doþ him wo anouȝ.
Almost a ȝer it is ago,
A turnament þer was y-do;
Þe douke Segyn was þer þo,
Þat al Lowayn bilongeþ to,
Wiþ his kniȝtes of his lond,
Þider come her miȝt to fond.
When þe turnament com to þende,
Þe douke Segyn þennes wald wende:
Wiþ þat come Sadok prikeing,
Þe douke Segyn vnder-secheing;
Wiþ þe douke he hadde gret envie,
For he was gode kniȝt for þe maistrie.
Sadok was y-hoten þat gome,
Out of Mirabel he was y-come;
Of turnamens he was praised þo.
His hauberk was of y-do;
In sengle armes he was y-diȝt.
Y-preysed he was for a gode kniȝt.
To þe douke he seyd, ‘wende tow þe;
Ones þou schalt justi wiþ me,
As kniȝt that wele alosed is;
Sone it worþ sen y-wis.’
| Guy of Warwick | |