 | Guy of Warwick |  |
Lete we now of Gij be stille:
More ȝe schul here ȝif ȝe wille
Of þat maiden, hou sche was nome:
Þan schal we til our tale come.
Of Gyes felawes y wille ȝou telle
So y finde in mi spelle,
Þat so long were in þe cite,
Wonder hem þenkeþ where Gij be;
For þe mete was alle ȝare,
Wonder hem þouȝt wer Gij ware.
More ȝe schul here ȝif ȝe wille
Of þat maiden, hou sche was nome:
Þan schal we til our tale come.
Of Gyes felawes y wille ȝou telle
So y finde in mi spelle,
Þat so long were in þe cite,
Wonder hem þenkeþ where Gij be;
For þe mete was alle ȝare,
Wonder hem þouȝt wer Gij ware.
Herhaud of Ardern & oþer mo
In-to þe forest þai ben y-go:
Þai miȝt [him] finde for no secheing.
Herhaud cast sone his lokeing:
Biside him he herd a mening,
Also it were a woman schricheing.
Hye bi-gan loude to grede:
Herhaud neyȝed & his ferrede.
Þe haweþorn þai ȝede wel neye,
& þe maiden þer þai seye.
Herhaud hir oxed what hij was;
Sche no told him nouȝt al her cas,
Bot þat sche was a wriche wiman
Þat michel sorwe so was an;
For alle þat sorwe þan hade he,
For sche no miȝt hir leman se.
Sche forbede him anon riȝt
Þat noman sett on hir siȝt.
Herhaud tok þat mayde wiþ him,
& ladde hir hom to his in.
In-to þe forest þai ben y-go:
Þai miȝt [him] finde for no secheing.
Herhaud cast sone his lokeing:
Biside him he herd a mening,
Also it were a woman schricheing.
Hye bi-gan loude to grede:
Herhaud neyȝed & his ferrede.
Þe haweþorn þai ȝede wel neye,
& þe maiden þer þai seye.
Herhaud hir oxed what hij was;
Sche no told him nouȝt al her cas,
Bot þat sche was a wriche wiman
Þat michel sorwe so was an;
For alle þat sorwe þan hade he,
For sche no miȝt hir leman se.
Sche forbede him anon riȝt
Þat noman sett on hir siȝt.
Herhaud tok þat mayde wiþ him,
& ladde hir hom to his in.
| Guy of Warwick | |