 | Guy of Warwick |  |
On a day, as þai com fram hunting,
Gij seyd to Tirry, wiþ-outen lesing:
‘Ich wil þat we be treuþe-pliȝt
& sworn breþer anon riȝt.
Tirri,’ seyd to sir Gyoun,
‘Vnder-stond now to mi resoun,
Þat noiþer oþer after þis
No faile oþer while he liues is.’
Gij seyd to Tirry, wiþ-outen lesing:
‘Ich wil þat we be treuþe-pliȝt
& sworn breþer anon riȝt.
Tirri,’ seyd to sir Gyoun,
‘Vnder-stond now to mi resoun,
Þat noiþer oþer after þis
No faile oþer while he liues is.’
Wiþ þat answerd þerl Tirri,
& seyd, ‘wel bleþelich, sir Gij.
Now þou louest so miche me,
Þat tow mi sworn broþer wil be,
No wille ich neuer feyle þe
For nouȝt þat mai bi-falle me.
Gret worþschip þou hast don me:
God leue me ȝete þan day y-se
Þat ichit þe mow wele ȝeld.
For gode baroun þou art y-held;
Fram deþ þou hast y-warist me;
Wel gret wrong it schuld be
Bot ich þe loued as mi lord fre.
Wel gret worþschip ich ouȝt bere þe.’
Treuþe bitven hem is pliȝt,
& after kist anon riȝt.
Seþþen þai went in-to þe cite
Wiþ ioye & mirþe, gamen & gle.
& seyd, ‘wel bleþelich, sir Gij.
Now þou louest so miche me,
Þat tow mi sworn broþer wil be,
No wille ich neuer feyle þe
For nouȝt þat mai bi-falle me.
Gret worþschip þou hast don me:
God leue me ȝete þan day y-se
Þat ichit þe mow wele ȝeld.
For gode baroun þou art y-held;
Fram deþ þou hast y-warist me;
Wel gret wrong it schuld be
Bot ich þe loued as mi lord fre.
Wel gret worþschip ich ouȝt bere þe.’
Treuþe bitven hem is pliȝt,
& after kist anon riȝt.
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Wiþ ioye & mirþe, gamen & gle.
| Guy of Warwick | |