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WARWICK. 226 THE SULTAN COMMANDS C. 3G83. 1 added at the end of the line. Turnhull, p. 138, 1. 3555. C. 3^00. & ouer-comej) our cliampioun, ]\Ii lord ])e sclial ^iue rausoun, & als his lord serue wille Euer more, & jjat is skille. & 3 if it so bitide pat our kni^t Oue?*-come 3 our in feld m fi 3 t, Hastiliche pan, j rede pe, Out of ])is lond jjat ]jou fle. ]5er-of ])ou take a day : On mi lordes word, j pa say, To ])i pauiloun ich am y-come, To do pa bateyle atte frome. Onswere me wi])-oute?^ lesing, What word y schal mi lord bring.’ a uaj) pa soudan, ^ whe?znes artow, Into mi court ^ comen art now & misseyst me so schameliche, & J)retest me so dedeliche h ’ Gij answerd, ‘ ich-il pa telle : Mi name for-hele y nille. Gij of Warwike mi name is ; In pat cuntre y was born y-'wis.’ ])a soudan answerd po : ‘ Artow Gij, so mot ]?ou go, ))ou SI 0 U 3 mi nevou Cosdram : His heued ]jou smot pa bodi fram ; JOou it schalt abigge, bi Apolin ! Today is comen ending J?in ! ’ He hete anon ])at Gij wer nome & y-cast in his prisoun. Fort ])e do]? ben y-drawe, & ]?an reweliche ben y-slawe. Gij drou 3 out his swerd anon, & priked his stede wel gode Avon. Bi seyn Denis he gan to swere, 3 if ani man so hardi Avere, [auchinleck ms. 3925 3930 3935 3940 3945 3950 3955 CAIUS MS.] GUY TO BE SEIZED AND SLAIN. 227 Therfor’ to thy pauylon) y am come, To warne the to bee hense anone. Answei"^ me nowe to this asking^, AVhat worde y shah to my lorde bringe.’ a uoTH the Sowdan) : ‘ what art thou, 3935 That in-to my courte art coiiie nowe, And mysseist me so shamefully And thretnest me so dedely 1 ’ Guy answerd : ‘ y shall the telle i My name to couere for the y nelle. 3940 Guy of Warrewik my name is ; In the contree there y was borne, ywis.’ The sowdan) answerd thoo : ‘ Art thou Guy, that seist soo. Thou slowe my neuyeu Cosdram : His hede thou smote the body fram. Anone he hade that Guy were nom And kaste in his depe prison), Tylle the horde were withdrawe, And than) shamefully to bee slawe. G uye drowe his swerde anone : The sarasyns fast aboute him By seynt Denys Guy gan swere. And if any so hardy were 3945 3950 [p. 105] gan goon. Q 2 and demanded an answer. Tlie Soudan asked bis name. He told it. The Soudan commanded Guy to be seized and slain. 3955 But Guy 228 GUY STRIKES OFF ])dit him ney 3 ed wi]) schond, He schuld dye Jmrch his hond. B ifor ]>Q soudan com Gyoun, & h.bn hiheld als a lyoun,^ MS. foi. i 28 r. a. & seyd, ‘ soudaii, ]}ou schalt abigge : ) 5 ine heued ])ou schalt forgon, y sigge. Opon ]?e cheyer ]?er he sat Gij toke him bi pe top wi]? ]?at, & pat heued he dede of fle Opon pQ bord of appel tre. c. 3S1.3. ])G heued he toke in his hond, & in his lappe he it wpnd. Turnbull, p. 139, AYel hastiliche he went hi?7i, y-wis, Of fie Sarra 3 ins adrede he is. An hundred heuedes he dede of flen Of filke fat him stode 03011 . Wif him he forf fat heued bar, Maugre alle fat f er war. )?urch fat ost he rode smartliche, His hors hi??i bar hastiliche. ))er mi 3 t men se f e Sarrazin Ei on & on wende to Apolin. Wei fast after him fai come, & alle fai wold han hi??i nome. Gij to aseylen fai wer 3 ep ; Vnarmed were fe most hep. Gij drou 3 him toward an hulle, pie. Sarrazins hi?l^ driuen snelle : 2 on an erasure. Bofo bi^ hundred & fouseiido Him go fe Sarrazins driueinde. On ich half fai smite him to, & he 03 am to hem also : Heuer no was an-lepy kni 3 t p)at so mani stond uii 3 t. [auchinleck ms. 3960 3965 3970 3975 3980 3985 3990 THE sultan’s head. 229 CAIUS MS.] To come to him with any slionde, He shuld him slee with his honde ; And priked his stede amonge the route : AH the sarasyns of him had douhte. advancing 3960 To the sowdan) he come with that. In his cheire, wherin he sat, To him he smote than anoon), That the hede vpon) the horde felle down). The hede Guy toke vp with his honde, And in a clothe he it wonde. Hastly the sarasyns route Besette Guy aH ahoute. To lesvL crist he cryde euere vpon). The sarasyns to him resorted echoon. An hundred hedes he dud of fleen) Of tho that stode him ayene. And with strength that hede forth hare, Maugre theim att that were there. Thurgh the hooste he rode smertly. His horse him hare fuH swiftly. 3965 struck offtlie Soudan’s head, 3970 and rode away with it. 3975 He was pursued by the Saracens, of whom he slew many. 230 HERHAUD, IN A DREAM, [aUCHINLECK MS. C. 3^31. Turnbull, p. 140, 1. 3607. ^ MS. agode * r in her added over the line. 2 he omitted in MS. MS. fol. 128r. b. C. 33'30. Turnbull, p. 141, 1. 3633, Bot god nim of him 3eme, His liif it is michel awene. L isteneji now & sitteji stilie : Of Herhaiid ich 30U telle wille, pat of sAvoning no may him duelle. For his lord Gij, y 30U telle, So michel sorAA^e hi??7 Avas an, pat telle no mi3t he it noman. Euerich man is SAviJie wo When he schal a gode ^ frende for-go : So was Herhaud for his lord fre ; Xo AA^ende he hi?ii neuer more y-se. jpan bigan his sorweinge, j His her^ he^ tar, his honden gan wring. ‘ Allas ! ’ he seyd, ‘ sir Gij ! IS'oAv ich AA^ot AA^ele siker-lye pat y no schal Jie neuer y-se ; Allas ! for sorAve aa^o is me ! ’ For grete sorAA^e ]>at he hedde He fel adouii on his hedde, per he is y-falle on slepe. As a man AA'eri of wepe. A SAveuen hi??i mett Avel ferly, pat he seye his lord sir Gij On his stede swijie cominge, & on his bond his swerd kerueing ; Aseyled he Aras wiji Avolues & here : Ynnejie he mi3t hii?^ fram he???. AA^ere. Alle ]?ai hadde to-broken his scheld, & his brini to-rent manifeld. Vnne])e he mi3t him Avere, So ])ai gun on hi??i to tere. Wij? ]?at is Herhaud aAA^aked, & of his sweuen gret soi’Ave maked. 4000 4005 4010 4015 4020 4025 CAIUS MS.] SEES GUY IN GREAT DANGER. 231 Bot god him kepte alweys, as it dooth seme, Or elh's his lif he had loste, as men wene For on) euery hehalue they smote him to, And he to theim did also. L esteneth nowe and sitte stille, [p. 106] Lordingzs, and it bee youre wille. Of heraude nowe y shaH you telle. That of sorowyng^ may not duelle. Euery man is fuH woo Whan he shah: a good frende forgoo ; So was heraude for his lorde free ; For he wende neuere him more see. lie felle in swowe vpon) his bedde Thurgh grete sorowe that he hadde. And thurgh that falle aslepe. As a man that is wery of wepe. A dreme he had merueillously, That he sawe his lorde Guy Vpon) his stede s withe corny ng^, And in his honde his swerde keruyng^, And was assailled with wolues and beei’’ : Vnnethe he might fro theim eskape there. AH to-cratched they had his sheelde. That pecemele it fleigh in the feelde. Withat is heraude of his slope awaked. And anone grete sorowe maked, 3995 Meanwhile, Herhaud, 4000 4005 anxious about his lord. In his sorrow 4015 he fell asleep, and saw in a dream Guy 4020 assailed by wolves and bears and in great danger. As soon as ho awoke, 232 Turnbull, p. 142, 1. 3659. MS. fol. 128v. a. ^ MS. alyoun. C. 3180. HERHAUD AND HIS FELLOWS & seyd anon to alle his co??^peyIlie, ‘Felawes, "wil we ous armi] Gij to help we ou^t to spede j For to help he haj) gret nede, AVele ich wot hi mi sweuen. ISTow help ous god ]?at is in heuen ! ’ Y-armed jiai hen sone anon, & on hors ]?ai lopen ichon, & wende]) for]) wi|) gode wide Ouer J)e dounes & ])e dales snelle. Wi]) alle her mi3t ])ai heye fast For to socour Gij on hast. j)e Sarrazins pai gun ])retni, & made gret sorwe for Gij. ] 5 ai seyd alle pat per were, ^ Hem dred pai hi??2 seye neuere ; Oper ded he was oper y-nome. For hi??2 pai were sori alle & some. Sone pai ney3ed toward pat ost. Of Sarrazins pai herd gret host ; Of hem was ivrin al pe feld. On hors pai were wip spere & scheld, pat euerichon pai pretten Gij : Him to slen pai han gret envie. Amonges hem pai seye Gyoun pat him wered als a lyoun.^ On ich half pai him aseyle, & he him werp wip-outen feyle. Bi pe reynes pai ben him neye niminge Ac he him werp wip swerd kerueing ; Mani he smot of fot & fest ; He hadde al nede, la, wite Crist ! N ow pai bigin to prike swipe, To socour Gij pai han gret hye. Herhaud him smot a Sarrazin, pat litel him halp his Apolin. [auchinleck ms. 4030 4035 4040 4045 4050 4055 4060 233 CAIUS MS.] RIDE TOWARD THE SULTAN’s CAMP. And cride anone to his companye : ‘ Felawes, anone doo you army, 4030 And Guy to helpe anone we spede ; For of helpe he hath grete nede : Well y it wote by my sweuen. Now helpe us god that is in heuen ! ’ AH armed they were anoon), [p. 107] 4035 And wente to horse euerychoon), And with aH their^ might they hie faste For to socour’ Guy in haste. 4040 Sone they hehelde toward a cooste : Of the Sarasyns they herde grete booste. AH fuH sore they thretned Guy : Him to slee fast hasted they. Amonge theim they sawe Guyoun) That defended him strongly as a lyon. On eue?y hehalue they did him assaiUe, 4055 That by the brideH they toke saunz faille. Tho gan heraude fast spede To socoud Guy ; for it was nede. First he smote to a sarasyn), That litiH helped him Appolyn). his fellows, at his command, rode armed toward the Soudan’s camp. On approaching it they saw Guy chased by his pursuers. who were grasp- ing at his reins. But now Herhaud and his fellows 234 Turnbull, p. 1. 3685. C. 3»00. MS. fol. 128v. b. C. 3832. GUY IS RESCUED, AND PRESENTS [aUCHINLECK MS. j)a,i smiten togider & fast j^ruiig, 4065 pSLi corwen J?urcli liuer & jjurcli lunge ; pe Sarrazins ]}ai teche an iuel play, Euerich on o\er y-slawe lay. Herhaud is M wele bifalle. He socourJ>e Gij wij? his felawes alle. 4070 Amonges hem was gret gladn-esse : pe most hepe^ wepen for hlis ; ))ai kisten Gij alle for hlis, & Jjonked god ful ^ern, y-wis. IT j^e Sarrazins wenten alle o^en, 4075 Sori & dreri alle ])ai hen. poi token her lordes bodi Jjere, As sori wreches oway it here ; To Ascone J?ai hen ])er-wi]) y-come, Y-schent |?ai hen alle & some. 4080 Gij, & Herhaud, & her meyne Glad & hli|je alle hen he. pat heued J)ai han on a spere y-sett ()per mi^t men se pat Gij was wel net), Bifore hbn here pat it hap y-do. Mani on pelt her finger p^r-to. Into pe cite pai gun it bring. For ioie pai gun pe belles ring. Sir Gij to pempe?’our y-comen is, pe heued he him ^alt, y-wis : }3emperour gret panke him can, & in pat cite he dop make onan A piler of gray marhel ston : l^at heued he sett anon pcr-on. In swiche wise deuised it was, pat it was hiwreyen in bras, Whar-purch pat oper mi^t hen war To come wip ani ost more par. an Gij hadde y-don so jpeinperour doped Gij hini to : 4100 4085 4090 4095 235 CAIUS MS.] THE SULTAN’s HEAD TO THE EMPEROR. They smyte faste and to-geder thronge, 4065 That forkoruen) been) guttes, lynei-^, and longe. So at laste, as god yaue theim grace, The sarasyns with shame discomfited was, And Guy rescowed with grete gladnesse : AH thanked god of their’ prowesse. The sarasyns with-drowe theim anoon) 4075 Sory and woofuH euerychoon. And toke theii^ lordw body there. As sory wrecches with theim it here. T hoo Guye and heraude and their’ meyne Thanked god fast of their’ fair’ iourne. The hede on a spere they haue doo, [p. 108] And ryde faste to the Cilee thoo. Whan they of the Citee wiste of his comynge For ioye they ganne aH the belles rynge. Whan Guy to the Emperow?* come is The hede he p?’gsented with ioye and blis. 4090 The Emperowr with ioye of Guy it hent. And thanked him gretly of that present. In the Citee he lete make anone A piler of grey marbelstone : The hede therupon) sette was, 4095 And in eche side an hede of bras. HANNE aH this was doo The Emperowr cleped Guy him to. rushed to the rescue, and “ taught the Saracens an evil play.” Great was their joy. The Saracens retreated. Guy and his fellows entered the city, whose bells were rung right merrily. Guy presented the Soudan’s 1 ead to the Emperor, who set it on a pillar, as a warning to all enemies. 4100 236 THE emperor’s JOY. [auchinleck ms. Turnbull, p. 144, 1. 3711. C. 31^4:3. > MS. adoun 2 MS. folv ‘ Welcome be ]jou to me, sir Gij ! Hermes for dayes jjritti Michel monschip ichil fe do, Mi feir doubter 3iue J»e to.’ To femperour onswerd sir Gij, ‘ An hundred sijje, sir, gramerci ! ’ ) 5 empe?'Our aros amorwe ])o, To sen pe cuntre f ai ben y-go ; Alle J)at day pai riden hem so Alle 'vyhat euen, pai rested hem po. ])Sii seye toward a pleyn plas j)at bisiden a doun ^ was. A lyoun J?ai seye cominde po, Bot a smal pas no mi3t he go, WiJ) 3§nende mou]?e, & weri he was. Gij Jjat seye & seyd, ‘ alias ! Whi, no haddestow help non 1 ’ Ac fat lyon^ fai dradden ichon, For wif a dragoun he hade y-fou3t, Sz ouercomen he was nere him fou3t. Gij anon asked his stede fo. His spere, & his swerd also : In his bond a gode swerd he bar ; })at y-seye alle fat f er war. When fe dragoun seye com Gij j)e lyoun he forlett, & gan hi??z sayly. Wif open moufe 03aines hi??i he come ; Gij bar his spere 03aines him anon : 4105 4110 4115 4120 4125 4130 4135 CAIUS MS.] GUY HELPS A LIOX AGAINST A DRAGON. 237 And seide to him : ‘ my dere frende Guy, Of att thy goodnesse y kanne not the thanky, Bot, and thy wille were to take, My donghter y yiue the to thy make.’ Than answerd to him sid Guy, 4105 And seide : ‘ sn^, moult graunt m^rcy ! ’ At this tyme they departed so :• The Emperowr to his chambre wente tho. The Empero'i^r aroosse on morowe thoo. And to see the contree he is goo. 4110 And Guy thoughte in that mornyng< To wode wende in his pleying^. So in-to a launde he come by cas. That a liteH within the forest was. A lyoun) he sawe come thoo, 4115 Bot a softe paas he ne might goo. With yanyng^ mouthe, full wery he was. [p. 109] Thanne seide Guy, ‘ alias, alias ! This heest had helpe noon).’ His men) dredde the lyon echoon). 4120 Guy to the lyon) wente, saunz faille : The lyon) on him w aned his taille, As he wolde helpe haue Eor a dragon), that ley thed in a cane. With whom the lyon) had foughte, 4125 And nye ouere-come he was him thoughte. Whan that wiste Guy In his herte he was sory. After his stede he sente tho, Shelde, and spere, and swerd also. 4130 The Emperor again offered Guy hie daughter's hand. The Emperor rode through the country. In the evening a lion was seen, that was nearly overcome by a dragon. Guy, in order to help the lion, attacked tho dragon. Whan) the dragon) sawe a man) to him come The lyon) he lefte, and to the man ronne. With open) mouth toward Guy he gan goon). And Guy hare vp his spere anone : 4135 238 Turnbull, p. 145, 1. 3737. C. 3^00. MS. fol. 129r. a. C. 3913. Tuinbull, p. 146, 1. 3763. GUY IS FOLLOWED BY THE LION. [aUCHINLECK MS. In-to his jirote he it |)rest wij? strewgjie ; In his bodi was alle his schaft lengjie, }?at ded to grounde he feld hi??^ ]>o. What schuld y make tales nio'? 4140 He smot of ]ie heiied, & went oway, & come to Jiempo’our so sone so he may, Gyoun, wi]i ri3t gode wdlle : lyoun after him folweji snelle. Biforn hi??i he go]i swijie sket, 4145 & fol wed him at his stede fet. His fet he licked, so 3ede he neye, & lepe vp on his stede an heye, & sejijie he lepe adoun anon, & made him gret joie opon. 4150 To ]iempe?’onr is comen Gij, )?at of him was glad, sikerli. Alle ))ai hihelden jie lyoun, & hadde gret joie hot ]pe feloiin, Morgadonr stew^ard, 4155 }?at eue?’ was Gij 03einward. A lijier tresoun ]ian J)ou3t he, jpat he wold pe lyoun sle. Wi]) psit into pe cite ]iai ben y-gon ; J)empe?’our went vnto his tour of ston, 4160 & Gij is to his in y-go : lyoun him folwed euer mo. Biforn his bed he go]? to ligge, Fram him he nold, for soJ?e to sigge. So long ]?ai riden her jurneys, 4165 And jmrch riden pe cuntreys, ' Jpat to Costentin j?ai ben y-come. ]:)emperour haj? Gij on speche y-nome, & seyd, ‘ Gij, make pe redi : Tomorwe ]?ou schalt mi doubter weddh’ 4170 Wei sweteliche hi?n answerd sir Gij, ‘ Sir empe?*our, mow gramerci ! ’ CAIUS MS.] MORGADOUR RESOLVES TO KILL THE LION. 239 In-to the throte he it putte with strength, Farre in-to his body his speres length, That dede he felle to grounde tho. Wherto shuld y make tales moo ? 4140 He smote of the hede, and wente his wey Homeward ayene, the sothe to sey. Before him gooth the lyon), And folowed him alwey by woon). And likked his fete as he yede. And lepte and pleyde in eue?y stede. With that praye wente sii*^ Guy, And yelde it to the Empero?^?’, sikirly. All were full gladde of the lyon) [p. 110] Sauf Morgadour* the felon), That was the Emperours Styw^ard, 4155 That euere was Guy ayeneward. A slie treason) than thoughte he. That he wolde the lyon) slee. How is Guy to his ynne goo : The lyon) him foloweth eue?*e moo. Guy pierced the dragon with a Bpear, and smote off his head. Returning to the Emperor, he was followed by the lion. All were glad to see the lion, except Morga- dour. who resolved to kill him. After their return to Constantinople, Guy’s marriage to the Princess was fixed for the next day. 240 GUY IS TO BE MARRIED TO THE PRINCESS. [aUCHINLECK MS. C. 3035. C. 3040. Turnbull, p. 147, 1. 3789. MS. fol. 129r. b. 1 MS. erchebus- chop. * her originally intended ? A morwe, so sone so it was day, Gij Mm schred in fou & gray ; Wi]) Mm Ms felawes also, To chirche Jiai gon euer to & to. Wi]j pat pai ben to cbircbe y-come Worpscbiplich alle & some, & pat maiden was also ; Gret joie hadde al her kin po. ) 5 e erchebischop was comen also, Eedi pe sponseing for to do. IT ) 5 emperour seyd to Gij pere : ‘ Mi doubter ich 3iue pe here, And pritti castels wip bir also, Wip pe worpschip pat lip per-to, And half mi lond ich ^iue pe, Bifor mi barouns pat here be. ])ou schalt ben empe/-our after me : Biforn hem alle y grau?zt it pe.’ ‘ Alle,’ he seyd, ‘ pat pou bedest me Ichil afong,’ quap Gij, ‘wip hert fre.’ j)Q erchebischop^ come forp "Wip a ring, pat miche was worp ; He tok it Gij, & he it gan afong, & Gij bi-pou3t him pan wel strong : He bipou3t pan in his wille j)at Felice he schuld don vnskille ; He pou3t him repent & Avip-drawe, Wheper he mi3t hir^ kte oper haue. Leuer him pou3t to han liir bodi on Wip-oute 7 i siluer & gold & precious ston, ] 3 an alle oper pat were o Hue Wip alle pe gode men mi3t him 3iue. Gij sett him adoun anon, & seyd swiche iuel is comen him on, ))at he no may of pe stede gon. Him penkep his hert brekep ato. 4175 4180 4185 4190 4195 4200 4205 CA.IUS MS.] AT THE LAST MOMENT, HE CHANGES HIS MIND. 241 Early the next morning Guy, with his fellows, went to church. The Princess was there also. The Archbishop was ready to marry them. Besides the Princess Guy was to have 30 castles. and half the empire at once. and to be Em- peror afterwards. But when the Archbishop came forth. Guy thought of Felice. He would rather have her without anything than any other maiden with all good things. I Guy felt ill, WARWICK, B 242 GUY FALLS INTO A SWOON, [aUCHINLECK MS. C. 3900. Turnbull, p. 148, 1. 3815. C. 3083. C. 308V. MS. fol. 129v. a. Turnbull, p. 149, 1. 3841. Gij fel as'sv^oning in lpa.t plas, & aros vp sone after jias ; Gij seyd an heye to jiemperour : ‘ Sir, y Jie pray paramour, j)a.t pis fest deleyed be Fort efsones, y bidde pe, ]?at icb am apassed pis liaclie, & pat icb in gode hele be.’ Quap pemperour, ‘ pat rewep me, ])is sposayl schal delayed be.’ ))ennes bij gon alle y-fere, Alle sone wip droupeand cbere. ]?at maiden wepe & was sori. For Gij no mi 3 t bir spousi. For neuer more bij no wende Wip loue com bi??^ bende ; IN’o ioie ne may comen bir inne. For bij no wende bim neue?* winne. Scbe wrong bir bonden & -svepe sore, Sorwe made neuer wdman more ; Scbe wrong bir fingres & tar bir bere, & curssed pe time pat moder bir ber, 4230 & pe time pat bye bi^eten was ; ISTeuer woman wers nas. ij is to bis in y-go, ^^"o wist noman of bis wo Bot bim self : bi ni^t and day 4235 A1 a fourten ni^t sike be lay, p)at be no com bis bed fram, ^N’o out atte dore be no cam. N ow wille we of Gij duelle, & of bis lyoun icbil 30 U telle ; 4240 Of bis lyoun, bou be fard : })er while pat Gij lay sike so bard Kold be noiper ete no drink, Ac sorwe be made and gret morning. 4210 4215 4220 4225 CAIUS MS.] AND IS ILL FOR A FORTNIGHT. 243 and fell into a ewoon. Recovering, he asked the Emperor to put off the marriage. Tlie Emperor did not like the delay. The Princess wept, despairing ever to win Guy. And Guy in-to his hedde he is stryke, And therin he lieth longe sike. Nobody knew j n q K what was tlie matter with Guy, who did not leave his bed for a fortnight. While Guy was ill the lion neither ate nor drank. 244 GUY RESOLV^ES TO DIE RATHER [aUCHINLECK MS. C.3901’. Giji cleped Herliaud him to, 4245 ly in GU seems p n t . altered from/. & alle liis conseyl scliewed him ]jo. ‘ Sir Herhaud,’ he seyd, ‘ cojiseyl me : 2 Qy.]>i? Of mi 2 cofiseyl ich oxi pe, 3 if y schal ]?emperonrs doubter take, Or 3 ete abide for]) & hir for-sake. 4250 I Ich haue a leman in Inglond (To telle pe nil y nou 3 t wond), Joerls doubter Rohaut y-wis, Felice, pat feir maiden of pns. 0 ])er ])an hir loue y no may, 4255 Sir Herhaud, for so])e to say.’ Herhaud onswerd : ‘ ichil 30 U telle pe best coTzseyl ich haue in wille. 3 if ])ou ])emperours doubter afo Riche J)ou best eue?* mo : 4260 After hi??i ])ou best empe?*our. God ha]) y-don pe gret anour : In pe world ne wor]) man of so gret mi 3 t, Ho of so gret pouer, y pli 3 t. More riches pe worp hi a ])ousandel 4265 Bo])e of cites & of riche castel, Turnbull, p. 150, Forestes fill of hertes held, • pan perl Rohaut ha]) i?i weld.’ j c. 4:023. ^tille he ])ou,’ qua]) Gij, ‘ of pat ]) 0 U 3 t. How ich wot ])ou louest me nou 3 t, 4270 When J)ou ccuzsejds me mi leman fro. Mi liif to lese, nil ich it do.’ ‘ Sir,’ qua]) Herhaud, ‘ ich-il be stille, M^hen it is 03 am pi wille. pat ])ou hir louedest wist y iiou 3 t, 4275 & po ])ou of co??seyl me bison ^t, pe best ich wold 3 iue pe pat ich hadde wi])-in me. When ])ou Felice loues so, A 11 - 113 1 ■''■ere & ])ou hir for-go.’ 4280 CAIUS MS.] THAN GIVE UP FELICE. 245 At last Guy asked Herhaud’s advice as to whether he should marry the Princess, or wait for Felice. Herhaud advised him to marry the Princess. But Guy would rather die. So Herhaud told him to remain true lo Felice. 246 GUY GOES TO COURT, [auchinleck ms. MS. foi. i29v, b. ij aros after pe foiirtenrii3t c. 4035 . Vjr Glad & blij)e wi]? hert li3t. He is to ]>e court y-come, & fill Tvelcome to alle & some. 1 MS. ^epo. him his lyoun to court 3e[de] )?urch 'whom aros gret sorwe & wo. ]^empe?’our o'f Gij wel hlij?e he was ; Into al ])Q court no no]ier per nas A 1 hot Morgadour, sikerliche : He hated Gij Avel inliche. For pe maiden he hadde Gij in hete. Gij hileft in court atte mete, Turnbull, p. 151, Him to play & solanci. po at pe. court hileft sir Gij, pel whiles Jie king ate mete sat, pe lyoun go]i to play wiji-outeri pe 3a! In pais wiji-outen vilanie. Herkeneji now, lordiuges, gladli ; When Jiempe?’our hadde y-hete, Gode while Gij ha]i hi him sete, Wi|) him to pley in cw7^peynie : Solas he loued wijiouten vilanie. )Pat ich while his lyoun 3ede out of pe pauiloun : Al ahouten he is y-go. For to resten him in a wro : 03am pe sonne he slepe in a stedo, Gret while of pe day & so he de< 1 e. c. 4057 . When Gij wold his way he nam, Ynto his in jiat he cam. pe lyoun no folwed him nou3t, In an erher he slepe wel soft. ) 5 an was pe steward goinde, In-to an orchard al-on comiiide. Ynder a windowe he him seye Y^’lier pe lyoun lay wel neye, 4285 4290 4295 4300 4305 4310 4315 AXD LEAVES HIS LION THERE. 247 CAIUS MS.] G UYE'aroosse after the fourtenyghte, And to courte he wente righte. "With him his lyon) yede to Courte thoo, 4285 Thurgh whom aroosse sorowe and woo. The Empero?i?’ of Guy was fayne Ihoo, That his sikenesse was fro him goo ; Bot Morgadour*, sikirly, Hated Guy full inwardly, 4290 And that was for the loue of the maide That Guy shuld haue spoused as y you seide. So at mete sette is Guy : The Emperowr him chereth gretly. Whiles that Guy at mete sate, 4295 The lyon) pleide within the yate In pees withoute vilanye. Herken) now of grete felonye. W HANNE the Emperozi?’ had ete, And with Guy longe while sete, 4300 With him to pley in companye [p. Ill] (For he loued sporte withoute vilanye), Ther whiles the lyon) ahoute is goo, 4305 To reste him p?duely in a sloo : Ayenst the sonne he slepe in a stede, Grete while of the day he so dede. Whan Guy sawe tyme his leeue he nom). And to his ynne he wente him hoom). 4310 The lyon) than) folowed him noughte. For in the herhei’’ he slepe full softe. As the Styward was to his chambre goyng^, He sawe the lyon) in the herbei’’ sleping^. Oute at a wyndowe he loked him to, 4315 Guy rose, and went to the court with his lion. All were glad to see him well except Morga- dour. While Guy was sitting with the Emperor, the lion went to lie down in a corner. Guy went home without his lion. The steward saw the lion asleep in an orchard, 248 Turnbull, p. 152, 1. 3919. MS. fol. 130r. a. C. 4000. C. 4085. Turnbull, p. 153, 1. 3495. C. 4101. guy’s lion is wounded, 'For to resten him in a wro. ‘ Bi god,’ qua]) ]>& steward Jio, ^]pe lyoiin li]i here now slepeing,’ Sejd Morgadour in his Jioii3t Jienking. A scharpe wepen ]ier for)) he dron^, & ])e lyoiin Jier-wij) he SI0U3. J)e lyoim afrayd vp stert. As he jiat was to deji y-liert. Ac a maiden jiat y-seye, & grad to ])e steward an heye : ‘ Sir steward, jiat was iuel y-smifce. In vnwor])schip it worj) ])e at-wite.’ lyoun him go]) for]) groning. His guttes after him draweing. To Gyes in he is y-go. In a chaiimber he fond him J)0 : At his fete he fel doun in \)ai stede. To hauen of him socour at nede. His hondes he gan to licky : ])a,t was his lone, sikerly. When Gij ]iat lyoun woiUHled se]). For sorwe him ])0U3t his hert clef. ‘ 0 lord,’ he seyd, ‘ god almi3t. Who ha]» ])e so iuel y-di3t ? j)at mi lyoun ha]i y-slawe me, Y nold it wer don for ])is cite, Ho ])at ])er-to bilonge. So michel sorwe me ha]) afong.’ In swiche wret])e & grame anou3 His gode swerd wi]> strcng])e he drou3 Se]»])en on his stede he wond. His swerd y-drawe in his bond : To ]>e court he com prikeing. Wele hij seyen bi his lokeing ]pat he is sori & swi]ie wro]) : Alle 03aines him ])ai go]). [auchinleck ms. 4320 4325 4330 4335 4340 4345 4350 CAIUS MS.] AND DIES AT HIS MASTERS FEET. 249 And in Ins herte he seide thoo : ‘ This lyon) y shaH; nowe slee. So y may best on Guy wroken) bee.’ 4320 A sharpe wepen) he forth drovve, And therwith the lyon) he slowe. The lyon) was afraide and vp sterte, As he that was to deth hurte. A niayde was thed, and ah sighe, 4325 And to the Styward she cride an highe : ‘ Sir Styward,’ she seide, ‘ that was euyl smyte. Ilarme dud he noon), god it wite ! ’ The lyon) ranne forth sore gronyng^, And after him his guttes drawyng^. 4330 To Guyes ynne he is goo, In his chambre he fonde him tho : At his fete he felle downe in that stede : To haue socoud he it dede. His handes he gan) to likke gently : [p. 112] 4335 That was his lone, sikirly. Whan) Guy the lyon) wounded seigh, For sorowe his herte to-clef wel neigh. ‘ A lorde,’ he seide, ‘ god aH-might, Who hath the thus euyl dightl 4340 For aH this Citee y ne wolde That my lyon) thus sone dede bee sholde.’ With that Guy oute of the Chambre wonde. And toke his swerde in his honde, And to courte wente thinkyng*. Weh they sawe aH by his lokyng< 4350 That he was right wroth : They aH ayenst him sone gooth. and pierced him with a sharp weapon. A maiden saw it. The lion ran home, trailing his guts, and fell down at Guy’s feet. Guy was very sorry to see his lion wounded. In great wrath and grief Guy came to court. 250 C. 4130. MS. fol. 130r. b. C. 4130. Turnbull, p. 15J, 1, 3971. GUY LEARNS THAT HIS LION [aUCHINLECK MS. ‘ Lordinges/ qua]) Gij, ‘ ich 30U biseclie, 3 if ani of 3011 me can teclie, Who SI 0 U 3 mi lyoun to-day.* 4355 Alle ])ai seyd, ‘ sir, certes, nay.’ Wij) ])at into J>e halle he come, A maiden he mett ]>er anon. IT ‘ Sir Gij,’ she seyd, ‘ leue swete, Is ])i lyoun ded, or lines 3 ete 1 4360 For Jmrchout smite ichi? 7 i seye.’ ])o seyd Gij : ‘ mi swete lef, ney, Ich ])e bidde, for-hele it nou 3 t. Who ha]) mi lyoun to de]> y“brou 3 t 1 ’ ‘Sir,’ sche seyd, ‘ Morgadour, 4365 pat is steward wi]> ])emp-s?'our : )?urch ])e bodi he him smot. His de]» it wor|), wele y wot.’ When he herd ])at ich feloun Hadde y-slawe his lyoun, 4370 Out of halle he gan driue Fram chaumber to chaimib^?’ al-so swi]?e, Wi]) naked swerd in his hond : 3 if he him finde]) he gop to schond. Into a chau 7 ? 2 ber he com ])at stounde, 4375 & Morgadour sone he founde Wi]) his nevou i/i coizseyl fast : 'When fai seye Gij J>ai weren agast. Gij seyd : ‘ ]ou me hast bitreyd When ])ou to grounde mi lyoun leyd. 4380 'No dede ich ]>e neuer hot gode, J)ou fel treytour, vnkinde blod.* IT Morgadour answerd anon, Stalwor] kni 3 t as he was on : ‘])ou lexst amidward |)i te]), 4385 & J)er-fore haue ]>ou maugrej). Whi bejstow me on tre^ soun, pat ich haue sleyn })i lioun 1 ’ CAIUa MS.] HAS BEEN KILLED BY THE STEWARD. 251 ‘ T ORDiNGEs/ qiiotli Guy, ‘ y you beseche, JLi Yf any of you kanne me teclie, Who that slowe my lyoun) to-daye.’ 4355 AH they seide, ‘sir, naye.’ As sone as he to the halle come, A maide in hid armes him nome. ‘ Sir Guy,’ she seide, ‘ my leef swete, Is thy lyon) dede, or lyueth yet ] 4360 Thurgh the body smyten y him siglie.’ Than besonghte of hir sid Guye, That she shuld concele it nought. But telle him, who his lyon) hath to deth brought. And she seide that Morgadoud, 4365 That Styward was [with] the Emperoud, ‘Thurgh the body he him smote : [p. 113] His deth it was, weH y wote.’ Whan) Guy herde that same feloun) Had sleyn) his lyoun), 4370 Out of the halle he gan dryue. Fro chambre to chambre seching’ him blyue, With a naked swerde in his honde, Yf he may fynde him to shonde. To a chambre he come in a stounde : 4375 Morgadoud he hath therin foimde With his neuyeu in counsaiUe faste : 'Wlian) he sawe Guy he was agaste. To him seide Guy : ‘ why hast me betray bed. To grounde so my lyon) leyde ? 4380 I did the neuere yet hot good. Thou false traitowr of vnkynde blood.’ Morgadoud answerd to him anone. As a stalworth knyght sliuld doon) : ‘Thou lyest euen) in thy tetlie, 4385 And therfod haue thou euyl dethe. Why appechest me of treeson) 1 I it avowe, y slowe thy lyoun).’ asking who had killed his lion. The maiden named Morgadour. Hearing this. Guy looked for the Steward, and found him in consultation with his nephew. Guy called him a traitor. but Morgadotir gave him the he. 252 GUY CLEAVES THE STEWARD [auchinleck ms. C. 1 nevou MS, erne Turnbull. Turnbull, p. 155, 1. 39'J7. 2 alto hewe MS, MS. fol. 130v. a. Turnbull, p. 156, 1. 4023. C. Gij wij) liis kiiiif smite lie wold, Ac Gij him suffii nold : His swerd anon vp he hef, Morgadonr donn ri3t he clef Fram pe heued doim to fot : Of jiat stroke no com hi??^ neuer hot. % m Then his nevon y-seye j^at cas, ® ▼ T ])a.t his em^ so smite?7 was, Him to awreke hi??7 ]iou3t long, & as he schiild his dart afong. His arme atvo smot Gij, & he hi?7z anon crid me?’ci. Gij for rewjie is jiennes y-gcn, & cam to Jiempe?‘Our anon, & se]j]ie he seyd to ]iempe?-oiir : ‘ Ich haue pe serued wif) gret honour ; 3olden ]?ou hast me iuel mi while. When ])i folk jmrch tresoun & gile Haue mi lyoun to de|i y-hrou^t. Mi while is iuel 3alt : he it ha]i abou3t. For sojie he me to ])Q hiwreyd, & now to grounde mi lyoun is leyd. Ded he lij?e al to-hewe^ )0i steward, at wordes fewe : Wele ich haue 3olden him his treysoun, & jiat he slou3 mi lyoun. Sejijie Jjou no mi3t 110113! waranti me, Whar-to schuld y semi ]ie. On oncoujie man in thi lond, When |iou no dost him hot schond ? Harm me is, & michel misdo ; j5er-fore ichil fram Ipe go, & in ojier cuntres seme y wile, )5er men wille 3eld me mi while. ’ ‘ Tilerci, sir Gij ,' seyd jiemperour J?o. ‘ 3if aid of our ha|i )?e misdo, 4390 4395 4400 4405 4410 4115 4420 FROM HEAD TO FOOT. 253 CAIUS MS.] To Guy wits a knyf haue smyte he woldo, And Guy it defend, as a man sholde. 4390 With that Guy his swerde vp heef, And Morgadour down) right ah to-cleef From the hede downe to the fote : Of that stroke ne come neuere bote. Tho Guy lefte him there fuH sone, And come to the Emperoud anone. To him he seide : ‘sii^ Emperoz^r, [p. 114] I haue the serued with grete honoz^r. How shuld y any lenger seme the, Whan thou maist not warante me, Vnkouthe man in thy londe, Hym not defende, hot spille and shonde. Harme me here is mykel doo ; Therfor’ y shah fro the goo, 4420 And in other contrees seme y wide. There they woH theim better acquite me tide.’ ‘ li/f ERCT, SIR Guy,’ quoth the Emp^row?’ tho. jAj. ‘ Yf any of myii haue the mysdoo, and tried to stab him, which Guy prevented by cleaving him from head to foot. His nephew, attempting to revenge his uncle, was wounded. Guy went to the Emperor, and reproached him with the ill return of his good services. Since the Emperor could not protect a stranger in his country, Guy would leave him. The Emperor 254 GUY REFUSES TO MARRY THE PRINCESS, [aUCHINLECK MS. C. 41V3. Swiche ri^t do als tow wdlt, 4425 & take ]>e amendes after ]?e gilt ; For alle ]?ai scliul be fiine men [an] on, In ])i nede seme fie ichon, & at Jji wille take her catel. u in Mdde altered AYifi-drawe bi mod, sir, y bidde^ be wel ; 4430 from e? x i m ^ Ich wil fiatow to-morwen arly i\ri douliter at ]>e chirche spousy/ IT Gij answerd : ‘ fierof speke nou^t : Ilir to niin nam ich nou^t bi]) 0 U 3 t ; For, 3 if fiou haddest me hir 3 iue, 4435 & ich hir toke J)er whiles y Hue, ]5an wold pi men anon, pat wonderful be mani on, pa seggen wifi deshonour })ou haddest made a pouer man empe/’our, 4440 & vnworj) fiai wold h olden of me, & sum edwite fier wold be pat |)i doubter despe?’plid were, 3 if )JOU to me hadde 3111011 ^her here. Leuer ich hadde litel wifi worfischipe 4445 jpan michel welden wifi schenschipe. ]?er-fore, sir empcrour, y fie telle, In non maner bileuen y nille. Whende ichil in-to mi cuntre, Mine frendes to visite & to se.’ 4450 Leue he toke wi]j fat speche, & seyd, ‘ godes sone y f e biteche.’ c. 4tsoo. When f empe?-our ndf-holden him no may (He sef his wille is to wende o-way), Wepen he gan wif his ey 3 en tvo : 4455 Alle f 0 of fe court dede al-so. MS. foi. i 30 v. b. His grete tresour he dede f orf bring, & bede it Gij to his likeing, Ac f erof liked him noiut to take : * One letter erased after 0 /. Anou^ he hadde of^ Sarrazins blake. 44G0 2 me h. 5. on an erasure. Tumbnll, p. I.*)?, 1 . 4049 . AND IS DETERMINED TO GO AWAY. 255 CAIUS MS.] Suclie riglit y sliaH the doo as thou wilt, 4425 To make the amendes weH: for the^ gylt ; For ah; they shuH thy men) bee, And at thy wille serue the. And to-morowe right eerly Thou shalt my doughted spousy.’ Guy answerd : ‘ therof speke nought : Hir to take y am not in thought ; For, and ye hir had me yiue, 4435 To haue and holde whiles y^ lyue. Than) wolde thy men) sey echoon). That wonderfuH bee many oon). That ye had with dishonour^ Of a pouei’e man made theid Emperoi^r. 4440 Leuer me is a liteli with worship 4445 Than moche to welde with shenship. Therfod, sid, forsothe y the telle, [p. 115] With you noo lenged woH y duelle. Wende y shah: in-to my contree, AH my frendes for to see.’ 4450 His leeue he tooke with that speche : ‘ Sir, aH-mighti god y you beteche.’ promised him amends, i thy MS. and urged liim to marry tiis daughter. But Guy answered tliat Ids marrying the Princess, 2 ye MS. and being made an emperor would be grumbled at by the Greeks. The Emperor wept at Guy’s determination to go away. Guy refused to accept anything. 256 THE EMPEROR AND HIS PEOPLE [aUCHINLECK MS. Al-so a gode man decle pemperour ]?ere : j;er-after to alle Gyes fere Eiclie tresour |)an 3 af lie, Gold and siluer gret plente, As miclie as pai wold vnder-fo ; ' For jiemperour it comend so. Gret [pris] ]iai 3 eue pemperonr, |)at he was man of gret honour. Gij di 3 t him wi]) riche dubheing, lliche wede he dede for him bring. Of ]?empe?'Our he toke his leue, & he al wepend it him 3 eue, & alle pG kni 3 tes of the cite, Of euerichon leue nam he. Turnbull, p. 158, j^er mi3t men se sorwe make. For sir Gij wold fram hem rake ; Wimen & children mani on. For him Jiai wepen eueyichon ; J)er whiles he was in her ferred, Of no wer no stode hem drede. c. 4*2‘^o. H j^emperour cleped Herhaud him to, & aresound hi?yi tvene hem tvo : ‘ Sir Herhaud, j)Ou schalt bileue wi)i me. Wele ich pG sigge, & siker ])ou be, };at ich in )?is 3ere wille 3iue pG pG richest honour ]?at in mi lond be.’ ‘ Sir,’ qua)) Herhaud, ‘ gramerci ! AVele 3 e wite icham wij) sir Gij. Y no wil depart him fro For non honour men may me do.’ S ir Gij to his in is y-go, & areliche amor we he aros po : Into Inglond he Avent, god ptot, Ac when ])empe?’our ))at so])e wot, pat Gij pG curteys is y-go. At his hert hi??i was ful wo ; 4465 4470 4475 4480 4485 4490 4495 CAIUS MS.] ARE SORRY FOR GUY’s GOING. 257 but his fellows received as iniioli as they wished. I N'ow Guy of the Empero?,r/' his leeue take hath, I And he aH weping* him it yaf, , And at the knyghtes of the Citee, i Of theim all his leeue toke he. Guy took leave of the Emperor, who wept, and of his knights. ; Ther’ men might see folke sorowyng^ 4475 au were sorry ! ° . for Guy’s going. For Guy that was fro theim goyng^, j And women and children) many ooii) : J For him they wepe euerychoon) ; I For, whiles that he was with theim in that stede, j Of noon) Fnmyes they durste drede. 4480 The Emperor asked Herhaud to stay with him. i G uye hoilie to his ynne is goo, And erly on morowe aroosse tho : To Fnglond to wende, god it wote. Is his pw?’pose full and hote. I And so Guy forth right«5 is goo : I Therfor’ the Finperowr was full woo ; I WARWICK. I I but Herhaud would not part from Guy. 4195 Guy’s departure grieved the Emperor and 8 258 GUT, LEFT ALONE IN A WOOD, 1 So MS. Turnbull, p. 159, 1.4101. IIS. fol. 131r. a. a There seems to be a stroke too many {ninn or niun) in the MS. So was Blaunclieflour ^ pe scliene : For his loue sche jioled tone. Toward Inglond is Gij y-drawe, &: wiji him Herhaud, his gode felawe. Swijie hastiliche Jiai gun ride, )pe weder was hot in somers tide, c. 4:355. H In May it was also ich wene, AYhen floures sprede & springe]? grene Into a forest sir Gij is go Xeye a cite, nou^t fer ]?er-fro. ]5an seyd Gij to his meyney : ‘ 'W ende]? swijie wel an heye. Mine in to nim ^ in J?e cite ; Ich wil a while here pleye me. For to here pe foules singe.’ ];er-in was po his likeinge. His folk he do]? fram him go, Alon bileft sh Gij po : Hadde he looiper knaue no grome, Seriau/^t no squier non. Selcou]?e it was for to here : In priue stede stode Gij ]?ere ; So michel he herd po foules sing, ])at him ]?ou 3 t he was in gret longing. So mani ]?inges he of ]?ou 3 t, ])3it out of his ri3t way him brou3t. So long for]? he is rideing. In his weye for]? secheing, )?at 0 groning fram fer he herd : He of-list, & tliider lie ferd. pe mening seyd, ‘ alias, alias, ■ jpat ich was born for swiche trespas ! Ac now is me iuel bifelle : De]?, whi wiltow so long duelled’ })iderward sir Gij hi?n drou 3 , C’. 435’5.f And loked vnder an liawe-]?oru boii^. Turnbull, p. 160, 1. 4127. [auchinleck ms. 4500 4505 4510 4515 4520 4525 4530 CAIUS MS.] LISTENS TO THE BIRDS’ SONGS. And SO was Llanchefloui’’^ the sliene : For his lone she suffred grete teene. !N'ow is Guy to Englond drawe, And with him heraude, his felawe. 4500 In May it was as y wene, "Whan the herbes growen) grene : By a forest they come thoo [p. 116] 4505 Nyglie a Citee, not farre therfro. Than seide Guy to his meyne : ‘ Goo ye nowe to the Citee, And ordeigne there ah things redy ; For y shall here a while me pley, 4510 For to here the fou les singe.’ Theron) was tho aH his deliting^. His men theim wente to the Citee thoo, And Guy aH alone belefte so. Of so many thinges he bethoughte, That oute of his wey he was broughte. So longe he is forth ridyng^, In the forest alone his wey seching^ : At laste a gronyng^ he herde, 4525 And he ne wiste how it ferde. The voice seide : ‘ alias, alias. That eue?’e y was borne to suche cas.’ 259 BK-mncheflour. J So MS. In May, Sir Guy, being in a forest, gent his men to a near town to take lodgings for him, while lie remained listening to the birds’ songs. Left alone, Guy thought of so many things, that he lost his way. Riding along, he heard a man moaning. Thider-wardw Guy him drowe, And, as he loked vnder a bo we. ‘Death, why wilt thou tariy so long P ’ 260 UKDER A HAWTHORN GUY [aUCHINLECK MS. ✓ 1 Read nerd ? MS. fol. 131r. b. C. 4303. Turnbull, p. 161, 1. 4153. * The k looks as if the scribe had begun to write a g. * added above the line in the same hand. C. 433^. j)e bodi he seye of a kni 3 t : Jperof lie hadde wonder, apli^fc. Feir & michel he him se]? : Gij jjenke)) michel, & non 3 t no sey)). ]pat hors he prikej?, & for]? he goJ> ; pelt bodi he bihalt inliche forso]). His barbel first adoun he de]?, WiJj-outen colour his neb he se]j For ]?e blod he hadde for-lore, pat of his bodi he hadde forjj bore. Y-girt he was wij? a gode swerd, pat was wele kerueand doun to ]?e uerd.^ "W ele he was y-armed gentilliche. Gij of him hadde reuj^e miche ; His name he asked sweteliche, YTio him biseye so reweliche. ‘ What is J?i name 1 where wer ])ou bore ? & who hajj y- wounded ]?e so sore 1 Ich pe bidde jjatow say me, & for so]}e y pli 3 t pe For me schaltow harm haue non. Who haj? ])G ]jus iuel bi-gon 1 * He answerd, ‘ pat wille y nou 3 t. In mine hert is swiche sorwe brou 3 t, pat y dar scheive pe no speche. Lete me dj^e, y pe biseche. So michel sigge y pe, sir kni 3 t ,2 3if j>ou wilt pli 3 t me anon ri 3 t pi treu])e in bond mine, Siker ]iou be ]?at al mi pine & alle mine estrisjehil telle |?e; Elies no Avostow it noii 3 t for me.’ His treu]?e sone he him pli 3 t, His liif he teld him anon 1 - 13 1 . ow he seyd : ‘ sir kni 3 t fre, -La ]\Ii name^ y pe telle, & whe?mes y be. 4535 4540 4545 4550 4555 4560 4565 CAIUS MS.] FINDS A WOUNDED KNIGHT. 261 The body he sawe of a knyght : Therof he had wondei’^, apliglit. Begurde he was with a good swerde, That was well keruyng^ vpon) the egge. Guy had of him mykel reiithe, 4545 And asked of him right blithe His name, and where he was bore, And who had wounded him so sore. ‘ I the bidde, telle thou me, And my trouthe y plighte the That y ne shall the harme doo Bee thou frende, bee thou foo.’ [p. 117] ‘ Herken) no we, sir knyght free : Thou shalt wite my name, and what y bee. Under a hawthorn he saw a knight, whose face was without colour for loss of blood. Guy asked him who he was. and who had wounded him. The wounded knight refused to tell him. unless Guy would plight his troth to him, which he did. 262 THE W0U2SDED KNIGHT TELLS GUY [aUCHIXLECK MS. Of Gormoise icliani cleped Tirri, ]5eld erls sone Aubri. 4570 Wi]j J?e douke of Loreyne ichaue y-be. A feir doubter ]?an hadde he : ^ The d above the line in the same hand, * A letter erased before a, and another after it. Turnbull, p, 162, 1. 4179. C. MS. fol. 131v. a. Ouer alle o]>er we loueden ous, & for loue treu]ie pli 3 ten ]?us. For non o]>er sclie nold me lete, FTo y no loued^ non bot )iat swete In godes lawe, for sojje y-wis : Swiche a 2 treu|ie bitvix ous is. Armes for hir loue y nam, & now y tliou 3 t to ban went bam. Mi priis icbaue wide y-sou 3 t Fram stede to o]ier, no w^ond y nou 3 t. ^ psm come fram bir to me a sond )pat brou 3 t me micbe sorwe an hoiul, pe douke Otus of Paui AVald mi leman spous^, To wham icb was treuj}e-pli 3 t : Oisel was bir name ful ri 3 t ; |;at bi letters scbe sent to me, & bi toknes psit wer so fre, pat, 3 if icb bir babbe wold, pat to bir comen y scbold To on day pat was y-sett, Oper scbe worj) fro me fett. To hir ward y gan spede TViJi ju’itti kni 3 tes i/i mi ferred : Euericbe of ous bis stede bistrode, & riden ous for]i wijjouten abode, Wber pe douke Otwe s_ket Vnder pe ]?orn per ]?ou him let.’ MS. foi. i 32 r. b. Opon a mule sche war]) anon, c. 4 : 5 , 25 . haAve-jjorn j^ai ben y*gon, Ac pSii no haue non3t pe kni3t y-fouTide ; Y-ladde he was owai J^at stounde. JOo he fond him nou3t, he v'as sori ; For he wend wel sikerli J)at lyoTins him hadde to-drawe. He loked adoim vnder j^e wod^ schawc. If he ou3t y-herd loude or heye : Of hors traces hy pei seye. IT ])at maiden he lete j^are, & after swipe he is y-fare. So fast he rode, jjat he com neye Four kni3tes he per seye. Turnbull, p. 168 , Gij of-toke sone ]iat ferrede, 1. 4335 . ^ kn[i]3t wif) hem lede. li altered from GijV j^^t heye I’ode Oil liis stcde, 3ernne he bad 3if he mi3j spede. To pe kni3tes sir Gij hi»t sade : ‘ Lordinges, jiilke lord )iat 3011 made, & pe ni3t & pe bri3t day, 3ou do worjischipc so wele he may. 3if it be 30111’ wille speke wi)i me ; To mi speche vnder-stond 30. Lordinges, ich haue mi treu]ie y-pli 3 f To him ))at 30 lede, ]?[i]lke kni^t, 4715 4720 4725 4730 4735 4740 4745 CAIUS MS.] BUT TIRRI CARRIED OFF BY FOUR KNIGHTS. 271 AH he theiin slowe, y you pliglite, [p. 121] ' Or any of theim arise mighte. j Whan he theim had sleyne echoon), 4715 I He lepte vpon) the stede anoon). Than he come to that mayde, ' And swetely to hii'’ he saide, ‘ Ho more sory thou ne bee, Bot arise vp, and come with me. 4720 With thy lemman y shaH the bringe Vnder the hawthorn) withoute taryinge.’ Ypon) a moyle he sette hir anone, And to the hawthorn) they come sone, i And they the knyght there ne fonde : 4725 Awey he was ledde in that stounde. Whan they liim ne fonde, they were sory ; For they wende fuH sikirly That lyons him had aH to-drawe. Than loked he aboute vnder the wode shawe : 4730 The trade of horse he there sighe. His herte to-berste for sorowe nyghe. The maide he bade abide there : After liim s withe he gan) fare. Guy slew them aU. Coming to tlie maiden, he promised to take her to her lover. but when they came to the haw- thorn, the knight was not there. Looking about him, Guy saw traces of horses. Leaving the maiden there, he followed them, Guy oucre-toke sone that ferde, And sawe foure knyghtzs the knyght lede Ouere-thwerte a stede fast bounde, Ptyding^ a paas with him that stounde. 4740 To the knyght/5 than Guy seide AYith faire wordes, withoute drede : ‘ That lorde that mide this daye. You worship, that best may. Yf it bee youre wille speke with me, [p. 122] 4715 And to my speche vnderstonde ye. Lordinges, y haue my trouthe plighte To him ye there lede, that knighte, till he saw four knights carrying off Tirri. 272 C. 4553. Turnbull, p. 169, 1. 4361. C. 45G5. MS. fol. 132v. a. 1 MS. of toun. GUY SUCCEEDS IN KILLING [aUCHINLECK MS. ))at biri y scbal liis bodi : Mi treujje y pli^t, sikerly. 4750 A1 for loue icb 30 U bisecbe His bodi ]?at 30 me bitecbe.’ ))at 0 kni 3 t went to hi??i ward, )?at was ]>e douke Oius steward, bat badde y-passed J:e riuere 4755 In a bot pat he fond ]iere, & seyd to Gij, ‘ who artow ? Als a foie comen artow now. Comestow now to aski ri 3 t To haue pe bodi of our kni 3 t, 47G0 For his fere we nim pe snelle. To pe douke Otous lede we pe wille, & 3 e schul hope demed be, & heye hong on gal we tre.’ G ij hi??z seyd, ‘ )?ou miseyst, 4765 &, hi mine heued, pou it abeyst.’ Opon J?e heued Gij him smot, Ynto pe girdel stede pai swerd bot. 4770 Anojier he smot ri 3 t anon. Spare nold [he] neuer on. Of his hors he has him feld, His heued he dede fleye in pe feld. AViJ) jjat come pe gode Hogoun, 4775 be doukes nevou Otoun^ : He smot Gij on pe scheld bifore, bat neye he ha)i his swerd forlore. For schanie he hadde of )?e stroke )?are Gij smot Hogoun, and nou 3 t him for-bare : 4780 Ouer-]mert pat swerd glod, &; to-clef him wij^outen abod. ^Yliarto schuld y make tale of noii 3 t'i Alle he ha]? hem to dej? y-brou 3 t. CAIUS MS.] THOSE FOUR KNIGHTS. 273 That y shaH his body burye : So y haue him plighte, triilye. Therfor^ with loue y you beseche That ye that body me beteche.’ A knyght thoo twmed to him warde, That was the duke of lorreys stywarde, And seid) to Guy : ‘who art thou? As a foole thou art come hider’ now. WTiiles thou coinest to aske right Of the body of oure knyght, Thou art his felawe, we the telle, And to Duke Otes the we lede wille : There ye shuH bothe demed bee To hange highe on a galowe tree.’ Guy answerd, ‘ thou mysseist : By myn) hede, thou it abeyest. Art thou beloued with Otoun), Haue ye all godd?5 malison).’ Ypon) the hede Guy him smote, To the girdelstede that swerde bote. Telling them that ^ _ he was bound to 4/50 bury the knight, he begged them to deliver him. But one of them, Duke Otus’ Bteward, 47G0 menaced him. 4765 4770 Guy killed the steward, then another knight. then Otus’ nephew Hc^onn, 1 j i What shaH y make a tale of nought ? AH he hath to deth brought. WARWICK. and, at last, the fourth knight. T 274 IN THE MEAN TIME HEBACO [aUCHINLECK MS. 1 Looks like an at first sight, the p being partially covered by the ornaments of the large L in the next line. C. 458^. Turnbull, p. 170, 1. 4387. C. 4507. 2 a wiman under- dotted after herd 3 a above the line He Lam Tirri in his arnies anon, & sett him his hors opon. To Jpat hawe-Jiorn he is y-fare, ];an^ fond he nou3t ]>at maiden jiare. L ete we now of Gij be stille : More 3e schul here 3if 3e wille Of pat maiden, hou sche was nome : )5an schal we til our tale come. Of Gyes felawes y wille 30 U telle So y finde in mi spelle, ])3it so loLg were in pe cite. Wonder hem penkep where Gij he ; For pe mete was alle 3are, Wonder hem pou3t wer Gij ware. IF Herhand of Ardern & oper mo In-to pe forest pai hen y-go : p)ai mi3t [him] finde for no secheing. Herhaud cast sone his loheiiig : Eiside him he herd^ a^ mening, 4785 Also it were a woman schricheing. Hye hi-gan londe to grede : Herhand ney3ed & his ferrede. pe haweporn pai 3ede wel neye, & pe maiden per pai seye. Herhaud hir oxed what Idj^was ; Sche no told him nou3t al her cas, Bot pat sche was a wriche wiman }5at michel sorwe so was an ; MS. foi. i32v. b. For alle pat sorwe pan hade he, For sche no nii3t hir leman se. Sche forhede him anon ri3t j)at noman sett on hir si3t. Herhaud tok pat inayde wip him, & ladJe hir lioni to his in. "IVT ow wende we 03ain to our spelle, X 1 }?at 30 me herd er pan telle Turnbull, p. 171 I. 4113. C. 4017. 4790 4795 4800 4805 4810 4815 4890 FINDS OISEL, AND TAKES HER WITH HIM. 275 CAIUS MS.] He toke Terry in his armes twoo, And ledde him forthe before him tlio. To that hawthorn) they bee fare, And thoo they ne fonde the mayde there. Lete we nowe of Guy bee stille, [p. 123] And lierken) more if it bee youi-’ wide Of the maide, how she was nohie, And than ayene to oui-* tale we shuH come. Of Guyes felawes shuH we telle As y fynde in this perchemyn) felle, That so longe had bee in the Citee, And wondred sore where Guy might bee. 478o Returning with Tirri to the haw- tliom, he missed the maiden. 4/90 Now you shall hear how the maiden disap- peared. Guy’s fellows. 4795 tliinking it str.ange that he did not come, Heraude of Ardern) and other moo In-to the forest they been goo, And him fynde they ne might. Than kaste heraude his sight : * A-lighte,’ he seide, ‘ I here a gronyng^. As it were a woman) in childing^.’ And she beganne lowde to crye. And heraude to hir gooth, trulye. To the hawthorn) they come nyghe. And that Maide there they syghe. Heraude hir asked what she was, Hot she ne him tolde aH the cas. Than) they toke that mayde forth. And homeward ayene sory they gooth ; For they had theii-’ lorde longe soughte In the foreste, and fonde him noughte. 4800 I'eturned into the fore-t. Looking for him, Herlmud heard a moaning, 4805 and they saw the maiden. 4810 who said she was a wretched woman. Kerhaud took her with him. ^ OWE wende wm ayene to oud spelle, 1 There ^-e me horde beforehande tdle 4820 276 GUY JOINS HIS FELLOWS, [aUCHINLECK M Of Gij and Tirri, fierls sone, Hou ]?ai ben to pe bawe-porn come. When hij ]}ider y-comen were, No fond hij noii3t )?e maiden ]?ere. Gij bileft per sir Tirri, V & sou3t pat maiden bi & bi : Op and donn he 3ede hir secheinde, & sorwefulliche hir bimeninde. He wende sche were stole wip ontlawe, Oper wip wilde bestes y-drawe. For hir in hert hi?7^ w’as ful wo, J)at he no wist what to do : No wist he what do he mi3t. To pe cite he went anon ri3t ; When he hir finde no may, . Homward he most take pe way. J?an toke he pat kni3t : On his stede nek he sett lii??i ri3t. Y-comen he is to pe cite : His men al sori findep he, &, when hij her lord seye come, Blipe pai were alle & some. Turnbull, p. 172 , ‘ Lordinges,’ he seyd, ‘nimep pis bodi, l. 4439 . & to pe grounde it lay wel softli.’ )5e bodi pai toke of pat kni3t, Opon a paJ leyd it anon ri3t. Gij hap of-sent leches pere, pe wisest pat in pat cite were. ‘ Lordinges,’ he seyd, ‘ vnderstond to me. 3if 30 pis kni3t pat 30 here se. May on him his wou?k1cs hele. It worp 30U 3olden eueridele. 3if he dede or liiies. be, Ich bi-hot 3011, min frende fre, Him to hele 30ur 11031 30 do : An hundred besaunce y 3if per- to.’ 482f 4830 4835 4840 4845 4850 4855 AND TRIES TO GET TIRRY CURED. 277 CAIUS MS.] How Guy and Terry, the Erles sofie, Been) to the hawthoriD ayene couie, And, Avhan) they thider come were. They ne fonde the inayde there. Guy lefte there Terry, And wente to seche the mayde hastly, Now let U8 return to Guy and Tirri. [p. 124] 4825 Guy sought tlie maiden in vain. And he hir' fynde than ne may : Homeward, forsotlie, he toke his way, And with him toke that knyght : Vpon his stede lie ledde him right. Come he is in-to the Citee : His men aH sory than fonde he. And, whan they sawe theid lorde come, Gladde they were all and some. ‘Lordinges,’ he seide, ‘take this body. To grounde ye it ley softely.’ The body they toke of that knyght, Vpon) palle they leyde downe right. Guy than) sente for leches. The best in the Citee he forseches. ‘ Lording/.v,’ he seide, ‘ vnderstonde me. Yf ye this knyght that ye here see. May his woundes sikirly hele. Ye shall bane good reward/s with a mery mele. 4835 Not knowing what to do, he rode into the city. taking Tirri with him on his steed. 4840 His men were glad to see him. 4845 Guy sent for the best physicians. 4850 who, if they could cure Tirri’s wounds, were to receive a hundred besants. 278 OISEL, SEEING TIRRY, [auchinleck ms. MS. fol. 133r, a. C. 4G31. Turnbull, p. 173, 1. 44C5. C. 4645. 1 ft seems altered fr i. pai groped his veynes & his won?ide, ])ai feld hem ho]?e hole & sounde : AVele hii se|) he nis noii 3 t dede. \)e leches taken hem to rede, In forward hele hi??i jiai wille, In non maner lete Jiai nille. IT j^erwhiles of-herd sir Gij Xoise, & wepe, & wel gret crie. His chaumhe?’leyn he cleped him to, & alle in wret|?e he oxed him po AVho it was J)at noise made. ‘ Bid hem alle he hlij^e & glade.’ ‘ O ir,’ he seyd, ‘ a maiden it is O ) 5 at Ilerhaud fond, wel feir, y-wis, Ynder an hawe-]?orn in ]>e forest.’ Qua}) Gij, ‘ fete h ir to me in hast, SwiJje }>at ich mi 3 t hir se. Kow hastiliche hringejj hir to me.’ )?e chaumberleyn is for]? y-gon, (fe brou 3 t hir hi-forn hem anon. Gij hir knewe, & gan hir gret, ‘ Welcome he ]?ou, mi lef swete,’ As sche was into ]?e halle y-come, AVepeinde & sorwende vnder-nome. Wi]? ]?at hij seye ]?at hodi, y-wis, Liggend on a pal of p?7S. IT ‘ A, leman Tirri,’ cpiaj? sche J?o, ‘ What, y se ]?i neb al hlo, J^at so white of colour was : ])i better neuer y-born nas. In wrcched time mi bodi ]?ou say. When J?ou schalt for me day. Dye ich-il for]? wi} }?e : For sorwe hues no may y be. Bot y may dye ichil me quelle : Loiigi to libbe is 110113 ! mi wille. 4860 4865 4870 4875 4880 4885 4890 CAIUS MS.] BURSTS INTO LAMENTATIONS. 279 Tliey saw lie was not dead yet. The leches seide that they him hele wolde ; With godd/5 helpe they it doo sholde. Thanne anone herde Guy Noyse, weping^, and grete cry. His Chamhreleyn) he cleped him to, And oR wrothly he asked him tho In the mean time Guy heard great crying, 4865 Who it was that the noyse made. * Goo in to theim, and bidde theim bee glade.’ * Sir,’ he seide, ‘ a faire niayde it is [p. 125] That heraude fonde in the forest, ywis, 4870 Ynder an hawthorn) in the foreste.’ ‘Lete me hir see,’ quoth Guy, ‘in haste.’ which his chamberlain told him came from a maiden found by Herhaudin the forest. Guy wished to see her, The Chamhreleyn) is forth goon). And bringeth hir before Guy anoon). Guy hir knewe, and gan) hir grete : ‘ Wen founde, my leef swete.’ But euere she wepte, and ‘ alias ’ seide : AH they had reuthe of that mayde. 4875 and, when she came, he knew her. 4880 When she saw Tirri lying there. she burst into lamentations. threatening to kill herself. 280 TIRRY IS CURED, [auchinleck ms. SejjJjen J)ou liast de]j for me, For so))e dye ich-il for Turnbull, p. 174, When sche seye Tirri, hir leman, 1. 4491. Oner him sche fel a swon onan. Gij hir in his armes nam, & seyd to hir, ‘mi leue leman, F’o make )jou nou 3 t sorwe so miche : j)i leman wor]? hole liastiliche.’ MS. foi. i33r. b. In J?at cite pai hi-leued f)ere What Tirry was hole & fere. To ])Q wode |}ai ben y-go : Miche lone Avas bitven hem to. c. 4001. /^n a day, as J)ai com fram hunting, Gij seyd to Tirry, wi]j-onte7i lesing ; ‘ Ich wil ]?at we be treu]je-pli 3 t & sworn brej^er anon ri 3 t. Tirri,’ sejd to sir Gyoun, ‘ Vnder-stond now to mi resoun, 1 Read oure ? pat noijper oJ)er^ after )?is Ko fade oj^er whde he Hues is.’ IF Wi]) Jiat answerd ))erl Tirri, & seyd, ‘ wel blepelich, sir Gij. Kow |)ou louest so miche me, pat tow mi sworn bro}?e?* wil be, Ko wdle ich neuer feyle ]>e For nou 3 t |)at mai bi-falle me. Gret worpschip )) 0 U hast don me : God leue me 3 ete Jjan day y-se Turnbull, p. 175, pat ichit be mow wele aeld. 1. 4517. ^ For gode baroun J)OU art y-held ; Fram de]j jjou hast y-waiist me ; Wel gret wrong it schuld be Bot ich jje loued as mi lord fre. Wel gret worjjschip ich ou 3 t here jjc.’ Treupe bitven hem is pli 3 t, & after kist anon ri 3 t. 4895 4900 4905 4910 4915 4920 4925 CAIUS MS.] AND BECOMES GUY’s SWORN BROTHER. 281 She fainted over Tini. Guy took her in his arms, assuring her that Tirri would soon recover. Tliey remained there till Tirri was cured. O N A DATE, as they come fro liuntyng’, Guy seide to Terry, witlioute lesyug^ : ‘ I woH that we bee trouthe-plight, And sworen) brothers hee-come no we ricrJih O * There was much love between him 4905 and Guy. One day, G*'.y offered Tirri to be his sworn brother. That neither’ of vs neuere moo Faille other’ in wele nor woo.’ Than answerd the Erie Terry : ‘ FuH hertly, sir Guy. E^ow thou so gretly louest me, That thou my sworne brother wolt bee, I woll neuere, certaine, faille the For noo-thing^ that may bee-falle me. Grete helpe y haue had of the : God lete me yet that daye see That y it the may yelde To thy 4 >leasui’’ in towne or feelde.’ wliich Tirri gladly accepted, 491o promising never to fail him. 4920 Truthe betwene theim there they plighte, And after kyste anone righte. Tliey plighted their troth, and kissed each other. 282 GUY SEES A KNIGHT, [auchinleck ms. C. 41-21. C. 41-20. MS. fol. 133v. a, 1 not quite distinct. Turnbull, p. 176, 1. 4513. 2 jich il MS. Se))]ien fai went in-to ])e cite Wi]) ioye & mir|)e, gamen & gle. ow Gij him make]? him alle 3 are X. 1 Into Inglond for to fare. Tini he wald lede wi]) him ]>o & Oysel, his leman, ]>a\> he loued so. To ]>Q king ]iai ^yold hem aqueynti, & gode jirowe wi]) hi??z soiornni. Biteche he hi??i wide his castels alle, So he him bi]iou 3 t, 3 d it mi 3 t fade. H It was opon a somers day, Gij out at a windowe lay. To Tirri he spac of her fare. Of her wele & of her care. "Wi]? ])at com prikeing anon ri 3 t A kni 3 t : he semed wele, apli 3 t,^ Wele he semed he treuaild were. Gij anon dept to him J^ere : ‘ Sir kni 3 t,’ he seyd, ‘ whennes comestow 1 & what Jiou sechest telle me now.’ IF pe kni 3 t answerd, ‘ ich-il^ telle, & nou 3 t Jierof ley 3 en y nide. Tirri of Gurmoise y go secheinde, };erl sone Aubri wele doinde. In mani londes ich haue him sou 3 t.’ ‘ Wharto?’ qua]) Gij, ‘hele it nou 3 t.’ ^ Sir,’ qua]) he, ‘ y telle ]>e sone Of a gret sorwe, ])at is y-done. Tirri serued ])e douke Loyere : pG douke hi?n loued, and held him dere, & 3 af him armes wi]) gret honour : Kni 3 t he bicome of gret valour. pe douke hadde a feir doubter for ]>e meist?’i, ];at was y- 3 ouen to pe douke of Paui : Tirri hir loued & oway ladde, Whar-])urch mani man pe de]) hadde. 4930 4935 4940 4945 4950 4955 49C0 CAIUS MS.] WHO IS IN SEARCH OF TIRRI. 283 Forthe they wente in-to that Citee [p. 126] With ioye, and myrthe, and inoche glee. 4930 Guy after that made him redy Now cny made In-to Englonde to fare, truly. return land, taking with him Tin-i and Oisel. It was vporD a somers daye, Rut on one day in summer, looking Guy oute at a wyndowe laye. 4940 out at a window, and talking to Tirri about their adventures, Guy saw a knight As he lay, come ridyng^ a knyghte : commg. Full wery he semed by aH sighte. That oute of farre contrey trauailled were. 4945 Guy to him cleped there : * Sir knyght,’ he seide, ‘ fro whens comest thou 1 And what thou sechest telle me now.’ ‘ Terry of Gormoyse y goo seching^, The Fries sone Aubrey well doyng’. Thurgh many londe y haue him soughte., ‘ Wherto h ’ quoth Guy, ^ couere it noughte.’ ‘ Sir,’ he seide, ‘ thou shalt wite sone The grete trespasse that was doone.’ and shown him- self a knight of great valour, had eloped with the Duke’s daughter ; This knight was in search of Tini, 4955 who, having served Duke Loyere, 284 TIRRI IS WANTED TO HELP [acchinleck ms. M •i streng]?e hi??z folwed kni3tes Lliue : Y not wlier lie be 3ete oliue. c. 4705 . ^ pe douke Loyer bi])0U3t him ]?o Opon bis fader for to go. pe douke Loyer wi]? bi??z ladde pe douke of Paul ])ider he hadde "Wi]? his gode cheualrie, pe best of al Lombardye. Tunibnii, p. 177 , In Gormoise berl bisett ban he, 1. 45G9. ^ ^ ’ And destrud alle his cuntre. Bot god me leue TiiTi finde , pat he be his fader helpinde, Al his lond hi??^ tit for-go : hTo schal he it 03am win neuer mo. His fader no may armes weld, Ho no lenge help hi??iself for eld.’ c. 4777. ^ ‘ Sir kni3t,’ ])an seyd sir Gij, ‘ Her wi]j ous J>ou schalt herberwey, & of ]?erl Tii’ri telle y ]je 3if ich 0U3t can, mi frende fre.’ ‘ Gramerci, sir,’ ])an seyd he. ‘ Of him to here leue war me.’ Gij hete his folk hastiliche pat bye hi/?7 vnder-feng curteysliche. MS. foi. i33v.b. ‘ Ich-d pe telle,’ qua]) sir Gij, ‘ pat y can of ])erl Tim.’ "When pai hadde d[r]onken i;i pe halle, & glad ))ai were, y teUe 30U, alle, H J;an seyd J:erl Tirri : ‘Por loue y bidde pe, sir Gij, 03am to mi cuntre com wi]) me, Als-so we sworn bre])^* be, Mi fader to help ]?at we spede ; For of help he haj) gret nede.’ Tiirnbuii, p. 178, ‘Be stiUe,’ seyd Gij, ‘what seystow me? pat day to god vnworjji y be, 4965 4970 1 4975 \ 4980 ■ 1 i I 4985 f 1 ) 4990 4995 I i I 4 5000 CAIU3 MS.] ms FATHER AGAINST LOYER. 285 ‘Sir knygHt,’ seide Guy, ‘ Here witS vs thou herborugh, truly, And of the Erie Terry y shall the telle Yf y ought kanne, my frende, withoute duelle.’ ‘G?’aunt mercy, sir,’ seide he. 4985 ‘ Of him to here leef were me.’^ W HANNE they had ete and drouke to. In grete gladnesse they were tho. Thanne seide the Erie Terry : ‘ For loue y prey the, sii'^ Guy, That thou to my Contree come with me, [p. 127] 4995 As we sworn e brethern) bee. TMy fader^ to helpe we vs spede ; For to helpe he hath grete nede.’ ^ Gui of wartcick is my name, how like yow the same, in a later hand in tlie blank apace left by the original scribe here, as elsewhere before a line beginning witii a large capital. for which offence his father was being besieged by tlie Duke. If Tirri could not be found. his country would be lost, his father being too old to wield arms. Guy asked the knight to stay with him for the night. When they had drunk in the hall, and were glad. Tirri asked Guy to go with him to his country to help his father : 286 GUY GETS 500 GERMAN KNIGHTS [aUCHINLECK MS. 3 if y, sir Tirri, feyle ]pe, J^eiAvhiles pat icli liaiie liif in me.’ ‘Sir GijV he seyd, ‘gramerci : l^ilke y sigge pQ, siker]3\’ c. 48l>i. sende]) Gij after kni^tes snelle, -L 1 Almaines stripe & of gode Mulle To him ])er come gret plente : t^venti day y-comen he, Pif hundred kni3tes hardi & hende To Tirri come for his frende, & seyd to Tirri, ‘to pi fader M’e ndl goa : VTele we it au^t to don ; AVel redi we hen idiom’ So long J}ai han forp y-gon, c. 4800. Y-comen pai ben to Gormoise. In pat cite was gret noise. In an euening pai com to pe cite, -pat hye wi] 5 -outen ape?-ceiued nar lie. Wei glad hi? 7 z was ]?erl Aubri Of the cominge of his sone Tirri, & of sir Gyes coming, })at gode kni3t M-as, wi]l-ollte?^ lesing. Her ey3en watred for gladnesse, Alle )?ai 3 ede 03ain hi??^ to kisse. Turnbull, p. 179 , ‘ Leue fader,’ seyd sir Tirri, ‘ Worjischip wele now sir Gij : Felawes we ben treu]ie-y-pli3t. Y wil pat 3e it wite now ri3t : Pram deji he hap y-heled me.’ above Qua]) ])erl : ‘god^ y-])onked mot it be. Hennes forward alle pat min is To his wiUe schal ben, y-wis, MS. foi. I34r. ... His liest to don & his Mu'lle Erliche & lat, loude & stille. A Avel eld man ich am, y-wis : ]?at y bar armes tventi 3cr it is ; 5005 5010 5015 5020 5025 5030 5035 CAIUS MS.] TO HELP EARL AUBRI. ‘ I sliaH the neiiere faille,’ quoth Guy, ‘ While the lif lasteth in my body.’ On Guy’s invitation 287 and Guy was very eager to do so. there came 500 German kniglits to help Tirri’s father. Tliey entered Gonnoise Full gladde was therle Auhry For the comyng of his soiie Terry, And ouere aH other of Guyes comyng. That good knyght was, withoute lesing^. So longe to hataille they been) goo. That betwene theim moche sorowe is doo, 5020 unseen by the enemy. Aubri was glad of their coming. Tirri told his father that Guy h.ad saved his life. Aubri thanked God for it. 288 TIRRI SALLIES OUT WITH 200 KNIGHTS, [aUCHINLECK MS. Guy was to be lord of the country. C. 4S33. Next morning, hearing great noise, Guy asked what it meant. Turnbull, p. 180, 1. 4617. and heard that Duke Loyer’s steward wanted to fight. Guy replied that he was to get as much of it as he desired. C. At Guy’s advice Tirri sallied out with 200 knights. 1 This line added in the same hand at the end of the column (after 1. 5076). Y-lorn icli haue chenalrie : Of mi lond liaue Jjou ])q meistrie.’ I^an y-herberwed weren be Worjiscbiplicbe in ]iat cite. In pe cite gret noise is made : Of pQ barouns com |)ai ben wel glade. ]per-in is now J)erl Aubri, So is sir Gij & sir Tirri. An arnmorwe aros sir Gij, & cleped to him bis compeynie. Bifor Jjerl pan pai ferden, & a gret crie Jiai lierden Of pe barouns of pe cite. Anon oxed Gij pe fre Of pai noise what it was. A squier told him al pai cas : ‘ pe doukj^teward Loyer For present he come]i to iusti here 3 if he finde wij) whom to do, j?at ani kni 3 t durst cum hi?7Z to.’ Sir Gij answer[d], ‘ 3 if y may ] 3 erof him worji his fille to day. Lordinges,’ he seyd, ‘ginneji 30U arnn, & gin whe hem to asaily. Sir erl Tirri,’ Gij hbn sede, ‘ Take to hundred kni 3 tes in pi ferred : pe lordinges to aseyl 30 go.^ In Herhaud & in me trist also. "We wil abide in pis cite. In pi nede we schul socour pe.’ Tirri nimep wip hi ??7 kni 3 tes To hundred armed in ti 3 tes. Out of pe cite he nam his way, INIani scheld he to-drof pat day. Tirri smot wip gret mi 3 t Opon pe helmes, pat schirie bri 3 k 5040 5045 5050 5055 5060 5065 5070 AUCHIXLECK MS.] BUT HE LOSES ALL HIS COMPANIONS. 289 ) 3 urch Jje bodi a kni^t he b^, Ded he fold him adouii J?ar. Anojjer lording he smot ]?o, His hauberk nas him wor|) a s]p. Jpurch his bodi pe brond went : Ded he feld him verrament. Ich on of hem pat he toke, he SI0U3, Were it wij? ri^t, were it wi]) W 0113 . Wei fel kni3tes ]jer weren y-feld, ])at lay long stre^te in pe feld : Sum were J)urch pe bodi wo unde^ And sum lay ded opon pe grounde. So wele dede ])erl Tirri, & wi]) him alle his co??ipeynie. pe lordinges pai han so |)urch-gon, pat ded ])ai fel mani on. Tirri smot to pe coTzstable : Of his stede he feld him, wi])-pute?^ fa We, & ney he hadde hi??2 wonne in fi^t. per com an hundred kni3tes of gret mi3t : Alle ])ai folwed him a^undoun, & he niett wip hem als a lyoun. Mani heuedes he dede of fie : Alle pat he smot ded most be. Tirri mis-dede nou3kfqr ])an : per he les his feren euerich man. ’ Jpurch strengj)e of pe lordinges snelle, Fif hundred of kni3tes felle, Tirries felawes ben ouer-come, Of-held , y-slawe, oper y-nome. Ac Tirri hem go]) pan meteing Wij) mani strok of his brond kerueing : A fot no deyned hi?7^ nou3t to fle, ■"Ho his stede wi^-wende 03e. His feren he rescoud as a gode kni3t : Mani on he feld ded anon r]*3t. WARWICK. 5075 Turnbull, p. 181, 1.4673. MS. 134r. b. 5080 Tirri slew whom- soever he hit. 5085 He did well, and so did all his fellows. Tirri would have 5090 vanquished the constable, if a hundred kniglits had not come, who pursued hiirn 5095 Notwithstanding his valour, he lost all his fellows. 5100 who were killed or taken prisoners. Turnbull, p. 182, I. 4699. 5105 u But he rescued the prisoners. 290 GUY AXD HERHAUD SUCCEED IN RESCUING TIRRI, [aUCHINLECK MS. C.4MOO. Then said Her- haud to Guy, ‘ We ought to go help Tiiri.' And so they did. Guy slew two knights. MS. fol. 134v. a. 1 Added above the line. and unseated Gayer. 3 The second i added above the line. Turnbull, p. 183, 1. 4725. Herhaud also fought valiantly. Tirri, Sir Guy, and Herhaud took prisoners and killed so many, that there was no choosiiig the best of them. seyd Herhaud, ‘leue sir Gij, ^ Sestow now fie gode erl Tirri 'I Of grete valour now so is he : His better wot y non bot te. Him to socour we a u:^t t o go.’ Gij him answerd, ‘we schul so.’ Forf) fiai 3ede wij? gode welle : pG lordinges hij astou?zded snelle. Wif) Jiat com for]? sir Gij, In his hond his swerd blodi. Wei heteliche he smot a kni t. His bodi he clef adoun ri3t. Anofier kni3t he smot anon, ))at ded he feld him on fie ston. Sir Gij ^ him smot to Gayer, jpat was fie doukes nevou Loyer : Of his hors he hafi him feld j^urch Tirries^ help in ]pe feld. For he smot his felawe. In fie sond he hafi him slawe. Herhaud smot anofier for]). His armes was him nou3t worj) : j^urch his bodi fie swerd 3ede ; Ded he feld him of his stede. Anofier he smot him as gode kni3t, Of his stede he feld him doun ri3t. How ])ai ginne togider smite : Hon no spared ofie?* bot lite. Togider fiai smite hard wif alle, Mani on ])er was ded & doun falle. Who fiat seye fan ferl Tirri Wif his felawe sir Gi, & Herhaud of Arderne f e gode, pai wele to smite was in his mode. So mani fai nomen & feld fat day. Is non fe best chese nniy 5110 5115 5120 5125 5130 5135 5140 AUCHINLECK MS. AND IN DEFEATING HIS ENEMIES. 291 Of Jire kni3tes so wele doinde, 03ain J)e Loreyns fi3ting. Gij to ]?e steward ha)) y-smite, Of his hors he feld him wi]) hete : })urch streng])e of he him wan. ])Q o])er oway fleye ich man : Gij & Tirri hem folwej) stron[g]liclie & her feren/ hardiliche. Alle ])ai hen ded o]>er oue?’-come : hilened non vnnome. Gij & Tirri 03ain ben y-gon : Wij) hem ])ai ladde her prisoims ichon. Whar-to schiild y j)er-of lye ? ))at day ])ai hadde pe maistrie. T^an com for)) a kni3t ))er, -■ ])e tiding teld ))e douke Loyer : ‘ Sir douk/ he seyd, ‘ vnder-stond to me. To ben awreken now hi))enke pe. Bifor Gormoise |)at cite On arnemorwe ))an come we Wi)) fif hundred of gode kni3tes : An acumhrauTice ous come anon ri3tes. Alle nomen & slawen hen hye : 03ein ne he)) nou3t comen fourth Eepeired is ))erl sir Tirri, Wi)) him of Warwike sir Gij,^ Herhaud of Ardern, pe gode marnhis, & wij) hem lif hundred kni3tes of pm, ))at gode hen to fi3t & modi. 5U5 5150 5155 51G0 C.402y. Tlie stewiirfl was taken by Guy, ami the otliers fled. They vvei e pur- sued by Guy, Tirri, and tlieir men, and all killed or made prisoners. 1 MU. ferren. Turnbull, p. 184, 1. 4751. Guy and Tirri returned with many prisoners. C. 403?-. A knight told tlie news to Duke Loyer, 5165 MS. fol. 134v. b. 5170 2 1. 5170 before 5168 in MS. informing him also of the arrival of Tirri with Guy, Herhaud, and .500 good knights. ]?ine kni3tes ))ai ban slayn hi & hi.’ "p%e douk answerd, ‘ is it so))e ))is, 5175 C. 405.3. })at ))erl Tirri repeired is. The Duke Gij of Warwike, & Herhaud also, & her feren, ))at gode ben, mo : answered, })e fende hem ha)) ))ider y-hrou3t. ‘The fiend has To slen ous alle ))ai ban in j)ou3t.’ brought them 5180 hither.’ U 2 292 Tunibull, p. 185, 1. 4777. Duke Otous advised him to attack the city the next day witli 1000 knights and more. Duke Loyer said, ‘ That’s a good C. advice,’ and acted upon it. C. 400.3. Guy, coming from church, saw the Duke’s host, and told Tirri 1 An erasure before lo. Turnbull, p. 186, 1. 4803. MS. fob 13.5r. a. that he knew the Duke of Pavia by his arms, 2 he struck out after Mm. and was anxious to meet him. They armed themselves, and sallied with 1000 knights. C. 4005. ANOTHER ATTACK ON THE CITY. H ]pan bi-spac Oti/s of Paui (To Gij be bar gret envie) : ‘ Ko-J?ing, sir, desmay pou Jie : Fill wel we sclml awreken be. To morwe we schal to cite go Wij) a ]iousend kni3tes & mo : & 3if pe treytours y-fou? 7 den be, We scliul hem aseyle, y telle Euerichon pai wor])en ded.’ QiiaJ) fe douk, ‘])at is a gode red.’ Wel erliche fai arisen Jio, & to the cite ])ai ben y-go, & a Jiousend kni3tes in her co??ipeynie, pe best Jjat were in Lombardye. Alle ]iai ]?reten sir Gij, Him for to slen & sir Tirri. To-gider fast J>ai gun smite Wiji swerdes jiat lyil wele bite. Als Gij com fro chirche go, Into a pleyne he loked po : He seye ]>e doukes ost was neye : So mani kni3tes ])er he seye. jpan Jierl Tirri he cleped him to, & to him wi3tliche spac : ‘ Sir erl,’ he seyd, ‘ what schal we do h Alle Jie ost of Loreine y se, lo,^ Joe ost of Loreyne wele y-di3t Wi]) scheldes & wi]i brinis bri3t. Joe douk of Paui is y-come. By his armes y knowe J?at gome. Y no may him^ lone, he is mi fo : Gret wille me come)? 03ain him go.’ jOerl seyd, ‘ arme we ous euc?’ichon : A Jjousend kni3tes schul wij; ous gon.’ Gij him mett wiji Jierl Iordan, Lord he was of alle IMelaii. [auchinleck ms. 5185 5190 5195 5200 5205 5210 5215 AUCHIXLECK MS.] DUKE OTOUS PURSUED BY IIEUIIAUD. 293 He smot him ou^r )?e gilden schekl, Ded he feld him in ]?e feld. Anon he smot ano])er kni 3 t, J5at ded he feld him anon n 3 t. 5220 51 WiJ) J?at co me prike fieri Tirri, & mett wi]) a kni 3 t hi 3 t Amori, pat was ])B doukes constable Otoun ; To def he him smot wi]) his swerd hrou/z. AT\o]>er he smot wi]j his brond, 5225 pat ded he feld him on fie sond. II Wi]) ])at com prike Herhaud, & mett wifi Gwishard ])e Mouhant. Herhaud him hafi J)er afeld, pat dede he lay in Ipe feld. 5230 j;empt?rour^ wif) pat ginnep fle : On euerich half driuen hen he. Swipe hij hem nimep & quel[l]ep, Bi pe pleynes pai_gredep & 3 ellep. Wei gret it was pe scomfitour : 5235 To pe Lomhardes hifel iuel auentour. Bi pat side was Otous fleinde, In his bond his swerd kerueing. Xow folwep him Herhaud alle on So swipe so pe stede mi 3 t gon. 5240 Als-so pe douk was flowen him fro, pat nq_moder hern no seye him po ; Bot Herhaud him folwed stouteliche ; His hodi no drad he nou 3 t miche. - Bihind en him he smewe his wede ; 5245 p& lasse of him was his drede. ‘ Biwende pe,’ seyd Herhaud fre, ‘ pe douke of Paui, & wer pou pe Of pat ich wicked felonie ])at pou ous dede in Lonhardye.’ 5250 When pe douke Otows pis y-seye. It was^ Herhaud pat after him fleye. Guy killed Earl Jordan, and another knight. Tirri slew Amori, Duke Otous’ constable. and another knight. Herhaud cut down Gwishard. ' Bead pe doukT Tunibnll, p. 187, 1. 4829. Many Lombards were taken and slain. Duke Otous fled. pursueat he womided were. 5400 'Wij) a Lombard so mett he, j)e heued he dede fram )ie bodi fle. As a gode kni^t he werd hi?? 2 , y-wis, Ac swijie lijier bi fallen him is : Also he wald to ]>q cite go, 5405 His stede dyed vnder him Jio. Wi]i swerdes )iai smite ?2 hi??z Jian about, & on his helme hard hi??^ clout. bai hewe on his helme, \ai blod out ran, Ac he werd him as a man. 5410 iMani on he made blodi, y pli^t, Of^ Lombardes in fat fi^t. A Lombard come forf wif fan, Lichard he hete, an onwrast^ man : To Herhaud he smot a strok grim 5415 burch fe scholder wif a swerd in. Herhaud wold of him be wreke : On his^ helme a stroke he gan reke, Ac he failed of him f o : Opon fe arsoun fe strok gan go ; 5420 Ac hetelich he pli^t out fat brond, bat it brak in his bond. ‘God, what schal y do?’ fan seyd he, ‘ Ho longer may ich weri me. A, swerd, he fat made fe 5425 Of godes moufe acursed he be. AYliy feylestow so sone me ] duel biseyn worf y for f e. Leuer me is her to be ded, ban hy my bodi wif hem led.’ 5430 Wif fat come driuend a Lombard, Attelast he held him, a couward. AUCHINLECK .AIS.J GUY GOES IN SEARCH OF HERHAUD. 299 ! By ]?e nasel lie rau 3 t him ])o, & sternliche he seyd him to, I ‘ Feloun, Jjou schalt it abigge : 5435 I Today ]?ou schal ])ine heued her ligge.’ I Herhaud smot him ^viJ) his fest ])o, pat his nek-bon brae atvo. I ‘ Ded no TvorJj y nou 3 t for ]>e : Alle to heteliche ]?ou com to me.’ 5440 0 3 ainward him went sir Gij So is ])e gode erl Tirri. pe Lombardes Jtai han ouercome, AVhat y-slawe^ & y-nome. After Herhaud he asked f>o, 5445 Whare he is, & winder y-go. A kni 3 t it seyd hi?ii anon Out of ])e scomfite he was y-gon Strongliche a kni 3 t driueing, pe douk Otws bi his witeing. 5450 ‘ God, merci,’ ])an Gij seyd, ‘ Be mi frende ded, icham bitreyd, Herhaud pat so loued me : For no ))ing may y comfo^be. Lordinges,’ he seyd, ‘ginne^ 3 e to gon, 5455 & lede 30 ur prisouns wij? 30 U anon, & Herhaud ich seche wille j !N’i 3 t no day swiken y nille, Lines or de|?es |?at ich him se : 3if ich him lese wo is me. 54G0 Com wi]? me, felawe Tirri, Hastiliche Herhaud to socouri.’ Wi]} scharp spors pai smite?i her stede, : & sprongen for]? so spark on glede. Swi]?e pai prikedj for sojje to sigge, 5465 Chalauwge on Herhaud to legge. At an ende of pe ost bihalt Gij ])o pe douk of Paui, hou he is y-go. A coward hoped to make him a prisoner now. but Herhaud killed him with a blow of his fist. Turnbull, p. 195, 1. .5037. c. »io:i. 1 a added above the line. Asking after Herhaud, Guy learned that he h.ad pursued Duke Otous. He sent his men into the city with the prisoners, and went himself in search of Herhaud, accompanied by Tirri. C. 51-2.5. They rode very quickly. Turnbull, p. 196, 1. 5063. 300 HEIIHAUD IS RESCUED. [auchinleok Ms. 1 sorwas MS. 2 bi added before grod in a later hand. MS. fob 136v, a. till Guy saw Herhaud a prisoner among his foes. C. .^1.39. By dint of a valiant attack on the Lombards Guy and Tirri succeeded in rescuing Herhaud, and supplying him with a sword. C. 5151. The Duke fled, followed by Guy, who killed his steed. Turnbull, p. 197, 1. 5089. Although attacked by many knights, Guy escaped. 8 hij seems altered from he. and returned into tlie city with Tirri and Herhaud. & ])at Herliaud was y-nome : Gret sor was^ at his hert y-come. ‘God, ’2 qna]? Gij, ‘Herhaud y se Among his fon : nomen is he. Go we smite to hem, Tirri : For dout of de]? spare nil y. So gode a kni3t leten y nille.’ Herhaud ]?ai socourd snelle. To a Lombard smot sir Gij, & feld him & his fere him by. Tirri anoj^er smite bigan, }5at ded he feld bo]?e hors & man. Swerdes Jjai drowen, wi]?-oute7^ feyle, Wharwij) was wrou3t mani batayle. j^ai hewe and SI0U3 wi]? gret hete : So mani J)er pe liif forlete. Herhaud ]3ai socourd mididone. A gode swerd ])ai toke him sone. Toward his ost ]je douke heye)) bliue, & Gij after him gan driue. A strok him 3af sir Gyoun : Bitvene ])e bodi & \>q arsoun ])e dint of j^at strok ali3t : ])e stede he smot adoun ri3t. Kni3tes ])an out of J)at ost To Gij Ippen wij? michel host ; j^urch ]}at gret ost went Gij snelle. ])e Lombardes hi??^ folwed wi]? gode wille. Tirri & Herhaud her ost mette« ]?ere, & of hem michel awonderd were, Hou hij 3 fram ]>e ost aschaped is : Of hem ]?ai hadden gret blis. Gij, & Tirri, and Herhaud also 03am to )?e cite ])ai ben y-go, & pe citiseins of J?at cite AVel often god jjonkeden he. 5470 5475 5480 5485 5490 5495 5500 AUCHINLECK MS.] DUKE OTOUS’ ADVICE. 301 douke Otus to his pauiloiin he ^ede, & vnarined him of his wede, & lete lokeii to his wouude, & went to jje douke Loyer in })at stoiuide, His gret encumhrau^ce him telde : Conseyl J?er-of he wold helde. H Gij, Herhaud, & Tirri also To Jje cite jjai ben y-go. loie jjai make & hlisse also : j)e ni3t is comen, pe day is go. H Herkenej) me, 30 jjat ben in while. Of a tresoun y schal 30U telle : )?at was swi]?e miche traisoun, & y-wT0U3t Jjurch pe douke Otoun^ _Tellen ichil of pe douke OtouiG cruwel was & feloun. To pe douk Loier he is y-gon, & seyd, ‘ sir, herken me anon. Bot ])ou gode coneeyl chese A 1 ])i lond J)ou schalt forlese ) 5 urch trey tours pat ben comen herin, Gij, & Tirri & Herhaud wij) him. 3if ]Jou wilt here me speke, )5urch gile jjou schalt ben awreke : Ojjerliker wd?inen he?;^ y no may, ^Mo nope?' rede no can y say. Man schal ben awreken of his fo In what maner he may com to.’ U ‘Wei lef me Avere gode co?iseyl to here,’ ])us him answerd jje douk Loyer. ‘ Sir douke, now y bidde pe, To )?erl Aubri sende 30, & to his sone Tirri also ; Sende to sigge to hem bo )pat |)ou wilt him pi doubter 3eue, Wi)j hi?/^ to acord wdiile pou line, 5505 5510 5515 5520 5525 5530 5535 C. 5195. Duke Otoua had his wounds looked to, and repaired to Duke Loyer. Now I’ll tell you of a treason. MS. fol. 136v. b. 1 MS. oftonn. Turnbull, p. 198, 1. 5115. C. 530:l. Duke Otous advised Duke Loyer, as his enemies could not be vanquished otherwise, to have recourse to guile. C. 5219. He said, ‘ Send word to Earl Aubri that thou art ready to give thy daughter to his son 5540 302 DUKE LOYER ACCEDES TO OTOUS’ PLAN. [aUCHINLECK MS. and bid them all come to thee j but when they have left their country, Turnbull, p. 199, 1. 5141. let them be seized and tried in thy court, leaving Guy and Herhaud to me.’ C. 9'Z4:G. But Duke Loyer at first refused to betray Earl Tirri, his former ‘ non-i,’ MS. fol. 137r. a. 4 1 / added above the line, or Herhaud and Ouy, all three being good men. C. 5251. But Otous replied, ‘ If you love the traitors so much that you refuse to put them to death, Turnbull, p. 200, 1. 5167. detain them in your prison till they give security for keeping the peace.’ Otous did not cease to gloze till Loyer consented. & ]?at he com hiJer to jje : Ri3t siker ])er-of may ]?ai be ; &, when ])ai ben farn her iurne, & fer fram her cuntre, ])e treitours ]?ou schalt nimen icho[n], & dem hem in ])i court anon. & so michel y bid ]>e, Gij & Herhaud 3iue ]?on me. (fe so |)OU schalt awreke be Of )}ine enmis, as y telle ))e, & bot 3e wil ]?us don, )pai wor]) Jii dedliche fon.’ 'X'Wy^i]) pat answerd pe doiik Loer, T T ‘ Lat be, sir Ot?fs, for seyn Richer. Jjat felonie y nil hem noii3t do For noH3t pat y mi3t afo. Y nil bitray fieri Tirri For lone fiat he was mi iiorri Fram childehed, now he is a man. Xow do 3e fie best pat can, & he wil amend 03ines me. Bi him y^ nold no traysoun se, Xo Herhaud no Gij fie fre Ho wille ich nou3t bitreye, y telle fie, For fiai ben gode men alle fire : Amende Jiai may 03aines me.’ O tous answerd wi)i wicked mod & seyd, ‘ sir, no seystow bot gode. When 3e pe traitours loue so, })at ye no wille hem to def do. In prisoun fou schalt hem legge. So ]iat hij it schul dere abigge, Alle fort fiai ban y-founden Jie ostage pat hij no do Jie non vtrage.’ So he glosed be douk in fat stcde, & so 3ernne he haf him bede, 5545 5550 5555 55G0 5565 5570 5575 AUCHINLECK MS.] EARL AUBRI ACCEPTS THE TREACHEROUS OFFER. 303 pat he him gralu^ted his talent, & in pat fourme he ha]) of-seiiL An erchebischop ])an sent he, j?e wisest 1 of alle pat cuntre : pe message he schewed hbn fo, & to pe cite he dede him go. pan he is to Gormoise come, & pel ali^t, pe gentil gome, jper fond he ])erl Tirri, & his fader, & eke sir Gij. IT ‘ Lordinges,’ he seyd, ‘ herke?2]) now : pe douk me ha]) y-sent to 3011, & grete]) 30U wele, wil y nou^t hele.2 pe douke wi]) 30U acord he wele , 2 & amenden pat he ha]) mis do. He bit 30U pat it be so. Tirri he wille his doubter 3 3me, To haue hir while pat he Hue. Into pe cite of Lorein he wil 30 hir lede, & spouse hir ])er wi]) gret ferrede, & ])er he wille pe bridal held : pev-at schul ben his barouns held. pat pe loue stedefast be Bitvene mi lord & pe Hennes forward he seyd me Schuld pe sposails cou])e be : pan schul 3c acord^ & togider sau3ten wele an hi.^ ‘ Sir,’ seyd ])erl Aubri, ‘ Y-here now me, and gramerci. pe douke y panke for pe frendschip, pat he wil mi sone so miche wor])schipe. Ble])eliche we wil to him come At a day y-sett alle and some. Mi sone Tirri, kepe wele pe pat bitrayed ])ou no be : 5580 ’ origin- ally, the second s being under- dotted. An archbishop was sent to Gormoise, 5585 C. 52SO. 2 Head Mile ; ^ wille ? 5590 witli tlie treach- erous offer of peace and tlie Princess’s liund. 5595 * douthter origin- ally, the first t being under- dotted. Turnbull, p. 201, 1. 5193. 5600 5605 MS. fol. 137r. b. Earl Aubri ac- 5610 althongh he had some misgivings 304 AUBRI COMES TO DUKE LOYER. [aUCHINLECK MS. Me doutejj J)e douke of Paui, Lest he do pe sum felonie.’ c. 5321 . l^e bischop auswerd, ‘ Jjer-of ]?oii no drede : J A 1 siker 30 be]j of jjilke dede.’ Jpe bischop o^ain y-farn be is, Her answere he telle]) hem, y-wis. When ])e day come ])at was sett, l^erl com for]) wi])Outen lett Wi]) to hundred kni3tes & mo, p‘dt hli])e were ])ider to go ; Turnbull, p. 202, Ac ])crof ])ai dcdc foliliche : 1 5219 * Was ])er non of hem, sikerliche, Jpat ani wepen wi]) hem here ; So siker pai wende to he ])ere. In riche clo])es ])ai were schred wele, \)di were gold-hroiden eue?idel. « Read \>edouT(er To ])einperouri ])ai comen anon, 2 To to be omitted? To^ J»erl Tiri'i & his men ichon. Y-comen ])ai ben to J)e douke Loer, & brou3t ])e niaide wi]) ley3eand cher. Y-comen pd\ hen to pe pa?*lement, For to here pdt iugement. ‘ *¥~ ordinges,’ seyd pe douke Otoun,^ JLi ‘ Ynder-stond now to mi resoun. 3 e wite wel pdi Tirri, ])at is here, Haj) agilt pe douk Loere, );at him for]) hrou3t, & armes hi?)i 3af : luel 3olden he it him ha]), jS'ow he bringe]) vncou])e folk miche Opon his loud so dedliche, Ac ichaue pe douke bisoujt, & mine feren hider brou3t, J)at foi’3if it be him euenno ; & gret wor])Schipe he wil him do : His doubter he wille him 3iue, & gret wor])schip while‘s J)rtt lie line. C. 53-10. 3 of toun MS. '‘tin while above the line. I 5615 ; A i 5620 i 1 5625 I J 5630 5635 5640 5645 CAIUS MS.] DUKE OTOUS’ SPEECH, 305 on account of tlie Duke of Pavia. On the appointed day tlie Eai l set off, witli more tlian 200 kniglits, all unarmed. Wlien they had come to Duke Loyer, taking Oisel with them. L ordixges/ seide the duke Otoiin), ‘ Yiiderstonde to my resouii). Vieii ye wite Terry, that here is, Hath agilted the Duke loyer, ywis. That him forth hredde, and armes yaf, And euyl him aquytte he hath. Whan he bringeth vnkouthe folke moche Vpon) his lorde so dedeliche. Tot y haue besoughte the Duke so With my frendes also. That foryiue him hath he for euere moo. And grete worship he woH him doo.’ 5635 Duke Otous made a speech. saying that, not- withstanding Tirri’s misde- meanour. 5640 5645 WARWICK. X Duke Loyer would give him his daugliter, 306 Turnbull, p. 203, 1.5245. MS.fol. 137v. a. Turnbull, p. 204, 1. 5271. 1 An erasure be- fore att. THE MOCK PEACE CONCLUDED. And icliil wi)) Tirri -\vende : Henneforward we schul be frende. 3ete vnderstond/ seyd sir Otoun, ‘ Bifor 30 U alle y biseke sir Gyoiin, 3 if icli him bane ou 3 t misdo, Amenden ichil wele ])erto ; Bi^so pat lie wille kisse me, Euer eft we schul frendes be.’ ‘ Lat be,’ seyd sir Gij jie fre, ‘ iSTo wille ichaue no cosse wi|j pe : In Lombardye jiou bitraydest me, & min men pou dest sle. Ac kisse ]:ou schalt j^erl Aubri, & wij) him J)ou schalt acordj^’ H ])an seyd pe douk Loer : ‘ Vnderstond now, 30 pat bon here, pat ferl sir Tirri, Aubri sone, pat is her hi. He pat maiden Oysel schal spouse In godes lawe vnto his house. Acorded we ben of J)at dede, & for 3 euen al hatrede.’ );an haj) pe douke y-kist Tirri For grot traisoun, & nou 3 t freli. Gij & Herhaud held hem in pays : Ilye no kist Lombard no Tyays, Ac pe Loreins )?ai kist, & pe douke Loyer att^ first ; Ac Ohfs no kist ])ai nou 3 t : }pai no hadde to hi??i no gode ))OU 3 t. "Uan seyd to Loer Jierl Aubii : J ‘ pe ich biteche mi sone Tirri. Alder-first Icsu heuen king & ]?e y biteche mi 3 ongling. Ko may ich for eld trauaily; Horn ichil wende now an hye.’ [adchinleck ms. 5650 5655 5660 5665 5670 5675 5680 CAIUS MS.] EARL AUBRI RETURNS HOME. 307 and asking Sir Guy’s pardon. by whom lie wanted to be kissed, in token of tlieir reconciliation. But Guy had no mind to kiss the traitour, and murderer of his men. Thanne seide the Duke loer : ‘ Vnderstonde aH that been) heei-*, That the Erie sii*’ Teriy, Auhry sone, that is here by, That he the mayde OyseH shah spousy, And in goddw lawe lyue, truly. Accorded we bee to that dede, And foryiue is ah hatrede.’ dhanne hath the Duke kyste Terry Of grete treason), and not frendly. Guy and FTerhand only kissed Loyer and his men. After a speech, 5665 [p. 128] 5670 Duke Loyer kissed Tin i treacherously. Earl Aubri, being too old to bear the fatigues of a long journey, returned home, X 2 303 MS. fol. 137v. b. Turnbull, p. 205, 1. 5207. 1 Or read pe LoreynsT C'. 5455. BY DUKE OTOUS' ORDER, [AUCIII^’LECK MS. He bitau3t hem god & gode day, 5G35 He lete hem Jiar, & went his way. Gij and Herhand ]?e maiden gan for)) lede, Oysel sche hete wi]) fe rode so rede. Gret iurne ])ai riden ])at day, Tram Gormoise ])ai riden owai 5 GOO "Wele fiften mile o]ier mo : Hor gret hete ])ai resten hew ])o. In a pleyne ])ai li3ten hem snelle, ]5er J)ai wald resten & duelle. When ])ai ali3t ])e kni3tes fre, 5695 Alle ))ai wende y-nomen to be. ]5an seyd Oius of Paui : ‘ Herkene]) to me, al mi co??zpeyiiie, j)e Loreins & Ipe Lombardes icho?7, Alle fiat in our side riden & gon : 5700 Bi ])e rede of fe douke Loer Ichot bofe kni3t & squier ])a.t 3e Gij, Herhaud, & Tirri biiide Past her hondes hem bi-liinde, In-to Loreine we lede hem snelle : 5705 Tomorwe we schiil hem honge/i alle. Who so hi??i feyne]) hem to nime 'Porj) wi)) hem men schal him blim.’ !>%an lopen about hem J)e Lombars 4 As wicked coltes out of haras 5710 & Loyers [men]^ deden also, & ferfore hem was ful wo. Anon Tirri aseylden he, & nomen hi?R (he no mi3t 1101131 fie), & Herhaud, fat was gode of 11113!, 5715 \)ai nomen fer anon ri3t. Gij vp stirt hastilichc, & to hem spac wel sternliche : ‘ How fe deuel hong 3011 ichon. Is fis acord now alle agonl 5720 CAIUS MS.J TIRRI AND HERHAUD ARE SEIZED, 309 Gu}^ and heraude that mayde doo lod^ Oysel she highte with rodyes redo. At laste seide Otes of Pauye : ‘ Herken) to me, my companye. By the rede of the Duke Loer I commaunde you aH that bee hcer That ye Guy, Terry, and heraude bynde Paste theii-’ handes theim bebynde.’ A none they assailled Terry, And toke him full hastly, And heraude, that was so good of might, Theim twoo they toke agayne right. But Guy vp sterte full hastly. And to theim spake boldely. but tlie others went on. After a ride over 15 miles or so, they alighted to rest a little. Now Otous ordered Loyer’s men and his own to bind Giiy, Herhaud, and Tirri, that they might be hung next day. Tirri and Herhaud were seized at oncci 310 GUY SUCCEEDS IN FLYING [auchinleck ms. 1 MS. of toun. Turnbull, p. 20G, 1. 5323. C. 54^00. MS. fol. 138r. a. Tarnbull, p. 207, 1. 5349. "Worj^scliiped oiis Im]? douk Loer ■\Vi]) alle ])Q tresouii ]?at is her. No war M'e acorded hifor ]?e barnage, & kist wiJ»outen vtrage 1 ])is has made ]>e douke Otoun,^ pat is so ful of tresoun. Alle pis tresoun he hap hispeke (God ous of him awreke) ; For piirch pe no war it nou3t, Bot it were first of him y-pou^t.’ pe douk Loer was so wo : 0 word no mi3t he speke po. W ip pat stirt forp anon ri3t Otzzs cossyn, an vnwrast kni3t. Gij hi his mantel he drou3 so, pat pe tassels brosten ato. J)an seyd a Tya[y]s to a Lombard : ‘Now is Gij of Warwike a couward. Lo, now he no hap no mi3t : Lorn he hap contenaunce, apli3t.’ Wip pat pai speken hem pus bitven, Gij seye it mi3t no noper ben : To him pat him held turned he, And 3af him swiche benedicite, pat he brak his nek ato. AUe pe oper on him presten po. })e mantel pat he had opon To cloutes it was drawen anon. So pat ichon oway bar An pece of his mantel par. Gij werd him f^t in pat sturbing : Now helpe him lesn heuen king. Smer[t]liche pai gun hi??i asaily : He werd him as a kni3t hardy. So pat he ney3ed his stede ; For to him he hadde nede. 5725 5730 5735 5740 5745 5750 5755 OAIUS MS.] FROM Ills ASSAILANTS. 311 But Guy re- proached Duke Loyer with this treason, at tlie bottom of whicli he knew was Duke Otous. Willi that forth sterte anone right Otes CoiisyD), a noble kiiyghte. Guy by the man tell he plighte so That the tassels braise in two. Duke Loyer could not answer a word. But a cousin of ^ ^ Otous seized Guy D / 35 by his mantle. Guy sawe it might noon) othei-^ bee : To him that helde him to2«*ned he, And raughte him snche a buffet tho, That his nekke brake in two. 5745 but got such a ‘benedicite’ from him that his neck broke in two. Now all the otliers rushed upon Giij% and tore his mantle into pieces. Guy defended him weH and strongly With the helpe of god to him redy. Smartly they gonne him assaille, And he him defended euere in bataille, So that at laste he come to his stede : To him he ramie as man) that had nede. [p. 12D] 5755 But Guy suc- ceeded in reaching his steed. 312 OTOUS’ KNIGHTS PURSUE GUY, [aUCHINLECK MS. C. 5401 1 Another Tie struck out. Turnbull, p. 20S, 1. 5375. C. 5513. MS. fol. 138r. b. 2 he added above the line. "Wilioiiten stirop he lepe ]>er-oi \ : Mani on he made ])at liif forgon. . 'TXTlien ]?e douk Otus ]>at y-seye T T ))at Gij on his hors oway fleye, Anon he^ seyd to his kni3tes : ‘ I^Tow to hors wi]? alle ^onr nii3tes ; For, 3if he passe ous in ))is hiker , Of mi liif am y nou3t siker ; & j^erfore niine]? him anon Als 3e wil haue mi lone ichon. Bot 30 bring him me to, AVe ben y-schent for eue?’ mo.’ An hors J?ai lopen pan on hast. And driuen Gij swipe fast, & Gij no hadde wepen non : Wold god of heuen, pat made man, pat he hadde his brond kerueing ! He no hadde per no frende him helping. Bi pat 0 side oway he ginnep fie ; Bot god of him haue pite, ))er he worp y-slawe anon : Alle abouten him pai ben y-gon. AFip pat per come rideing a kni3t. About his swere his scheld bri3t, & wip a spere opon his bond : Toward Gij wel swipe he wond, & purch pe bodi smite him wold, Ac god of heuen it suffre nold : \)e strok of pe spere it gan glide Bitven pe arsoun & his side. His blihaut he carf, his scliert also. Gij strongliche him mett po : Wip his fest he him smot so, pat to grounde he^ dede him go. Wip pat sir Gij forp him di3t, Ac he mett wip anopcr kni3t : 5760 5765 5770 5775 5780 5785 5790 WHO IS WITHOUT ANY WEAPON. 313 CAIUS MS.] Withoute styrope he lepe theron) : Many he made leue theid anoon.^ T hanne the Duke seigh That Guy on horse aweyward fleigh, Anone lie seide to his knyghtes : ‘ A^ow to horse with aH youd mightes. Take ye Guy, and that anone, As ye woH haue my loue echoofie. Who that dede or lyuyng^ him bringeth me to, A thousand besaunt^ he shah haue and moo.’ To horse they wente in ah haste. And dryuen) Guy s withe faste, And Guy hadde wepen) noon) ; Wolde good, that made man). That he had had his bronde keruyng^ ! For he had there noo frende helping<. aiul, without God’s mercy, would have been slain .at once. A knight threw a spear at Guy, which, liowever, tore only his CDat and shirt. Having disposed of this aggressor by a deadly blow with his fist, ^ Then said Gui thoo, in the blank left between 1. 5758 and 1. 5759, in the same hand as p. 12G, and mounting him. 5760 When Duke Otous s.aw him riding away. 5765 he sent his knights after him, saying, ‘ If he should escape us my life is lost.' They pursued ^ _ Guy, 5 / / 0 who had no weapon. 314 ' GUY FIGHTS WITH A CUDGEL [aUCHINLECK MS. • an originally, the n being under- dotted. C» 9933. 2 erneinge origin- ally, the second e being under- dotted. Turnbull, p. 209, 1. 5401. 3 MS. sicerd. MS. fol. 133v. a. Swerd he bar ]jat wele wald bite, In ]>e heued be wald Gij smite. ])e strok open his hors glod Opon J?e croupe a fot brod. })ei he war aferd no wonder nas : Gij ferd fram him fast pas. He seye wij? pat a grom coininde, To him ward fast erninge : ^ A gret soule in bis bond be bar, So wold god jiat it war. Gij wel feir him bisou3t 3if him pe staf pat be brou^t. ‘ Ichil 3eld it pe ful web’ ‘ Haue here, sir, bi seyn Mi3bel. ■\Vele icb pi gret nede se : How god fram scbaine kepe ]?e.’ He tok pat soule in his bond, Anon for)j to hem be wond. A Lombard wel sone be mett, And 'wi]) pe soule ^ so him grett, ])at ded be feld him anon. He tok bis hors, & gan to gon, & seyd to pe grom po : * )?ou nim ]?is hors, & gin to go. Wijj gode wille y 3iue it pe For pe staf Jiou lentest me.’ pe knaue bi??i Jionked bliue, Oway wi]j j?e hors be gan to driue. l%an went for]? Gij pe gode, ^ Has neusr man of bis mode ))at better him werd in bis ende. Er be out of Jiat fi3t gan wende 3ete be SI0U3 on of her felawe. In lasse while be badde [him] y-slawe, )pen men scbold sigge a pater-noster. Y telle it 30 U bi Peter pe apostel 5795 5300 5805 5810 5815 5820 5825 CAIUS MS.] GIVEN HIM BY A STRANGER. 315 Guy had a narrow escape tVom nnotlier’s sword. Guy fledde fro theim a smarte paas : Tliougli he were a-feerde noo wonder was. With that he sawe a knaue corny ng^, As god it wolde in that thring^, 5800 Tliat a grete staffe on his shiilder bare, And Guy fulfeyre besoughte him there That he wolde the staffe him yiue, And he wolde him acquite yf he dud lyue. ‘Ye, sir,’ quoth he, ‘by sainte MicheH, [p. 130] Haue him here and here the weH.’ Now Guy saw a man coining towards him, with a tliick stick in liis iiand. and he asked him for it. Receiving it, With that a lombard Guy thei^ mette, And with the staffe so he him grette, That dede he him felde right anone. He toke that horse, and gan) to gone, And seide to that knaue thoo : ‘ Haue thou this horse, and thy wcy goo.’ he killed a Lom- bard with it. 5815 whose horse he gave to the man. Guy killed also another knight in a shorter time than it takes you to say a Pater- noster. 316 1 nai on an erasure. Turnbull, p. 210, I. 5127. 2 MS. ich, 3 is added above the line. 4 MS. goand C. 55G1. 5 Lines 5817-8 written twice originally, but struck out the second time. 6 looks more like louen than leuen. Turnbull, p. 211, 1. 5153. C. 5300. 7 Bothe, Turnbull, but the first letter, although not quite distinct, is cer- tainly not 6, and the third, without any doubt, is p, not ]j. 8 n and part of o struck out after now. AFTER A LONG FIGHT GUY ESCAPES, pat neuei’ swiclie nas^ y-seye non. When he haji ouer-comen ichon Wei long he werji him Jiat day. When he no lenge doure ne may pan seyd he to hem anon : ‘ pe deuel bitoche ich 30U ichon, & namlicho Otiis of Pauie, pat ha]j y-don ous Jiis felonie ; & 3if ich a ^er libhe may He schal it^ abigge, for sojie to say.’ pan is^ he gon'^ oway ful ^ernne. So fiat he com to a water sterne. In he him dede, & oner he go]i. Alle Jiai wondred Jier-of, for soji. Hon no durst after him wende For drencheing at her Hues ende. O^ain fan fai ben y-come To fe douke Otus alle and some, & telden him wel sone anon Jpat Gij was ouer fe water y-gon.^ pQ, douke Oto 275 is now wel sori. For Gij is schaped so oway, & swore hi god & seyn Gelen Heuer eft nold he louen® his men, For fat hii leten him oway fie : Gret wille he hadde him to sle ; Ac Gij hi??i werd wif mani wrenche ; Ilope'^ of foie may of-blenche. ‘ Sir douk Loer,’ seyd Otoun, ‘ Y-schaped is f e felle Gyoun. To Paid ichil now® gon, & spouse f i doubter anon : Eiche bridal ichil maki. Wif me schal Herhaud & Tirri ; pel f ai schul be don in prisoun : Schul fai neuer come to rau«soun. [auchinleck ms. 5830 5835 5840 5845 5850 5855 5860 CAIUS MS.J MUCH TO DUKE OTOUS’ DISAPPOINTMENT. 317 He fought as long as he could. Then cursing his enemies, espe- cially Otous, and threatening revenge, And Guy him gooth to a ^yater’ yerne, he rode away, And oue?*e he gooth with goddii? sterne. 5840 Ayene than they bee come To the Duke Otes ah and some, And tolde him ah: the sothe anone, How Guy is ouere the water goone. Than is the Duke Otes fuH sory That so with lif escaped is Guy. crossing a danger- ous water. of which his pur- suers were afraid, 5845 so that they re- turned to Otous, who was very rQ-A sorry to hear of OoOU Guy’s escape. Duke Otous intended to go to Pavia now to marry Oise), taking Herhand and Tirri with him, whom lie meant to keep in prison till tliey should die. 318 DCIvE LOYER TAKES HERHAUD WITH HIM, [aUCHINLECK MS. MS. fol. 138 V. b. C. 5581. But Duke Loyer ordered him to treat Tirri well, wherens Herhaud was not to go with him at all. Turnbull, p. 212, 1. 5479. Loyer returned to Lon-aine, taking Herhaud with him, who, not being able to go to Guj', wished to die. C. 5507. Duke Otous started for Pavia with Oisel and Tirri. Seeing Tim fet- tered ignomini- ously, Dye ]iai sclml wi]i miclie ^Y 0 . t\: 3 ete to jer icliil now go 'Wiji min men to seclien Gij, '\yiiat he he nome, sikerly. Alle ])is ofier prisouns wi]) ]>e go, & ]}ine wil Avi]) hem ]ion do.’ ‘ Oir,’ seyd |?e douk Loer, ‘ j)3it nil ich nou3t in non maner ]5at tow Tini no do sle : Y nold hi non wise, sir douk J?e fre ; Ac, 3 if Tirri schal wd]) Jie go. In fre prisoim jiou schalt him do. )5ou do hi??i kepe worJ?schipliclie ■\Vi]i gret plente manschipliclie, Alle fort he hane mi wille y-do. Ichil now j)a.t it be so, & ich-il lede Herhaud wiji me : In mi fre prisoun schal he he. Y nil nou 3 t he wi]i J?e go : To michel iuel ]ion wost him do.’ ))an Jiai token her lene J?o : 3Yi]i gret lone ]iai kisten hem ho. To Lorein went pe douke Loer, ]5at wip w'orjischipe dede kepe J?er Herhaud of Arderne, pe marchis : Y"ele leuer him were he ded, y-wis. "\Yhen he to Gij com no mi 3 t, Lene him were dye anon ri 3 t. "1^^ OAV is Otous to Paiii gan, -LI Y'iJj hi??^ he ledde his feir leman. Also he dede ]:erl sir Tirri Fast y-fetred, sikerly, Fi3t fast Yiider pe hors fet In-to Paui, and |)er him let. "When Oysel seye liim lede so Sore sche wepe for Lis wc. 5865 5870 5875 5880 5885 5890 5895 5900 319 AUCHINLECK MS.] BUT LEAVES TIRRI AND OISEL TO OTOUS. ‘ Allas/ sche seyd, ‘ & Avale-wo : Sone is my ioie went me fro.’ Of pe hors sche fel aswon anon : For sorwe almost hir hert t o-chon. AFhen pQ clouk hir falle seye Bi his op he swore an heye, ‘ fuel ])oii dost, mi gode leman, When j)ou for swiche a man Swiche sorwe schaltow make. & 3if ])Ou more^ sorwe for his sake, Oper euer eft make swiclie sorweing, & ich it perceiue bi ani J?ing, To-hewe he worjj bifor pe, Or heye hong on galwe tre. Glad & blife, leman, jjon be : Wi]? ioie to Paui y lede pe, ])ev ichil nim pe to wine. And wi ]3 pe helden alle rrii line. Tirri ichil in prisonn do : He no schal haue sorwe no avo. Ichim hate wel sore, sikerly. For pe lone of Herhaud and Gij. Eicheliche he schal serued be : ))er-of nou3t no dred Jjou j^e.’ H ‘ Sir, gramerci of pi speche, Ac of 0 ])ing y pe biseche : Fourti days respite ]jou 3if me, Til J)at mi sorwe aslaked be, & sej)]?en spouse me Avi]? worJ?schipe,’ * Y grau^zt Avele,’ qua]) pe douke, ‘sikerlike.’ To Paui |)ai ben jjan ago, Ac alle ano])e?’ ])OU3t jjat maiden po ; Awoper sche sou3t2 jjan sche seyd : Gret sorAve in hir hert sche leyd. Ar sche Aville to hi??2 spoused be, Wi]) a kniif sche Avil hir sle. Oisel fell from her horse, fuiiuingj 5905 which incensed Otous so much that he swore. Turnbull, p. 213, 1.5505. 5910 1 Another Twore struck out. MS. fol. 139r. a. if he saw her pity- ing him again Tirri would be killed before her eyes. 5915 He bade her be cheerful since he was going to marry her. 5920 Tirri would be treated well, although he hated him. 5925 C. 503.3. Oisel persuaded him to defer his mar- riage with her for 40 days. 5930 2 Read But she was re- solved to kill her- self rather than t Q Q I- become his wi fe. OJOD Turnbull, p. 211, 1. 5531. 320 OISEL HOPES THAT GUY WILL HELP THEM. [aUCHINLECK MS. Ac 0 l^ing liir glad, sikerliche : Oj)on Gij sclie trust miclie. Se]?] 3 e ]?at lie ascliapecl was, AVele sclie Jiou3t purcli su??i cas He schuld Tirri out of prisoiui cast, Hir swete leman, wel on hast, c. 5041 . T^ai com to Paul wi]) ]?at : -■ ) 5 e douk Otws nou3t foi’3at, pSit erl Tirri he bond fast, & in-to J:ester prisoun him cast, )per he was in sorwe, apli3t ; He nist whejier it wer day or ni3t. Litel he hadde of mete or dring. His leman Ian neuer wepeing Ani3t, when sche alon was, ):at noman wu]i hir nas. C. 5051. "IVT ow to tel of Gij ichaue y-]?ou3t XA Hou god him ha]) fra??i de]) y-hrou3t. MS. fol. 139r. b. 1 icelle originally, but le underdot- ted. Turnbull, p. 215, 1. 5557. 2 Read Ai now f 3 MS. of toun. ‘^Yhen he was passed fat water sternne He loked about him wel 3ernne, Of his felawes him vnderstode : "WeH neye he was for sorwe wode. ‘ God,’ he seyd, ‘ what schal y do ] Weri wreche, whider may y go 1 Ichaue forlorn fe gode Tirri & Herhaud, for wham icham sori. Amow ,2 gip douk Loer, Hou mi3testow dreye fe hismer, p 8 it fe fals douk Otoun^ Dede hifor fe fat traisoun 1 For traitour f ou worst euer i-held 'When fou comest in place or feld. Lord,’ he seyd, ‘ what may y do 1 Into whiche loud may y go 1 An arnemorwe no fing y no dred me : f)o ich went out of fat cite 5910 5945 5950 5955 5960 5965 5970 321 CAIUS MS.] guy’s grief FOR THE LOSS OF HIS FELLOWS. But that mayde was glad, sikirly, That Guy was so goon), truly. So as he escaped was ; lor well she hoped by some cas He wolde bringe by some Haste Oute of p?*ison hir lemman) in haste. Her only hope was Guy. 5940 Arrived at Pavia, Otoos threw Tin i into a dark prison, where he did not know whether it was day or niglit, and got little to eat or drink. His leman wept for him when she was by herself. T O TELLE OF Guy y haue thoughte How god him hath fro deth broughte. Whan he was passed that Eyuer sterne He loked him aboute fuH yerne. Let us return to Guy. 5955 Having escaped, he thought of his fellows. ‘ Lorde god,’ he seide, ‘ what may [y] doo Wery wrecche, whider may y gool How y haue loste the Erie Terry And Heraude, my maister, y am sory.’ 5960 [p. 131] He wondered how Duke Loyere could accede to Otous’ treach- erous proposal. Warwick. T 322 GUY RESOLVES TO AVENGE TIRRI. [aUCHINLECK MS. 1 Looks like i y ne schal MS. Turnbull, p. 216, 1. 5583. C. 50 ^ 7 . MS. fol. 139v. a. Wij? me ich hadde an liundred kni3tes To mi wille for me in fi3tes, & now j no liaue a grom to held mi stede. ) 5 at so miche me mi^t help^ at nede, For me ]?ai ben y-slawe ichon, 0 ]ier in peine in prisoun don. A, mi dere frende sir Tirri, For our dejiarting icham sorb Iso schal y ]je se neuer eft mo? For J?e ichil mi liif in pe?dil do, JOat y^ schal his body smite ato pat ]?us ]?is traisoun haji ous do, & so ichil awreke pe : Dye ichil hot it so be.’ Gij rode forjj in his way Alle pat iche self day. So long pat he a castel seye Opon a roche stode an heye. He ]iou3t to herberwe pare ; For he no mi3t no ferjier fare. Also he to pe gates come A 3ong kni3t he fond jier anon. IMichel he was, hende, & fre : Feren he hadde wiji him J)re. Gij sey hi his semblau?it anon pat he was lord oner hem ichon. ‘ Sir,’ quaj) Gij, ‘ vnderstond to me. pe lord, pat made me and te, pe loke 3if pi wille be. And miche blisse he 3if pe. A kni3t icham deswarre, pat in y bid par charite.’ H pe lord answerd sweteliche, ‘ )pou it schalt bane, blejieliche.’ He dede vnder-fong his stede ]) 0 , Bi his own^ he dede it do. 5975 5980 5985 5990 5995 6000 6005 8 OH MS. CAIUS MS.] GUY ASKS FOR SHELTER IN A CASTLE. 323 111 the morniiij; he had 100 kniglits, and now not one groom. He was resolved to avenge Tirri at the peril of his own life. Guy forthe wente his waye, And rode mo?/rnyng ait that daye, So longe that he a CasteH seigh Vpon a roche stonding^ on heigh. Guy rode all day. till he came to a e- n A rv castle standing on 5990 a rock. As he to the gate come A yonge knyght he fonde there anone. MikeH he was, hende, and free : r elawes he had with him three. Guy sawe by their semblant anone That he was lorde of theim echone. ‘ Sir,’ quoth Guy, ‘ vnderstonde me. The lorde, that made hothe sonde and see, dhe saue and blisse euermo, In-to what contree that ye goo. I am a knyght of farre contree. And herborough y aske for charite.’ The lorde answerd fuH swetely, ‘ Ye shall haue, fuH hertiy.’ At its gate he saw a young knight. 5995 whom he knew to be its lord. 6000 6005 He asked him for shelter. and was very hos- pitably received. T 2 324 Turnbull, p. 217, 1. 5609. Turnbull, p. 218, 1. 5635, C. 5127. MS. fol. 139v. b. GUY IS HOSPITABLY RECEIVED. [aUCHIXLECK MS. Bi Jje ri^t bond he toke sir Gij, & went into his halle on hey. 6010 A mantel of silk he of-sent on hast, & about him he dede it cast. Wonderliche fai bihelden him aUe Kni 3 tes pat weren in pe halle ; For he was michel & wele y-sett. 6015 j)8ii him bihelden wele pe Lett. j)e lord wi]) J^at to him sede, ‘ Ich pe bidde for lone-rede ))at pi name telle )?ou me, & nou 3 t for hole it no be.’ 6020 Gij answerd wel sweteliche, ‘ Mi name y J?e telle, sikerliche : Gij of Warwike mi name is. luel ich am acumhred, y-wis.’ When pe lord herd ]?at, 6025 })at it was Gij pat to hi??i spac, ‘ Sir,’ he seyd, ‘ welcome 3 e be : In 30 ur owhen herherwe 30 . Fid welcome artow to me, & ful wele y knowe pe. 6030 Ich au 3 t pe loue, so moti gon : Wel michel gode ]iou hast me don. j)o ich pe serued )?ou louedest me : Armes ich vnderfenge of pe. And jiou me sendest ner & fer 6035 To turnamens & to wer. So jiat gret word sprong of me, ]?o y went horn to mi cuntre. Amis of Mounteyn mi name it is : Wele ou 3 t 3 e me knowe, y-wis.’ 6040 When Gij him seye he knewe ]?e kni 3 t. He kist him jier anon ri 3 t. ‘ Sir,’ qua]) Amis, ‘ when comestow, ]?atow gost alle on now ] HIS HOST IS AMIS FO MOUNTEYN. 325 CAIUS MS.] By the honde he toke than Guy, And in-to the halle yeden they. 6010 The lorde with that to him seyde, ‘ I the bidde, sir, at this breyde That thy name thou telle me, And not couere^ it, y pray the.’ Guy answerd full louely, ‘ My name y telle the blithely : Guy of Warrewik my name is. Euyl y am a-comhred, ywis.’ Whan) the lorde herde that, That it was Guy that by him sat, ‘ Sir,’ he seyde, ‘ welcome to me : In your owne herhurgh ye bee. His host asked him bis name, 6020 1 MS. ditcouere. and he answered that he was Guy of Warwick. [p. 132] 6025 Tlien his host said to liim, ‘ Yon are in your own house. Amys of Champeyn my name is : Wen ye oughte to knowe me, ywis. You loved me when I served yon. Yon made me a knight, and sent me abroad to tourna- ments and wars, so tliat I became famous. My name is Amis 6040 ‘ Sir,’ quoth Amys, ‘ fro whens comest thou. That ye goo thus allone no we 1 Then Guy kissed him. 326 GUY TELLS AMIS ALL ABOUT THE TREASON. [aUCHINLECK MS. It seraejj wele, so ]?enkej) me, 6045 Fram gret periil ascliaped be ^e. Whare his Herhaud, J)i kni 3 t so fre ] Alle Jiine kni 3 tes where ben he 1 ’ ‘Ich-il pe telle,’ ))an seyd sir Gij. ‘ How vnder-stond ich am sori.’ 6050 }?an teld he him al ]?at cas, Hou ]?erl Tirri wou?zded was, & hou he hadde y-heled his wounde, & socurd his fader, & ost him founde, & hou he passed hi?7^ self vnnome, 6055 & hou Jjai were ]?urch traisouTi ouer-come, & hou his felawes weren y-nome, & hou ]?at he was J)ider y-come, & hou Tirri was y-nomen po & pQ gode Herhaud also, 6060 & wi)} hem fif hundred kni 3 tes, Orped men & gode in fi 3 tes. ‘ Y not 3 if pdii be l^es^or dede : Al ich hem sey nimen & lede.’ When Gij hadde y-teld J?at cas, 6065 Hou iuel hi?7i hi fallen was, ‘ Suffre awhile, sir,’ quaf he. * 3if it is pi wille listen to me. Ich haue castels & cites strong Mani and fele in mi lond : 6070 Alle ichil bitake pe, I An 8 erased after Mine km3tes ichiH of-sende to me : the ch. Fif hundred ich of-sende may, )?at schal do pi viiWe ni 3 t and day. Abe pat to min erldom fallep y wil it be 6075 To pine wille so schal com to pe. *MS. o/foK«. Wende we wille to pe douk Otoun,^ And bring him to destruccfoun. His londes we schul purch-ernne, & his castels felle, & his tounes berime, 6080 Turnbull, p. 219, 1. 5661. C. SI'S!. CAIUS MS.] AMIS OFFERS GUY 500 KNIGHTS. 327 "Where is heraude, that knyglit free, And aH thy knyghtes of grete bountee ] ’ ‘ I shaH the telle, sir,’ quoth Guy. ‘ j^o wonder is though y bee sory.’ 6050 Than tolde he him that cas, How the Erie Terry wounded was, And how the parlement was nome. And how thurgh treason) they were ouerecome. And how Terry was take thoo And the good heraude also, 6060 And with theim .v. hundred knyghtis, Orped men) and stronge in fightes. ‘ I ne wote whether they bee dede or alyue : Aid y sawe theim ledde forthe blyue.’ W HANNE Guy had tolde aH the cas, 6065 How euyU tho him befalle was, ‘ Suffre awhile, sir,’ quoth he. ‘ And it bee thy wille vnderstonde me. I bane Castelles and to’wnes stronge : Haue thou right, haue thou wronge, 6070 All y shaid theim betake the. And my knyghtes y shaH sende for to me.’ Amis asked where Herhaud and his other knights were. and Gny told him all about his finding Tirri, and helping his father, and about Otous’ treason. Amis offered to send for 500 knights. by whose help Guy might be avenged on Otous. 32S C. 5^GO. MS. fol. 140r. a. Turnbull, p. 220, 1. 5687. C. 5785. GUY DECLINES AMIs’ OFFER, [aUCHINLECK MS. & SO ]?ou mi^t awreke be, His londes destru, him selu^ sle. Of werre no swike wille we, A1 what he a-slawe he.’ A mis,’ qiia|) Gij, ‘god ^eld it te : 6085 To long schuld ich here be. 3 if ich orn on him so Jjou speke. To late ich worj) of him awreke. For drede of de]? nille y fle. Hastiliche ichil awreken be.’ 6090 A1 a day he bileft ]?are. His hert was in michel care : Amis emfor]) his mi^t ConloYt him bo)?e day and ni^t.’ H Of him he toke his leue j}0, 6095 Toward Paui he is y-go. Amis wij) him gon wold, Ac he seyd Jjat he no schold. Amis bileft, J>at was sori, & often to god he bad for Gij, 6100 J)at for his swete moder lone Leue hi??7 harmeles 03am come. II Gij him di3t in a-queyntise, & com to Paui in squier wise. An vnement purchast he 6105 jpat made his visage out of ble : His here, ))at was 3alu and bri:?t, Blac it bicome anon ri3t. Has no man in |?is world so wise of si3t pat afterward him knowe mi3t. 6110 How to Paui y-comen he is : Of no man aferd he nis. pQ douk Otw5 he fond Jiere, & gret hi?7i as 30 may here : ‘ Sir douk Otzw,’ he seyd, ‘ god loke Jje : Al so ich it wold so mot it be. 6115 CAIUS MS.] AND GOES TO PAVIA IN DISGUISE. 329 ‘Amys,’ quota Guy, ‘god yelde it the, [p. 133] 6085 Guy, liowever. The goodnesse that thou proferst me. declined tins of Hastilier of him awreke y hope bee : For doubte of deth y woH not flee.’ 6090 wishing to be avenged at once. Guy remained there only one day. Guy toke his leeue thoo, Toward Pauye for to goo, And seide, ' Amys, y beseche the, A stede that thou wolt yiue me.’ And Amys anone, Avithoute doubte, Made him) chese the beste in the route. Oon) he toke, and lepte vpon) : Sadell ne house he wolde noon). So Guy him dighte in newe aqueyntise. And come to Pauye in a wonder guyse. An oignement than pwrchassed he That made his visage oute of blee. 6095 Amis was not allowed to go with him. 6100 6105 Guy arrived at Pavia with his face and fair hair tinged black — Xoo man) was so wise of sighte That afterward him knowe mighte. 6110 To Pauy than Guy come is : Of noo man) he afferde is. The Duke Otes he fonde there. And he him grette in this manere : ‘ Sir Duke,’ he seide, ‘ god saue the : As y it wolde so mote it bee. 6115 330 GUY PRESENTS THE DUKE WITH A SWIFT STEED, [aUCHINLECK MS. Turnbull, p. 221, 1. 5718. 1 aseyle origin- ally, le being erased. MS. fol. 140r. b. 2 MS. is. 3 The first letter seems to be I, although it looks a little like b. C. 581?'. Turnbull, p. 222, 1. 5739. C. 5827. A man icham o fer cuntre : Hider icli come to seche Jie. Ich haiie j?e brou3t here a stede, In ])is world is better non at nede. bToris it dede a Sarazin, And me it 3af, min owen cosyn : In alle Jie world is so swift a best, ' Libard no ro, in no forest, N^o dromedarie no is ]>er non So swijie goand so is he on. No Jiarf )ie drede non arme of Ipe se. And tow opon ))is stede be. 3 if 3e nille j^erof me leiie Icbil Jiat 3e it asey^ ar ene. Ac on maner ha]) ])at hors, j^erfore mani ha]) fare ])e wors : In pe world nis^ man j)at ney \\\m come j)at be no wold him slon wel sone, Bot J)e man ])at loked^ it. )?er-fore y lone it out of witt.’ Qua]) pe douk, ‘ mow gramei’ci. })is is a fair 3ift, sikerly. AYi]) ])at hors ichil abhold ])e, & make pe riche of gold & fe. To swiche an hors ich hadde nede, )?at ich might ])e better spede. Of min fomen ich wmld ben awreke, & som in min prisoim ben y-steke, Ac on of hem is schaped fro me. Now wold god, pat alle may se, })at he were now in pis halle : Wel iuel him schuld sone bifalle. Wel sone he schuld an-honged be Wip gode ri3t, y telle it te.’ ‘ Sir,’ quap Gij, ‘who [may] pat be? In gret pc'i-iil no^v is he.’ 6120 6125 6130 6135 6140 6145 6150 331 CAIUS MS.] AND IS INVITED TO STAY IN IIIS COURT. A man y am of farre coiitree : Hyder y am come to seche the. BrougRte y haiie the a stede, ' In aH the Tvorlde is noo better at nede. 6120 He offered the Duke a steed, swifter tlian a leopard, roe, or dromedary. Yf ye me therof doo not beleue I sbaH him assaye for the more preoue.’ 6130 but so vicious as to kill any one approaching it except himself. Quoth the duke : ‘sir, moult graunt mercy, [p. 13d] Ti,eDuketi,»„ked This is a faire yifte, sikirly. To suche an horse y haue nede, That y might the better spede, And on my foomeu) bee a-wreke ; And some in my p?’fson) been) steke, Bot ooii) eskaped is fro me. That wolde god ah: men might him here see, That he were nowe in my halle : Grete woo him shuld sone befalle. To morowe he shuld hanged bee With good wille, y telle it the.’ ‘ Sir,’ quoth Guy, ‘ who may that bee 'i In fuH grete periH stondeth he.’ and asked him to stay with him. He was in need of such a horse against his enemies. 6145 especially one. 6150 Asked whom he meant, 332 GUY. 1 desirit MS. 2 oftoun MS. C. 5§43. Turnbull, p. 223, 1. 5765. MS. fol. UOv, a. C. 5853. C. 58G1. WHO SAYS THAT HIS NAME IS YON, [aUCHINLECK MS. ‘ Icliil pe telle,’ qua]? J?e douk ]?o : ‘ Gij of "Warwike, |?at is mi fo. Siker no be ich neuer mo f)e whiles |?at he o liues go. Ich wold now he stode |?e hi.’ ‘ Sir,’ qua]) he, ‘ y knowe wele Gij : He slou3 on of mi neye kin ; ]?er-fore ich am ri^t avto]? wij? him, & wi]} J?erl Tirri also : He is mi dedliche fo. J^iirch felonie mi fader he slou^. Mi brojier he deserited^ wijj WOU3. God lete me neuer ded be Er ich him to mi wille se.’ ‘ Mi dere frende,’ seyd ]?e douk Otoun,^ ‘ Ichaue Tirri in mi prisoun. How ich-il ]?ou loke hi?w to. And alle schame ]?ou hi??z do.’ ‘ Sir,’ qua]? he, ‘ gramei'ci. And y ]?e sigge sikerly j)a,t alle his liif ichil wende Er ]?an come seuen ni^tes ende.’ j)e douke do]? him ]?e keyes take, Maister iaioler he do]? him make. T^e douk oxe]? what his name be : J ‘Yon men clepet me in mi cuntre.’ ‘Yon,’ he seyd, ‘ichot now }?e J)at ]?ou }?at hors wele kepe me.’ An hous he deliuer[d] him )?o J)at no J?ing com in hot ]?ai to. j)e douk ]?at nou3t no wist, ])at Gij was ]?e?*-in, hi Crist. Alle his wille he may now do, Hon vn-wor]?schip men seyd hi7?i to. Gij into a tour is y-go, A strong prisoun fond he ]?o : 6155 6160 6165 6170 6175 6180 6185 IS MADE TIRRi’s JAILER. 333 CAIU3 MS.] * I shall the telle,’ quoth the Duke tho. ‘ Guy of Warrewik, that is my foo.’ ‘ Sir,’ quoth he, ‘ well knowe y Guy. I wolde that he stode the by. He slowe oon) of my nyghe kyu) ; Therfor’ y am yet wrothe with him, 6160 And the Erie Tirry also : I hate him as my dedely foo. God lete me neuere dede bee Tin him at my wille y see.’ ‘ Erende,’ quoth the Duke Otouii), ‘ I haue Terry here in my prisoiiii). Xow thou shalt loke him to. And aH shame thou him doo.’ ‘ Sir,’ quoth he, ‘ graunt mercy, And y the sey sikirly That his lif y shall tow?me and wende Or come this seuen nyght to an ende.’ The duke doth him than the keyes take. And maister layler^ he doth him) make. 6165 6170 [p. 135] 6175 An house the Duke deliuered him thoo That noo things was in hot they two. The Duke noo-thing< the sothe wiste. That he was Guy, ne noo man nyste. Therfor^ aH his wille he might doo, 6185 That noo man) shuld speke him to. lie .'inswered that he was not safe, as long as Guy of Warwick was alive. Guy pretended he hated him, too, because he had slain a near relation of his, and that Tirri also , w’as his deadly enemy, and had slain his father. The Duke told him that he had Tirri in his prison, and made Guy his jailer. Guy called himself ‘You.’ Guy found in a tower a prison 40 fathoms deep. 334 Hearing some one cry ‘Alas,’ he asked who it was, Turnbull, p. 224, 1. 5791. and learnt that it was Tirri, who had more iron about him than a sumpter could carry. and had eaten nothing for three days. C. 5S85. Guy discovered himself, and promised to deliver him as soon as possible. But Tirri implored him to go away lest the Duke should slay him. MS. fol. 140v. b. Turnbull, p. 225, 1. 5817. C. 5^90. GUY DISCOVERS HIMSELF TO TIRRI. Fourti fadom depe it was. He hadde y-herd cri, ‘ alias ’ : He oxed anon who pat were j)at made per so reuly here. ‘ Ich/ he seyd, ‘ a wreched man : Me reuwe]} sore pat y hues am. Erl Tirri mi nam is : How icham a wreche, y-wis. J?e douk no misdede y neuer nou^t, And in ]}is prison n icham y-hrou^t. More iren about me is jpan a somer mi3t beren, y-wis, On armes, on legges, on bodi also. Mi de]i ich wold were com me to. For pavL pat ich felawe was To a kni3t pat neuer his better nas, Whom pe douk Ot?i*’ hated, y-wis, On me pe wreche fallen now is. pat ich ete Jiis is pe jnidde day : Long line y no may.’ U ‘ Tirri,’ qua]? Gij, ‘ no be nou3t wo : Icham Gij ]?ou louedest so. Out of prisoun y schal cast pe So sone y may mi time se.’ S ir Tirri spac to Gij J?o, ‘For godes loue, hennes ]?ou go. Hou come ]?ou hider, sir Gij ? })ine hider-com wil me harmi. 3 if pe douk wite |?at ]}ou it be Jpis ich day he wil sle j?e. Leuer me were al-on to day ) 5 an wite pe ded, so]?e to say. Lerfore, sir, hennes ]?ou go ; For godes loue, sir, do now so.’ Als ]?ai togider speken |)is A Lombard it of-herd, y-wis. [auchinleck ms. 6190 6195 6200 6205 6210 6215 6220 AUCHINLECK MS.] GUY KILLS A SPY. 335 J)at after into ]>e tour was y-go G22o A Lotnbaid To aspie what Gij wold do. Wi]) loude steuen he ha]) hi??z gred. overheard their conversation, ‘ Gij, ])ou hast wel iuel y-sped. and threatened Bo])e 3 e schul an-honged be, to get them iianged. d^'ow ich 3 ou^ ho])e here y-se.’ 6230 1 ]?ou MS. IT ‘Lete he,’ qua]) Gij, ‘so god ])e amende : Guy tried to So ])Ou mi 3 t ous bo])e schende. What schuld ])e fejbetter be 3 if ])ou dest ous bo])e sle? )pine owhen man ichil be, 6235 silence him, & as mi lord seruy ])e, & ])erl Tirri bi his mi 3 t. And ])erto mi treu])e y pe pli 3 t.’ Hold pi pes,’ qua]) pe Lombart, ‘ Haue ::eue;- god of me part Hot ich pe douh Otus it telle : 6240 but in vain. For no])iug leten y nille.’ Adoun of pe tour he go]) erninde, And Gij after him fast folweinde. So Guy followetl Ei 3 t bifor pe doukes fet 6245 him to tlie Duke, Gij arau 3 t him wi]) a staf gret : and killed him Swiche a strok he him 3 af, there with a stafT. Turnhull, p. 220, pat his breyn fley about pe staf 1. 5843. Seyd pe douk, ‘ whi destow ])is ? Asked by the Wi]) hors tow wor]) to-drawen, y-wis. Whi hastow mi man y-slawe 1 Hou dorstow bigin pat plawe h ’ 6250 Duke why he did 80, ‘ d^a]) Gij, ‘ herken to me, Anon ichil telle to pe ; C. 5031. Into pe tour ich was y-gon. For to se |)e esters ichon ; pev ich fond ])is feloun. 6255 Guy answered & spac to Tirri in pe prisoun, he had found him speaking to Tirri, & mete him brou 3 t gret plente. and supplying po ich it seye it of-])ou 3 t me. 6260 him with food. 336 MS. fol. 141r. a. Turnbull, p. 227, 1. 5869. C. 5007. 1 The u in chauvaber has a stroke too many. GUY SUPPLIES TIRRI WITH FOOD. [aUCHINLECK MJ 3 . Wij) his fest he me smot, ))e?’fore ichim suwed, god it wot, .9 & smot him so ])ou mi^t se. \)e gilt, sir, for-^iue ]iou me. So]?e to sigge in ])is stede, 6265 For J?iue anour ich it dede, j)at ojjer hi him y-W'arned be To fede ]?i prisomi_Avi])-outen ]?e.’ ]pe douk gret op swore jjo, ]?at 3 if he ojjer-loker had do 6270 He worj) to-drawe, ope?' an-hong. Or o]?er schames dej? to afong ‘ ‘ Ac now foremen it pe be.’ Gij him J?onked on his kne. Sone so pe ni^t him come, ' 6275 Gij into pe cite nome ; Mete anou 3 he bou 3 t j^ere. And to Tirri he gan it here. J?us he dede y not hou long, Michel he slaked his pine strong, 6280 AUe his bendes do]) oway. And slake]) his pine so michel so he may. Into a chau^Tzber^ he go]) on a day, Jperin he fond pat fair may, pat biment hir strongliche 6285 For hir lenian sche loiied so miche. Gij seyd to hir, ‘ maiden fre, Wele ])ou owest to knowe me : Gij of Warwike mi name is, Icham pi lemanes felawe, y-wis. 6290 In ])is maner y-comen icham. For y nold be knowen of no man. And for to deliiier ])i lenian )5at ich michel gode an.’ When pe maiden herd ])is, ]pat it was Gij, for so])o y-wis. 6295 CAIUS MS.] GUY DISCOVERS HIMSELF TO OISEL. 337 As sone as the tyme come, G275 Guy is iu-to the Citee goon) : Mete enough he houghte there, And to Terry he did it here: AH his bondes he doth awey, And socoureth him bothe nyghte and daye. In-to the chambre than wente he, Whan he his tyme did see, To comforte that mayde weH, 6285 That in grete sorowe abode eue?’y dele. Guy seide to the maide free, ‘ Full weH thou aughtest to knowe me : Guy of Warrewik my name is, I am thy lemmans felawe, ywis.’ 6290 Whan that maide herde tliis. That it was Guy, forsothe ywis, WARWICK. and had been struck by him. Tlie Duke approved of his conduct. In the night Guy bought food. and carried it to Tirri, and lessened his sufferings as much as he could. One day he went to see Oisel, who, hearing that he was Guy, 338 GUY SETS TIRRI FREE, [aUCIIINLECK MS. Turnbull, p. 228, 1. 5895. MS. fol. 141r. b. 5000 . 1 Tbe n in on a c only partially erased. 2 Lo MS. Turnbull, p. 229, 1. 5921. 3 t added above the line. For blisse sche fol aswon adonn, And vp hir toke J?e gode Gyoiin. ‘ Maiden,’ he seyd, ‘lete now be : Wiltow now schende me'? 3if ani me perceiue mi3t Icli were y-honged anon ri3t.’ ‘ Merci, sir Gij,’ seyd Jiat may, ‘ Now wijjin pridde day To him spoused schal y be ; Ac 0 fling ich haue bifiou3t me, f?at ichil mi-selue sle pat day fiat y schal spoused be.’ Gij seyd, ‘ no do nou3t so, Ac alle his wille fiou schal t do, And ar he to fie chirche come Y schal mete hi??2 atte frome : Ilis heued fro fe bodi schal lie, & lede y schal j^e forj) wifi me.’ N ow is Gij fiennes y-gon horn, And also swifie so 103!^ come To fe prisoun anon he 3ede, And deliuerd his felawe in fat stede. ‘ Sir Tirri,’ he seyd, ‘ forf fou go (Ni3t no day no swike fou no) Ki3t to Amis of^ fe Momzteyne, bat wonef in fe marche of Almeyno. On mine half grete him wele hi me. bider fou go, & ful wele rest fe, Fort^ ich com, or man for me.’ * Blef eliclie, sir,’ fan seyd he. Hye kisten hem, and forf 3ede fo ; At her parting hem was ful wo. Aifer for ofer for gret pite In gret pe?’iil hadde y-be. Gi lete him of fe tour fo, Bitau3t him god, & lete him go. 6300 6305 6310 6315 6320 6325 6330 CA.IUS MS.] AND SENDS HIM TO AMIS. 330 fainted with joy. * :^^ercy, sir/ seide that faire ‘jS^w within this thirde day Ilerin y shaH spoused bee ; 6305 But of oon) things ratlier y haue thought me, That y shaH my-self siee [p. 136] That day he shaH: spouse me.’ Guy answerd and seide, ‘not so : Ad his wide thou shalt feyne to doo. And or he come to tlie Chirclie yate Of other thinges he shad lakke : His hede fro the body shaH flee, And forthe the lede y shaH with me.’ Guy fro thens he is goon), And as sone as he might come To the geayle anone he yede. And Terry than therof deliuered. ‘ Sir Terry,’ he seide, ‘now forthe thou goo^ (Nighte nor day spare thou noo^) 6320 Bight to Amys of the IMountaigne, ihat duelleth in the marclies of Aimaigne. On my belialue grete him swithe. And soioz^?me there, and make the blitho, Tyll y come, or other man for me.’ 6325 ' Blithely, sir,’ quoth Tirry the free. 6310 6315 Learning that the wedding was to be within three days, he promised to deliver iier in time. Guy tlien went co set Tirri free, 1 MS. gooni. 2 MS. noori). whom he sent to Amis of tlie Mounteyne. Guy lete him adowne of the towre thoo, Lctaughte him to god, and lete him goo. 340 C. GOS?*. Turnbull, p. 230, 1.5947. MS. fol. 141v. a. C. G043. TIRRI REACHES AMIs’s CASTLE, [aUCHINLECK MS. G ij bileft, & Tirri is for]) y-fare : Of a lie ni 3 t no liadde lie rest pare. So long is Tirri forp y gon, G335 To pe Mounteyn he com anon ; A castel per was fair wipalle, And strong cite biloken wip walle ; Tair halles & toures also In pe cite were mani & mo. G340 In pat on half orn pe riuer, In pat oper half forest wip wilde dere. Into pe cite he is y-go. And to pe maiste?’ palays he 3 ede po. He fond Amis atte dies pleyinge Wip his felawes, fair gamen giuing. p)ritti kni 3 tes were in halle also His soudours were, his wil to do, pJat wip Amis bileften he For wer pat was in pat cimtre. ‘ Sir,’ quap Tirri, ‘ 3 if it be pi wille, Viider-stond & speke me tille A1 priueliche, y pe biseche, ]pat pi folk no here our speche.’ x\mis answerd, ‘ wel blepeliche Wille ich it do & loueliche.’ El am pe cheker he is y-go, And to a windowe he cleped hi??i po. ‘ Sir Amis,’ seyd Tirri, ‘ Often pe gretep wele sir Gij ; G3G0 & hider to 30 U he sent me, Eor to soiourne here wip pe, Eort he may hider come, Oper anoper send for lii??z atte frome.’ ‘ Sir,’ quap Amis, ‘ niiche paiike haue lie, G365 }5at he pe sent hider to me. What is pi name 'I say pou me.’ ‘ Ichil pe telle, sir,’ quap he : 6345 6350 6355 AND DELIVERS GUY’s MESSAGE. 341 CAIUS MS.] Guy abode, and Terry forthe wente : iN^igbte ne daye lie ne stente. xin-i travelled aii So longe he is forthe goon), <3335 Tin he to the Mountaigne is come. Reaching hu A casteH ther» was faire with-aH, aesiination. And a faire Citee closed with stone walle. In-to that Citee he yede thoo. The chief palays he come to. 0344 He fonde Amjs at Chesne ploying- [ p. 137 ] With his felawes, faire game holding playing at chess. ‘ Sir,’ quoth Tirry, ^yf thy wyllo bee, A worde y muste speke with the Ah priuely, y you beseche. That thise men here not oure speche.’ Amys answerth, ‘ fuH gladly: I shah come to you fuh blithely.’ hro the Chesses he rosse tho. And to a wyndowe he cleped him to. ‘ Sir Amys,’ seide Tirry, ‘ Ofte sithes you grette sir Guy; And hider to you he sente me,i For to soiowrne here with the, lih that he may thider come. Or some other for him right sone.’ Sir, quoth Amys, ^moche thanke haue he, That he the sente hider to me. What is your* name, sir* free 1 ’ ‘ I shah you telle, sir,’ quoth hee. 6355 and spoke to him privately at a window. 6360 Hearing that Guy had sent him, ^ to me MS. 6365 312 TIRRI STAYS WITH AMIS. [aUCHINLECK MS. 1 so miseise looks like sounseise in MS. Tiinibnll, p. 231, 1. 5973. 2 c ndded above the line. C. GOOO. MS. fol. Ulv. b. Tni nbnll, p. 232, 1. 5999. ‘ Tirri of Gormoise mi name is, Aschaped of strong prisoun, y-wis.’ ‘ Sir Tirri,’ ]ian seyd lie, ^ AVelcome in-to jiis cu litre ! ’ ' lie kist him an hundred sijie, "Wi]} ey3en he wejie, so was he hlijie. & for he hi??7. so miseise^ y-seye Of prisoun aschaped, hlijie was hye. He dede him hajie, sikerly. And al jiiiig di3t \nm redi. AViji riche clojies^ he dede him schrede, & fond him alle jiat hi??2 was nede. He 3af him armes and riche stede, & di3t him Jier alle wij) pr^e. Jpcnnes no went he for no J>ing, Er he of Gij hadde tiding. O f ]?e douk ichil 3011 telle, & ]!!an of Gij, 3if 30 wille. pe douk of-sent his barnage in hast, ])at jiai com to him ri3t fast Into \>e cite of Pauie, Alle Jie Lombardes of Lombardie. AVhen jie time it comen was, pe douk was blijie & glad in ]>at cas. To |)e maiden he come swijie. As he ))at was glad & blife, And seyd, ‘ leman, glad make jie ; Today f)OU schalt y-spoused be.’ ‘ Sir,’ sche seyd, ‘ wi|) gode wille Alle )}ine best ichil fulfille.’ He schred hir swijie Avele, y-wis "Wi]! riche clo]?cs alle of jii’/s ; He sette hir on a palfrey, \>at 3ongling, Better no bistrode neue?* no king. Eiche anoii3 jiat atire Avas Of gold & sillier ; no no]?er jier nas. 6370 . 6375 6380 6385 6390 6395 6400 OTOUS IS ABOUT TO MARKY OISEL. 343 CAIUS MS.] * Terry of Gormoyse my name is, Escaped stronge prison, y-wis.’ ‘ Sir Terry,’ tlianne seide lie, ‘Thou art well-come in-to this contree ’ 6370 and that he was Tirri of Gormoise, he welcomed liim heartily, Thense he shuld for noo thiug^,i TiH he of Guy had some tidyng^. O FF THE Duke y shall you telle. And of Guy, if it bee youi'’ wille. The Duke sente for his barons in haste. That they sliiiH come aH to his feste In-to the Citee of Pauye, AH the knightes of lombardye. AVhan the tyme come was. The Duke so gladde neuere nas. To the maide he come s withe, As he that was gladde and blithe. ‘ Lemman, aH redy make thou the ; This day thou shalt spoused bee.’ ‘ Sir,’ she seide, ‘ with good wille AH thy heestes y shaH fulfillc.’ and supplied liim with all he wanted. ^ This line is repeated in a later hand in tlie blank space left originally after 1 . 6384 . 638o I’ll tell you of the Duke, and then of Guy, if you please. [p. 138] The Duke invited his barons to be present at his wedding. 6390 On the appointed day he was very joyful. 6395 Oisel, in rich attire. was set on a good palliey. 344 ^ The /on an erasure. Turnbull, p. 233, 1. 6025. Cl. 0121. GUY KILLS DUKE OTOUS, [aUCHINLECK MS. Toward a chirclie went lije ; 6405 Wi]? ioie he wend hir to spousi. IT Gij armed him wel richeliche Alto his wille stalwor]}liche Wi]) armes pe maiden hi?w had hitoii 3 t, pat were pe doiike to present brou 3 t. 6410 His gode stede he bi-strod, And of-tok hem wi])-oute/^ abed. ‘Doiik Otus, vnder-stond t3 me : 6415 Ho go no forjjer, ich hot pe. Vnder-stond pe of pat traisoun pat ])ou dest to sir Gyoun, Also he com fram Boneuent : 3ete is mi hert per-iove in turment; 6420 & sej)]?en ]?ou dest me a gret traisoun, po fou Tirri dest in pi prisoun. Icham Gij pat to pe speke : 6425 3ete today y jjenk to ben awreke.’ J?urch pe bodi he smot him anon Eifor pe Lombardes eumchon, And swore bi god, heuen king, 3if ^ him neyed ani J)ing, 6430 pat heued he schuld pe?' forgon. To pat maiden he cam anon, Eitven his armes pe maiden he nam, & sett hir biforn hi??i : oway he ran. Swij?e owaiward ])an rod he : 6435 pe noise aros in j^at cite. WiJ) gret streng])e |jai driuen Gi : He pasef) hem : 03 ain went hij. 03 ain ]?ai_went to |5at bodi ri 3 t, Ac a child-mng man, aidi 3 t, 6440 CAIUS MS.] and rides AWAY WITH OISEL. 345 Toward the Chirche wente he, With ioye to spouse the inayde free. Guy armeth him fuH hastly At his wille fuH stalworthly. G405 and set off with llie Duke towards a church. Guy, liaving armed liimself, A good stede he hee-strode, And aftei'’ theim faste rode. Whan he theim had oue, Or ich out of fis place te, Xeuer honour ich no bidde, iS’'o neucr a day longer to libbe.’ ‘Frende/ quaj) Gij, ‘nil y nou^t so. To bataile we schul ^ete cu??i bo.’ pe maiden he nani & for]? ladde, A passed a riuer, & nou 3 [t] no drad. pe 3 ongman went him 036 ^ Alle sori i?i-to fat cite. pQ douk fai birid worfschipliche In a chirche of Paui, sikerliche. pe 3 ongman to femperour is gon, told hi??z of Otus def anon. );empe?'our alle his lond hi??i 3 eld, A wif fat^ worfschip hi??i at-held. Armes he 3 af hi??z hastiliche, lie loued hi^Tz wel swife miche. Of Almaine he made hi??z steward, |pat fel mani a man swif e hard. Gij wif fat maiden is forf y-go, & fan newed alle hir wo. ‘ Sir Gij,’ sche seyd, ‘ what schal y do ? Mi leman no se y^ neuer mo. Dye y schal wif sorwe & care. IsMw wold god ich wer fare : \Vif him ded ich wold be ; & it so were wele wer me.’ Gij answerd wele fat maide,^ And to hir sweteliche he seyd : ‘ Tirri nis bot gode, siker f ou be : Alle in gode point f ou schalt hi??z se. Wif fe iaioler ich haue speke so, )?at alle his wille he wil do.’ they might fight in ‘phiin arms.’ G480 But Guy refused. G48o Turnbull, p. 2;j5, 1. 6077. and rode away witli Oisel. MS. fol. 142r. b. G490 Berard returned to Pavia, where the Duke was buried with great honour. and then repaired to the Emperor, GI95 who bestowed on him the Duke’s land, ^ So MS., not ffret, knighted him. and made him steward of Germany. C. GU-i. G500 Oisel ’s sorrows began again. 2 sej/ MS. as one word. She wished to be _ with Tirri, to die OoOo with him. 3 Tlie i added above the line. Guy assured her _ ^ that she would Go 10 see him in good V condition. Turnbull, p. 236, 1. 6103. 348 GUY AND OISEL ARRIVE AT AMIS’S CASTLE [aUCHINLECK MS. C. els'?. 1 0/J?a^MS. MS. fol. 142v. a, C\ 0300. Tiinibull, p. 237, 1. 0129. * to her wille MS. C. 0333. So long for]? wenten he, })at hij come to pat cite Of^ Mounteyne, pat feir was : 6515 So ]?ai went [in] wij? ioie & solas. When he i/ito pe halle come, Amis hi?w knew ri 3 t anon. AYhen he hi??z seye pan seyd he, ‘ Sir Gij, welcom mot ]?oii he.’ 6520 When sir Tirri Gij y-se]? (fe Oisel, ]?at hi?7i was so lef, INIichel ioie he made Gij po, ]pat maiden he nam in his armes to. ‘ Gij,’ he seyd, ‘ welcome J?oii be. 6525 p)at ]?us asembled now be we ! ISTold god & our lenedi \)at mi lef be schent of hir bodi.’ ];ai kisten hem togider anon, For ioie ]?ai Avepen eue?*ichon. hen Oisel y-sej? sir Tirri, ])at was hir lef & hir ami, For ioie sche swoned omong hem. ])er Avende sche nou^t to finden him. Tirri nam hir in his armes tvo, & SAveteliche seyd to hir J?o, ‘ Mi SAvete leman, no drede pe nou^t : Hole & sounde icham hider brou^t.’ Amonges hem Avas ioie & blis. And soiournd )?ere,2 y-wis. To her wille in pat palais ; Sir Amis was hende & curteys. So on a day bi]?on 3 t liim sir Gij jpat long soiournd hadden hy. Amis he cleped to lii??z & sir Tirri : ‘ Herkenij) to me,’ seyd sir Gij. ‘ Soiournd Ave haue here anew : Hoav is time Ave go fram 3011 6535 6540 6545 CAIUS MS.] TO TIRRI’S PARTICULAR JOY. So longe fortlie roden they, TyH they come to that^ Citee Of IMountaigne, that so faire was, And in they wente with ioye and solas. Whan Guy in-to the halle come, Amj^s him knewe anone. And anone to him seide he, ‘ Sir Guy, weH-come thou bee.’ Whan the Erie Tyrry sawe sir Guy there And OyseH, that was him leef and dere, Moche ioye he made to Guy thoo. That maide he toke in his armes two. OLsel seeing Tirri, whom she had not expected there, fainted with joy. 349 ^ they MS. Wlien tliey came to Amis’s citv, Golo and entered his hall, Amis knew Ouy at once. Go 20 and welcomed him. Tirri was very glad to see Guy and Oisel. Amonges theim was moche blisse. And there they soio?irned, y-wis. At theii’’ wille in solas : Aniys theim fonde aH that nede was. O N A DATE bethoughte Guy the free That longe soiow?-ned thei-’ haue they. Amys he cleped and 2 Terry; [p. ' Herken) to me,’ seide Guy. ‘ Tyme is that we vs diglite To helpe our’ felawes anone riglite. 6o40 They stayed there, till one day Guy thought 6545 2 on MS. 350 GUY, TIRRI, AND AMIS [aUCHINLECK MS. • hrina Tiirabull, biiide MS. Turnbull, p. 23S, 1. 6153. C. G-540. MS. fol. 142v. b. 2 The m in miche not quite distinct. To Gormoise to J?eii Aubri : "Wele y wot he is for ons sori. Of-sende icliil baroun Sc kni^tes, & ern ichil opon pe doiik wij? gret mi3tes, Sc mine felaw^s out of prisolD^ bring : ^ Ich no may hem for^ete for no J:ing. Ich man schal his mi^t don, For to awreke hiwi of his fon.’ ‘ Sir,’ qua]) Amis, ‘ ichil go wij) ])e. And a ])oiisend kni3tes forf wi]? me, A |)ousend seriauns also 'Wele on hors, wi])-outeii mo.’ ‘ Gramerci, sir,’ ])an seyd Gij, ‘ On ]?e al mi trust is, sikerli.’ A mis of-sent his kni3tes anon. And ha]) asembled hem eucricbon. His seriauns he dede also, jpe best pat mi3t to fi3t go. 'When pat pai wer al redi forp pai wenten hastily. To-ward Gormoise hij gop, Mani man pai made wel wrop : Jpai nimen castels Sc cites. Sc destruen alle pe cu litres. To Gormoise pai bon y-come : Glad pai ben alle Sc some. Oner alle oper perl Aubri. AWien he sep his sone Tirri lie fel aswon for ioie po : lie wende he had ben forlorn for euer mo. )per was ioie Sc miche- bus Bitven pe fader Sc pe sone, y-^ is. Eiimcli told ope?-. Sc foiqat nou3t, IIoii Gij hem hap frani dep y-brou3t. H Gij 110113! for-3cte nold, Asembled he hap his kni3tcs bold. 6550 6555 6560 6565 6570 6575 6580 CAIUS MS.] REPAIR TO EARL AUBRI. 351 of Earl Aubri, Oute of prison) theim to bringe : I nolde theim lete for noo thinge.’ 6553 ancl of liberatiiifr his fellows, wiiu were in Duke Loyer’s prison. Sir, quoth Amys, *y shah goo with the, And .V. hundred of knyght /5 bringe with me.’ ‘G?‘aunt mercy,’ seyde sid Guj^, ‘ On the y truste, sikerly.’ Amys sente for his knyghtz*^ anone i Assembled he hath theim eue?y-chone. Amis was reaily to help him witli 1000 knights, and as many squires on horse- back. 6562 Amis assembled his men, Whan they were ah redy Forth they wente c*:"' hastely. Toward Gormoyse as the_; gooth In lorenge grete harme they Oo.^h : They take Castelles and Citees, And so destroyeth aH the Contrees. To Gormoyse tlian they bee come : Gladde they bee aH and some, And oue?-e ah other the Erie Aubry, W^han he sawe his soiie Tyrry: 6570 and they repaired to Gormoise, wasting Loyer’s country on their way. 65/5 Aubri was very glad to see his son again. Tliere was ioye and moche blisse Eetwene the fader and tlie sone, y-wis. 6580 Eche tolde other aH his thoughte. And how Guy hath him fro deth broughte. Guy heraude foryete neuere a dele, ^ Assemblcd he hath knyghtw fele. get what he had ^ * til 352 Tur:;bull, p. 239, 1. 6179. €. 0213 . 1 One or two letters erased after swi])e. Turnbull, p. 240, 1. 6205. C. 0.305. MS. fol. 143r. a. DUKE LOYER SENDS HERHAUD ]:e (iouk he haji a grete harm y-do, He f)0U3t for to awreke him so. When pe douk Loer herd ]?is tiding, psit Gij and Tirri were coming, His doiihte[r] Oysel also, Wei glad & hlijie he was \o. Herhand he cleped hi??i to, & teld him pe so]?e J)o, ];at Gij and Tirri wer y-come, & hadde on hem wer y-nome, Wiji hem was jjerl Amis AVi]i f erred of miche p?7s. When Herhand y-herd ))is, })at Gij and Tirri comen is, Heuer nas he so hlij^e : God he J)onked mani si]?e. ‘ Oir Herhand,’ seyd jie donk Loer, kJ ‘ Ichil ]?e make messanger : To perl Anhri pon schal go, & Gij, & Tirri, & sigge hem so, pat ich wip hem acord wille Of alle pat pai cnn to m.. uelle. Sir Tirri ichil m' donhter ^ine, & half mi lond while pat y line. Ichil pat pon wittnesse me pat pe lone ste[de]fast he.’ ‘Sir,’ qnap Herhand, ‘ichil so Alle mi mi3t do per-to.’ pe donke of-sent his prisonns alle, & dede hem arme swipe ^ snelle, & hete hem pat pai failed 11003 1 Of pat pai hadde pider y-hroii3t. ‘ Forp wip Herhand 3c schal gon, pe acord to make ri3t anon.’ Herhand made him redi po, Ivi3t into Gornioise he is y-go. [auchinleck ms. 6585 6590 6595 6600 6605 6610 6615 6620 CAIUS MS.] WITH AN OFFEK OF RECONCILIATION. '35 TheDukeheharrnegretly doo.-i ' 6585 i soms. He thougHte for to a-wreke him tlioo. But when Duke Loyer heard of their coming he was glad of it. He told Herhaud all about it, and asked him to be his messenger to Aubri, Guy, and Tirri, to whom he was anxious to be reconciled. Tirri was to have his danyrhter, and half his lands. Herhaud was ready to go on tlie errand. The Duke set all his prisoners at liberty, bidding them go with Herhaud. WARWICK. A A They came near Gormoise, 354 Turnbull, p. 241, 1. 6231. 1 The d altered from t. C. 0340. HERHAUD MEETS WITH GUY. S3. 2 hen a little indistinct. Turnbull, p. 243, 1. 6283. ‘ Sir Tirri/ qnajj Herhaud Ipe fre, ‘ Code co«seyl y telle to ]:e. pe sent to grete ])e douk Loer, I "Whom icli lone wij) hert cler : 'Worjjscliiped lie ha]) me miche, And one?’ alle ofer loued, sikerliche. 'Wij) fe he -ivil acorded he, And swi])e miche he lone]) fe. )?ou schalt his doubter spousj : 'Wi]) half his lond he wille ]>e feffi ; And wi]) ])i fader he wil acordy, And allso wi]) Ipe, sir Gij : In alle maner to ])i wille He wille amende, for so])e y telle. Ichil fer-of his borwe be, j)at he do wil as y sigge to ])e.’ Alle ])ai bisou3ten sir Gij, And so fai dede ])erl Tirri, pat pai schuld wi]) him acordj, For he was michel to praisy. So long ])ai hisou3t him^ so. And wi]) hem Amis, ])at ])er was })0. pel of acord speken he, pat it schuld treuwe he. To ])e cite ])ai hen y-gon, & teld ])erl Auhri anon Hou ]>at Herhaud was y-come. And hadde fe acord vnder-nome, - })erl grau?ited raj)e & snelle pe acord to Herhaudes wille. Ho soiournd ])ai nou3t long fo, Bot ri3t to Loreyn ])ai hen y-go : )?erl Auhri & Tirri his sone, Gij & Herhaud hen^ ])ider y-come, & of o])er kni3tes mani also, } 5 at hli])e were ])ider to go. 6660 6665 6670 6675 6680 6685 6690 CAIUS MS.] OF liECONClLlATlON IS ACCEPTED. 357 Herhaud delivered Duke Loyer’s message. So longe they haue entreted so, With theim the Erie Amys also, That an they accorded bee. And for enere-more betwene theim [p. 141] treus and eqwite. All besought Guy and Tirri to accept tlie offer of reconciliation. and 80 they did. and 80 did Aubrl. After a short time. 358 TIRRI MARRIES THE DUKE’s DAUGHTER. [aUCHINLECK MS. they all betook themselves to Lorraine, * vnderfende MS. where the recon- ciliation took place. and Tirri was married to the Duke’s daughter. MS. fol. 143v. a. C. G403. One day there was a hunting. Turnbull, p. 244, 1. 6309. A boar was unsloughed. who killed more than a hundred bounds. j)erl Aubri, & Tirri his sone, Gij, Herhaud, & Amis ]?ider come. Mani was jje gentil kni^t pat wi]) hem went ]>o ri^t. To Loreyne ])ai ben comen, y-wis : pe douke hem vnderfeng^ wi)j blis. 'WiJj him Jjai were acorded alle, & pe misdede for^euen snelle. Gret joie pai maden m pe cite J?at hij so fair acorded be. pe donk ^af Tirri his doubter ))o, And half his lond wi]j hir also, Bifor barouns & kni3tes fre, pat |ier were of mani cuntre : Bridal sone pa\ ban y-hold : Of erls, & of barouns bold, & of empe?’ours, & of king Xas neufi?’ non so riche gestening. IF pe kni^tes nomen her leue anon, Vnto her cuntres pai ben y-gon : Sir Gij soiournd pane. On a day he is Jiennes y-fare : pe douk Loer & mani a man In hunting pai were toward Braban ; On hunting went ferl Tirri & mani in his compeynie. pai comen into a fair forest, peT pai fond a bore, a wilde best. pai vncoupled her houndes alle, & lete hem ern swi]) snelle. pe bore fleing swi)?e he gep, & mani of pe houndes harme he dej' : An hundred he slou^ and mo. Out of pat cuntre he is sone y-go. pe wisest hunt folwe]) fast, Huwe]) & gredc]) wij? gret blast. 6695 6700 6705 6710 6715 6720 6725 AUCHINLECK MS.] ONE DAY, OUT HUNTING, GUY KILLS Of huntes ne of hoimdes adrad he : He ouer-ernnes dounes & cuntre, 6730 pe brod lo? 2 d, and pe valays : Folwed he is ich weys. Hij o f-ern ned her stedes ])o. Of him wondred kni 3 tes, huntes also. Alle pe houndes pat folwed him ))ere 6735 03 ain turned, oper ded were, Wi])outen blod houndes ]jre : Into Braban folwed he. per nas hunt no kni 3 t non, Seriaunt no sweyn no grom 6740 pat wist widerward pe bore gan te. Into whiche lond no what cuntre. Gij him folwed on his stede, Wi]) swerd in hond after he 3 ede, & wi]) horn oft bloweing, 6745 pe bore swife driueing. Gij drof^ pat swine wif game & gle^ Right into Breteyne ]?an went he. Into a forest pat^ swine \n.m 3 ede, Into a ]?icke hegges he gan hi?« hede. 6750 J;er he stod at abay,^ (fe werd him while |jat he may. When Gij Jjat stern swine y sey Adoun he lepe of his stede heye ; Wi]3 bojje honden pat swerd he held, 6755 & cam to pe bore as a kniat held. pat swine anon 03 ain him com. And Gij smertlich smot him anon, pat pe hert he clef euen atvo : Alle ded he fel to grounde po. 6760 He open[ed] pat swine & blewe priis. Alon he was, him nii 3 t agriis : Alto fer he was fram his kni 3 t. Bot on him jjinke god almi^t, BOAR. 359 He was pursued till the liunters’ horses were tired. All the hounds turned back except three bloodhounds. Tunibull, p. 215, 1. 6335. Guy followed Jiim into a forest of liriltany. C. 044:.>. t A letter erased before d. 2 The g altered from b. 3 The t added above the line. * a bay MS. MS. fol. 143 V. b. Here the boar stood at bay, defending himself. till Guy killed him, who then opened the animal, and wound his horn, being all by himself. 360 GUY, HAVING KILLED EARL FLORENTIN’S SON, [aUCHINLECK MS. Turnbull, p. 246, 1. 6361. C. 04G7. The sound of his horn was lieard by Earl Florentin, who sent his son for the hunter. Finding Guy, the young man reproached him with killing the boar without his father’s leave, and demanded his horse. Guy refused to give him his horse. Turnbull, p. 247, 1.6387. MS. fol. 144r. a. but offered him his horn, if he asked for it in a friendly way. C. G40.3. Sone he wor]j in a iieril strong, Be it wij) ri3t, be it wi]j wrong. po Gij had.de opened J)at swine snelle He gan to bio we as y 30U telle. ‘ Bi god,’ qnajj jjerl Florentin, ^ Who mai ]iat be, for seyn Martin, pat ich here in mi forest blowe ? Hert o]?er bore he ha]) doun ])rowe.’ He cleped to him a kni3t 3ing, His sone he was, a feir 3ongling. ‘ Sone,’ he seyd, ‘ to hors ])ou go, & who so it he, bring him me to.’ ‘ Sir, y graunt ])at it be so.’ Anon he lepe on hors J)o : Into pe forest he is y-fare, & Gij he fond fill sone Jiare. An staf he bar of holin tre : Gret wo per-^Yip wrou3t he. ‘ Lording,’ he seyd, ‘ who artow In mi lordes forest is comen now Wi])-oute?^ leue of mi lord ? In iuel time ]»ou come, at 0 word : When ])ou hast y-nomen his swin Ho leue haddestow of him. pat hors anon ])ou take to me, ]?er-on no schaltow ride, y telle ])e.’ ‘ Leue frende,’ qua]) Gij, ‘ pat nille y do. pat hors no tit pe, so mot y go. Kni3tes ri3t is it non pat he schuld fer 0 fot gon. To ])i wille ichil wende wi|) ]?e. To seche pQ waiis of ]>is cuntre. ]5is horn ])ou mi3t wele haue. And tow wi]) lone it wille crane.’ ‘ T" ording,’ he seyd, ‘ oper is mi ])0U3t : JLi So astow wenest no schapestow nou3t.’ 6765 6770 6775 6780 6785 6790 6795 6800 361 AUCHINLECK MS.] COMES INTO THE EARL’s CASTLE. Gij bi ])e reyne he ha|? y-nomo : Wi]) strengj?e he weude to ]?e hors come. j)ei he war wro]), it was no ferly. Wi]? ]?at staf he smot sir Gij. ‘ Wicke man, J?ou hast me smite : Jpou schalt it abigge, god it wite ! ’ Wi]j his horn he him smot, His breyn ho schadde fot hot. ‘How, lording,’! qua> Gij, ‘ ]je swin ])OU nim, & alle ])i wille do wij? him. Ha more smite ]jon no kni3t : jpat ] 3 ou me smot, fou dost vnri^t.^ IT )?ennes he is now y-ride, & bi pe forest so long he 3ede, j)Sit vnnejje out wan he. For he no knew nou3t pat cuntre. He loked fer, he loked neye : Castel no cite non he seye.* Him greued p& hete & pQ long day. Ho rod he nou3t fer, sof to say, pat he no sey a castel Feir y-sett & swijie wel : )?ider-ward 3ern fan rode he. A man he mett of fat cuntre, ‘ Mi leue frende, telle fou me, ])is feir castel wos it be.’ pe man seyd, ‘ y schal telle f e, A better man no mi3t fou se : It is f e gode erl Florentin. Better man drank neuer win.’ Gij anon f ider-ward he rod, & in he went wif outen abod. To f e halle gate he com ri3t, & fer he is adoun y-li3t. An h ore y-blowe kni3t he seye At f e d^ sitten an heye : But seizing the vein of Guy’s horse, 6805 he struck him with a staff; which insult Guy requited by killing him by a blow with his horn. ' lorging MS. 6810 C. 050». Riding away. 6815 6820 Turnbull, p. 248, 1. 6413. he came, at last, near a castle, 6825 6830 which he heard was Earl Florentin’s. 6835 Guy alighted at the hall-gate, and entered. He saw a grey- haired knight sitting on the dais. 362 THE DEAD BODY OF THE EARLS SON IS BROUGHT, [aUCHINLECK MS. MS. fol. 144r. b. C. 05.35 and asked him for a meal. Turnbull, p. 249, 1. 6439. The Earl will- ingly granted his request. While Guy was sitting at the table, the bells were rung in the town, and tljere was much lamenting. Then two men brought in the dead body of the Earl’s son. Tlie Earl wished that the murderer were in his power. Long herd he hadde & sterne si3t ; A man he semed of michel mi^t. Biforn him anon Gij him dede, &■ feir he gret hi??2 in psit stede. quajj Gij, ‘ vnderstond to me ; He pat pe warld made he hlisce pe. Icham a kni^t as ^e may se : Y bid pe mete par charite. A meles mete ^if ^ou me, & se]}]5en hennes ichil ‘ Leue frende,’ he seyd, ‘ sikerly, J)ou schalt it haue gladly.’ ])e water he axed po anon. To wasche his honden Gij is go[n]. To mete he sett him in pat stede. Bred & win biforn hi??i pai dede, & gret plente of oper mete. "When he hadde sumdele y-ete In pe toun he herd belles ring, & loude crie, & miche wepeing, Clojjes to-tere, her to-te : More sorwe no mi3t non be. ‘ God,’ qua]) ]?erl, ‘ lord fre, J?is gret sorwe whi it he ? ’ Into pe halle come ]?ere Tvai men, & a hodi here : Amid pe flore Jjai it leyden, y-wis. Qua]} ]}erl Florentin, ‘ mi sone ]}is is,’ Torent his here, his clo]}es he drou3 : In his hert was sorwe anou3. ‘ Leue sone,’ he seyd, ‘ who SI0U3 ]?e 1 Kow wold god, ])at is so fre, pat he were here in mi hey lie ! Hold ich it lete for al Bomanie, ])at he no were anon y-slawe, For-hrent, & ]}at dust to-blowe.’ 6840 6845 6850 6855 6860 6865 6870 363 AUCHINLECK MS.] AND GUY, AS HIS MURDERER, ATTACKED. ]pan seyd a squier biforn hem alle, ‘ Icliim se atte mete in ]?is halle. He J)at ])i dere sone slou^. Ich^ it seye, "svilj-outen Anon fat perl y-herd fis, Fram fe bord he aros, y-wis : An auTzdiren he kept m his honde?i f o, Hetelich it haf, & seyd him to, ‘ Traitour, f on schalt dye here. Why slou3 f on mi sone dere 'i ’ Wif fat an^diren he fret sir Gij, & wif gret hate, sikerly, Ac fat din 2 he feiled of him (Gij vp stert wrof and grim) : ^ Into fe Ayqu3 it fleye to fot & more. ‘Merci,’ seyd Gij, ‘for godes ore ! 3 if ich fi sone owhar a-slou^. It was me defendant anou3.’ Kni3t anon about him f rong, To slen him, bofe eld & 3ong. Gij hent in bond anon ri3t An ax fat was gode, apli3t. Bi fat on ends of f e halle he him drou3, & fer he werd him wele anou3. bai aseyld him strongliche, & he him werd stalworfliche. Wif fat com forf fe steward li3t, A Brabasone he was, a wel gode kni3t : A strok he smot to sir Gij, & hewe on him ful felly. Gij of him failed nau3t : Wif fe ax he haf him raii3t, bat his heued he him to-clef : A 1 to ded to ground he dref. bus Gij him weref manliche, And hij him aseyle lieteliche. Turnbull, p. 250, 1. 6465. c. Gsoa-. 07 K Tlien a squire said, ‘ I see him there at the table.’ ^ n'cA MS. Hearing this, 6880 MS. fol. 144v. a. the Earl threw an andiron at 688a but missed 1 dm. 2 Read dint ? 6890 Guy protested that he killed the Earl’s son in self-defence. c. All rushed upon him. 6895 but, seizing an a.xe. he defended him- self manfully. 6900 Turnbull, p. 251, 1. 6401. The steward struck Guy, 6905 but Guy clove his head with the axe. 364 GUY IS SUFFERED TO LEAVE THE CASTLE. [aUCHINLECK MS. Guy killed Florenlin’s best knights. C. 6005. Guy urged that the Earl would be blamed for 1 So MS,, not at wist. * So MS., not drawe. slaying a man while sitting at his table. 3 a to be struck out ? Turnbull, p. 252, 1. 6517. MS. fol. 144v. b. He said, ‘ Let me have my steed, and ride out of the castle. If I should be slain afterwards, C. 0623. you would not be blamed.’ The Earl was very unhappy on account of the death of his son. * altered from mune. pe kni^tes he SI0U3 ]iere, pe best pat in pat court were. IT ‘ Sir riorentin/ seyd sir Gij, ‘ Tor godes loue now merci ! ))ou art y-liold so gode a man, Hennes to Eome better nis nan : & jjon in jiine balle me sle, For traisoun it worj? a wist 1 pe. In edwite it wor]? pe adrawe,^ Swicbe a man ]iou schust haue slawe, When ])ou wi]) pi wille fre pe mete me ^eue par cbarite. Were it wi]) wrong, were it wi]) 113 1, For tresoun it wor]? pe witt, apli3t; Opon alle ])ing a ]?ing 3 atte mete, Jper 3e ou3t me to were fram hete. For godes loue, sir, so michel do me, pat 3c per-toie blamed no be : Do me deliuer mi stede, & lete me out at pe castel ride, & se]?])en pei y slawe be Iso wor]} 3c nou3t y-blamed in pe cuntre.’ pat be bis sone seye ligge ded. Of him no wor]) him non oper red. ‘ Sone,’ be seyd, ‘ what scbal y do, Wbenne icb Jie bane J?us forgo % Who scbal now weld after me Mine ^ londes, pat brod be 1 A man icbam swijie in eld : Dye icbil, hi godes scbeld.’ Opon pat bodi be fel anon : Eeu]?e pai badden fer-of icbon, Of bis gret sorwe J)at be made. To bis kni3tes no pe les be sade, 6910 6915 6920 6925 6930 6935 6940 3G5 AUCHINLECK JIS.] GUY’s FIGHT WITH EARL FLORENTIN. ‘ Ichot ]?at non so hardi be, ' )?at him mis-do to-for me, Jper-while ]?at he in mi court is : ])at ich hot 3 on alle, y-wis, & ]?at his stede be himi bitau^t, & out at ]pe gates ]jat he be brou3t, & J)at he be to-hewe flesche and bon.’ J 5 ai deliuerd his stede anon ; He lepe opon him swife, & out at ]?e gat he gan driue. His scheld wij? him pan he bar. His gode swerd for3at he nou3t par. Out of pG castel he is y-gon. Toward Loreyne he went anon. "Kerl wif) pat armed is : Gij he drof smertliche, y-wis, Wi]) his kni3tes on heye stede Eedi armed to pat nede. Sir Gij his stede hi- went po : On of her kni3tes he smot so, })urch his bodi pG swerd is gon. Anoper he feld f er anon. Wi]? J?at come pGii prikeinde Opon his stede wele bereinde Wi]? a spere an bond y-armed^ wel : Gij to smite he was ful fel. Gij him wi]?-went, wold he nou3t fle : To Jjerl Tlorentin pan smot he. Heteliche togider pai smete Opon her scheldes wi]j gret hete. J 5 erl alder furst smot sir Gij Wi]) a gode spere, sikerly. Gij him smot 03am, no mi3t he as nau3t, pat he ha|) pG grounde y-rau3t.3 Hi pG reynes his stede toke he : Of jjerl he hadde gret pite. 6945 Nevertheless, lie ordered his knights to give Guy his steed, and suffer him to leave the castle, * to underdotted after Aim. 6950 then to kill him. Turnbull, p, 253, 1. 6543. They brought Guy his steed ; he leapt upon it, and rode out at the gate, with his shield OJDD and sword. C. OG47. 6 9 6 0 He was pursued by the Earl and his knights. 6965 Having killed two knights, he was attacked by the Earl. * The y added above the line. 09 < 0 MS. fol. 145r. a. 6975 Turnbull, p. 254, 1. 6569. * ra on an erasure. Guy threw him from his horse, 6980 pitying him. 366 GUY ESCAPES FROM ALL HIS PURSUERS. [aUCHIXLECK MS. For his sone he hadde aqueld, And for he -was a man so eld. Fiftene 3 er weren agon ])at he er in armes come. ‘ Sir/ seyd Gij per anon, 6985 ‘ Mm pi stede, & worp peron. 'V\Tiat wonder dede pe armes here ] To 3 er more pou schust rest pe here. Her ich 3 iue pe pi stede, For pou 3 eue me pe mete at nede. 6990 In chanmber pou schust ligge stille, Oper to chirche gon to hid godis wille. ])i court ichil quite-cleym pe. Ded ich wold raper he, Ar ich wold wip pe ete 6995 At souper oper at oper mete.’ G ij went forp fulleliche wipalle : Was him per no nedes to duelle. c. GG§9. On ich side he seye come kni 3 tes, Burieys, and seriaunce redi to fi 3 tes 7000 Wip aUe pat crie of pat cuntre : Wip hem nomen no wold hen he. TarabuU, p. 255, Him no was per nou 3 t worp to abide : He priked his hors & gan to ride. Into a forest he gan to go. 7005 Oft his stede he wip-went po : l\Iani he wounded, & mani he SI0113 Of kni 3 tes pat wer gode y-nou 3 . Gij ferd forp swipe wip-alle Opon his stede, pat bar hi??i snelle. 7010 Jjurch pe forest swipe he rode. ]?erl hi??z 03 ein went wipoute?i abode. Michel sorwe he made, X"pli 3 t, For his sone ameke he no mi 3 t. MS. foi. i45r. b. His sonc anon biri he dede In a cliirche bifore pe auter ui paf stede. 7015 CAIUS MS.] THE EARL RETURNS TO BURY HIS SON. 367 he restored It to him in return for his meaU Guy was in great danger from knights, bur- gesses, and squires. But he woundeti and slew many, and escaped. The Earl returned to bury his son. 368 C. G707. 1 Another \>at erased it seems. 2 The 0 indistinct. s Wei Turnbull, Wil MS. * About three letters erased after Ichon. 5 Not made. Turnbull, p. 256, 1. 6621. C. GUY REACHES LORRAINE. Alle Jiat day Gij for]? rod, Alle what ]?e sonne adoun glod : Of alle ni 3 t he no hlan rideinge Tort amorwe in ]?e daweinge, So ]?at^ he to Loreyin com : ])Q cuntres he knewe anon.^ WeP ri 3 t he ^ede to J?at cite : Ichon ^ ]?er fond he, Alle ]?e best |?at weren j?are : For him J?ai had^ michel care. When ]?ai him hole & soimde y-sej? Of his coming glad hij be]?. 11 Gij hem told ]?e so]?e, y-wis, Hou he fram ]?erl aschaped is. Alle ]?ai ]?onked god ]?o, deliuerd him of his wo. Se]?]?en wold he nonat long dnelle, To his cnntre he wold snelle. G ij of ]?e donke toke his leue, Ac he it him 3 af wele vnne]^e. Anou 3 he him hede of siluer & gold, Ac he ]?erof nou 3 t nim nold. To ]?erl Tirri he 3 ede ]?o, & }?is wordes seyd him to : ‘ Sir erl Tirri,’ seyd Gij, ‘ Xow ichil gon, sikerli, Vnto mi cnntre i??to Inglond (]?at way no may y non 3 t wi]?stond). Mine fader & min frendes to se : Y not 3 if |?ai oliues he. Seuen 3 er & more agon it is )5at ich in ]?at cnntre was, y-wis. 3if it hitide ani-]?ing sone J)at ]?ou haue wi]? me to don. Be it in pes o]>er in werre, Whejier it he ner or feriv. [auchinleck ms. 7020 7025 7030 7035 7040 7045 7050 CAIUS 3IS.] Gur RESOLVES TO GO BACK TO ENGLAND. 369 Guy reached Lorraine, wliere all had been anxious about him, and were glad of his return. Than Guy noo lenger wolde duello, But iu-to his Contree re tour se appcde.^ UYE OF the Duke his leeue take Avolde, I -y- And he by his Aville him yiue nolde. 1 So MS. 7035 After a short time Guy resolved to go back to Eng- land. He took his leave of the Duke, To the Erie Terry he yede Iho, And thise wordes he seide him to : ‘ Sir Terry,’ seide Guy, ‘ Xow y shaH goo, sikirly, To my Contree in-to Englonde (Of that Avey y may not Avithstonde), My fader and my frendes to see : 1 ne Avote if they alyiie bee. Senen yere and more goon) it is That y Avas in my contreee,^ yAvis. And if it bee-tyde so That thou haue any nede me to, and of Earl Tirri. 7040 / 04d He wished to see his father and friends after a lapse of more than seven years. * So MS. If Tirri should want him he (OoO WARAVICK. B B 370 GUY TAKES LEAVE OF TIRRI, [aUCHTNLECK MS. 1 So MS. Turnbull, p. 257, 1. 6647. JIS. fol. 145v. a. C. CJ55. 2 Sometliiiig erased between al and so. Turnbull, p. 258, 1. 6673. 3 viUe added at the end of the line. Anon ri 3 t sende after me : Icliil come anon to ];at ich no fot hot^com to pe Al sone as ich. ]?i sond y-se. \)i wer we hane oner-com, & J)OU hast spoused pi lone. Destrud we haue 30 UI’ fon, Erls, barouns mani on. )^i lond we han brou 3 t in pes : No bestow neiier iuel at esse. ))ou art a kni 3 t of mi 3 ti dede : Of pine fon parf pe nou 3 t drede. Alle min estris of Inglond Sende ichil to [pe bi] mi sond, &: pou schalt to me also : Alle pine Aville sende me to ; & ich me self wille com to pe Sone so ich mi time may se.’ ‘ "T^elawe,’ quap Tirri, ‘ gramcrci. JL Iuel biladde now am y. Oft fram dep pou hast me scheld, & neue?*e no haddestow for me 3 cld. 3 if pou wilt fro me go, J^ou me sext neuer mo. Al-so^ sone so it wite our fon, ] 5 at pou art fro me gon, On ich side ous schal arise werre Of Almeyns, Lombardes neye & ferre, ):at ben Ot ?/5 kinsmen ; Eor he was come of gret ken. ]pe king of Speyne his ein is, His soster hap wedded pe douke Moralis. Doukes, erls of gret ppuste His dep wille ^ pai wite me. In wer & wo schal y be ])er-while pe line is in me. 7055 TOGO 7065 7070 7075 70S0 7085 CAIUS MS.] WHO IS SORIIY FOR HIS DEFARTURE. 37i Anone rigiit senJe after me, And y shaH sone come to the. would come again at once. But all his enemies were vanquished now. They would send messages to each other. Tirri was sorry of having never yet rewarded Guy for his services. Sforeover, he was afraid lest, hear- ing of Guy's departure. Otous’ kinsmen, such as the King of Spain and Duke Moralis, B B 2 should make war on him. 372 1 instead of an o\) MS. 2 & instead of \>at neuere MS. 3 a omitted in MS. C. G7HT. * Paui Turnbull. MS. fol. 145v. b. Turnbull, p. 259, 1. 6699. 5 (leulle origin- ally, but the e underdotted, and another added above the line. 6 ferren MS. c. «ao5. 7 This line was omitted, but after- wards added after 1. 7142 with a reference to its place. GUY WANTS TO SEE HIS LEMAN. [aUCHINLECK MS, & 3 if we were togider ^ye^ Of wer no j^urt ous stond no aya 7090 And 3 if ]?ou here wi|) me Lileue wold, Anou 3 we haue of siluer & of gold, Gode cites and castels strong, })e feirest and jie best of j^is lond. Wijj douke Loer ichil be, 7095 & alle Gormoise ichil ^iue ])g Wi]i alle fe worj^schip ]?at li]ie ]ier-io & 3 ete an o]?i ichil ]:e do jpat neuere 2 ]>e wor]j of a^ pani^ Ichil fer-of chalangij.’ 7100 * ^ ir erl,’ qua]? Gij, ‘ pe7'-of speke nou 3 t : A1 idel ]jou hast me \>er-o{ bisou 3 t. Gret wille ich haue to ]>at waye : Y no lete it nou 3 t, |je?--fore to daye. Ko were it for fe loue of mi leman, 7105 Nold ich neuer wende \g fram, Ac wi]} ]ie euer duelle ich wolde, j)at neuer departi we ne scholde. Gon ich mot, wille y so nille, 0-]?ink Jje nou 3 t, y may nou 3 t duelle.’^ 7110 Togider ])ai kisten hem ]jo. At her departing Jiai wepen Iqo : Eojie Jiai wepen bitterliche, j?at folk hadde jierof pite miche. Alle )je men pat fier were 7115 Was for hem sori pere At the departing of to feren Wei gode kni 3 tes hope pai Averen. Gij lepe on a mule ambling, Bi pe way he ridep sorweing. 7120 Tirri bileft sorwe makeiug, & Gij his felawe bimeninge. So miche sorwe he made day & ni3t, jSTo man mi3t tcllen it, y 3011 idi3t.' CAIU3 MS.] HE KISSES TIRRI AND RIDES AWAY. 373 were the loue of my lemman, 7105 I wolde neuere departe the fram. Therfoi-* y woH not lette my wey At this tyme, truly, for to dey.* At the departyng of theim two in fere Grete pitee was to see and here. G uye lepe vpon) a moyle amblyng, In the wey he doth him fast ryding*. Terry helefte sorowe makyng* For Guy his felawes wendyng^. 7120 [p. 142] By way of induc- ing Guy to stay. he offered him all Gormoise. But Guy longed to see his leman. At parting they kissed each other, and wept. Guy rode away. 374 Turabnll, p. 260, 1. 6725. 1 Added above the line. C. G81.3. MS. fol. 146r. a. 2 A letter erased after harm. 3 Added above the line. Turnbull, p. 261, 1. 6751. GUY REACHES ENGLAND, [aUCHINLECK MS. Sir Gij no Ian neuer riJeing, 7125 Til lie com to pe se, iviji-outen lesing. Gode ivinde he lia]i, & passe]? sone, & come in-to Inglond midid one. Xow forp to Warwik lie is y-go, King Ajielston pe?’ he fond po ; 7130 & when he was to AVarwike com, AVi]? ioie pai him vnder-fenge alle & some. J)e king to 3 eines him is y-go "\Vij? kni 3 tes & hurieys also, For lie liim herd preyse so rniche : 7135 pe king him loued, sikerliche. And wij? hi??ii soiournd sir Gij pe fre. On a day at pe dies pleyden he : ip pa.t come per ]?re men rideinde. Of pe cuntre fre men lieldinde : 7110 To pe king ]?ai seyd, ‘ sir, vnder-stond : Hard tidinges we bring pe an bond. Bot 3 e sone take 3 eme ]?er-to, Alle 3ourdond 3e schiil forgo. })er is conien opon ]?i lond 7145 A best J?at hringej? it al to schond. Out of Irlond it come : To miclie liarm^ it ha]? y-don. It no leuep man no wiman non, J)at it no sle]? lieni^ ichon 7150 Bot sum J?at ascliaped be]? J^urcli chau??ce and to pe cites. It frete]) men & bestes also ; Ei3t for so)?e y telle J?e to, Keuer nas best no so kene. 7155 Gret lieued it liaj? & gastelich to sene : His nek is greter ]?an a bole. His bodi is swarter ]?an ani cole. It is micliel, & long, & griseliche, Fram |?e nouel vpivard vnschepliche. 71C0 CAIUS MS.] AND STAYS WITH KING ATHELSTAN. 375 Guy ne stynte neue?*e ryding, 7125 TiH he come to the see, withoute lesyng^. Good w’ynde he hath and passeth sone : In-to Euglond he cometh than anone. To Warrewik lie gan him goo, There kyng^ Athelston) ^vas thoo. 7130 Whan he w^as to Warrewik come, AVith ioye he was welcome to aH and some. The kyng ayenst him is goo AVith knyghtes and burgeys also ; And with him soioM?*ned Guy the free. And on a day at Chesses pleyden) they : Foure men thei’’ coihe to theim riding^. Men of the contree free holding : 7140 To the king they seide, ‘sir, vnderstonde : Harde tidinges we bringe the on honde. Bot ye sone take kepe therto, AH youi'^ londe ye shuH forgoo. There is come vpon thy londe 7145 A beest tKat woH it aH shonde. Cute of Irlonde men seith it come : FuH moche harme hit hath doon); For it leueth man ne woman noon), Bot theim sleeth euery-choon\ 7150 It eteth the beestes and men also : This is trouth we telle you to. Keue^-e was noo best so kene. 7155 Grete heued it hath and grisely to sene. He came to the sea. and passed over to England. Coming to Warwick, he was honour- ably received by King Athelstan. One day, while the king was playing at cliess with Guy, three men came with the news of a beast having come over from Ireland, eating men and cattle. It had a thick and ghastly head. Its body was black, GUY OFFEKS TO FIGHT WITH A DRAGON, [aUCHINLECK MS. ^ The abbreviation for the n not quite distinct. C. 09^41. Turnbull, p. 262, 1. 6777. j)& smallest scale J?at on him is wepen no may atame, y-wis. As a somer it is brested bifore in pe brede & swifter emend ]?an ani stede. He hap clawes also a lyoun. Men seyj? pat it is a dragoun. Gret wenges be ha]) wi]) to fie. His scbaft to telle alle ne mow we. p)Q bodi is gret toward pe teyle. Swiclie a best nas neuer, saunfeyle. pe teyle is gret & wel long : In pe warld nis man so strong, & Avere y-armed neu er so , & be wij) pe teyle smot him to, pat be no wor]? ded anon : Ho scbuld be neuer ride no go??.’ ^ ben pe king baf y.berd ])is pat pe men him teld, y-wis. An gode Avbile be bi??z bi-])0U3t, Er pan pat be speke mou3t. ^ Sir,’ qua]) Gij, ‘ no care ])ou nou^t : )per-of no baue ])ou no ])0U3t. Into Hor])diumberlond iciiil wende. & 3if icb pat best may fende, Icb him scbal oue?’come ])urcb godes mi^t j Eor wi]) him icbil bold fi3t.’ U ‘Gij,’ qua]) pe king, ‘scbaltoAv nou3t so. Ho wille icli pat ])ou al-on go. An hundred kni^tes scbul Avende Avi]) pe, pat ])ou may pe sikerer be.’ MS. foi. i46r. b. Gij ausAA^ei’d anon ri3t, ‘ Hold neue?* god ful of mi3t pat for a best onlepi Scbuld so miclie folk traueH.’ At pe king bis leue be nam, And liom to his in be cam. 7165 7170 7175 7180 7185 7190 7195 CAIUS US.] EATING MEN AND CATTLE IN NORTIIUMBEIILAND. 377 As a somer he is brested on brede, And renneth swifter than any stede. He hath chaules as a lyoun). Men seith it as a dragon). and protected by scales whieli no weapon could [p. 143] It was swifter ij-t ^ steed, I 1 UO and had claws like a lion. People said it was a dragon. It had wings, The taille is grete and fuH long^ ; In the worlde nys man so strong^, Tee he armed neuer so, And he with taiUe smyte him to, Bot he shalbee dede anone : He shiild he neuere thense goone.’ HANNE the king^ herde ail this That the men had tolde him, y-wis, A good while he sate in thoughte. That longe tyme speke he ne mighte. * Sir,’ quoth Guy, ‘ kare the noughte, He therfoi'’ take noo grete thoughte. In-to Horthumberlond y shall wende. And if [y] may that best fynde, I him shall ouer-come with goddf^ mighte ; For with him, sothly, y shall fighte.’ Tlie King asked him to take 100 knights with him. But Guy answered, ‘God forbid that so many people should be troubled on account of a single beast.’ Of the kingf his leeue he nome, 7195 And to bi.s Iniie he yede home. and a long tail. a stroke with ^ ^ which killed tlie /I/O strongest man. The King was sorry to liear this. 7180 But Guy offered to go to North- umberland to ^ 1 Q fight with the /loo beast. 378 GUY, FORBIDDING HIS THREE COMPANIONS C. O^G7. Tunibnll, p. 263, 1. 6S03. J scVmere\> MS. originally, but the J? struck out. 3 \) erased before so. * A letter (d?) erased after Ms. C. OS»8. His felawes he lete ]>er ichon : AVi]) him most go neuer on Hot Herhaud, ])at Avas gode at nede, & o\er to kni3tes y-armed on stede. S o ]?ai come j?ider on a day, & spired 'where pat best la}', Gij armed him 'wel richeliche, & seyd to his fela'wes hastiliche j)at so hardi per be non 0 fot wi]) him for to gon. Xow is Gij to a launde y-go Wher pe dragoun duelled po. ])o Gij him seye so griseli. Of him no was he nou3t al trusti. Wi]) pe spere he him smot smertliche, J)at ^Yas kerueand scharpeliche, \)at alto schiueres^ it to-fleye ; Ac pe bodi com it nou3t neye, j)o he had smiten pat best so,^ Wel heye he bar his heued po, Wi])-'went him, & lepe hi??i to : Him & his^ stede he feld bo. Gij of ]?at strok astounded is : Xeuer hadde he non swiche, y-wis. Up he stirt anon ri3t : ‘ God,’ he seyd, ‘ fader almiyt, pat made pe day & ni3t also, & for ous sinful ]?oldest wo, & heldest Daniel fram pe lyoun, Saue me fram ])is foule dragoun.’ His swerd he drou3 anon ri3t : To hi??i he lepe wi]) gret mi3t. Sc smot him in pe heued schod A wel gret strok wi])-outen abod ; Ac no-]?ing sen |)an was his dent ; Gij him held ]?an al schent. [auchinleck ms. 7200 7205 7210 7215 7220 7225 7230 CAIUS MS.] TO FOLLOW HIM, ATTACKS THE DRAGON. 379 lie lefie liis felawes eclion): "J'h.ei-’ nuiste noon) with him goon) Bot heranJe, that M'as good at nede, And other twoo knyght/s armed on stede. Wlian) they bee tliider come, And knowe where the beest doth wone, Guy armed him, surely. And seide to his folke liastely That so hardy ther bee noon) [p. 144] A fote farther for to goofi. Guy is in-to a launde goo AVliere the dragon) woned tho. Whan Guy sawe him so gi’isely. Of him he was not aH trusty. With a spere he him smote strangly. That was keruyng^ sharply. The spere to sliyuers al to-flighe. And the 'body ne come it not nyghe. whicli, in its turn, leaping towards liim, threw down himself and his horse. so that he said. * God sav^ me from this foul dragon.' Drawing his sword, lie struck the dragon’s head with all his might, but it was to no eflTect. 7200 He took with him only Herhaud and two other knights. Having learnt wliere the beast lay, Guy armed himself. 7205 and forbidding his fellows to go with him, '210 attacked the dragon with a spear, which shivered to pieces without hurting the beast. 380 THE DRAGON BREAKS THREE OF GCY’s RIBS. [aUCHINLECK MS. MS. fol. 146v. a. Turnbull, p. 264, 1. 6329. 1 voent struck out after him. 2 The t added above the line. C. G015. s stroke struck out after Ms. * The a added above the line. 5 To be omitted ? Tunibull, p. 265, 1. 6855. ® The second e underdotted. Read /eZd; ]pat lie no him deri nou3t A Vi]) no wepen of stiel y-wrou3fc. Bitvene hem was strong hateyle ; Aijjer gan o|)er for to aseyle. At asaut wi]) Gycs partinge pat wers he hadde at ])at wendinge, pe best him^ neyed, & smot him AA^'i]) liis vp-coming so fel & grim, pat he a lappe rent out^ anon Of his hrini, ]>at alle his trust was on. ow haj) Gij michel to done : 1 To a tre he went him sone ; J?er he wille hateyle abide Of pat best, what schauzzce so bitide. pat best bisides him it went, & wi]) his 2 teyle a strok him sent : On pe scheld he smot him an heye, pat euen ato^ it to-fleye, Al-so it Avere wi]) a swerd broun. AA'ell neye Gij hj.m fel adoun. AA"i]) his taile he bigirt sir Gij, & him ])rest so strongli, pat pie ribbes he brae atvo ; & Gij wi]) streng])e smot him J)0 : Atvo he him karf smartliche, & deliuerd him seluen manliche. Bi pe nauel he carf him ato, & wi]) a gret pine deliuerd him fro. Gij him perceyued in })at stounde pat neuer more })urch Avepen y-grou?zde pat^ fram pe n_auel vp-Avard so Xo slou3 hi?n man neuer mo. po pat best hirt him feled,® SAvi])e loude he grad & 3eled, pat alle })at cuntre dined Jiere, A als Avide as men herd liis here, 7235 7240 7245 7250 7255 7260 7265 CAIUS MS.] GUY CUTS OFF THE BEAST’s TAIL. 381 Tlie dragon, however, succeeded in damaging Guy’s coat-of-mail. cleaving his shield. and twisting its tail round his lx)dy so as to break three of his ribs. But Gu}’’ freed himself by cutting oflFtlie dragon’s tail near its navel. lie saw that it could not be wounded from its navel upwards. Feeling itself , hurt, the beast roared fearfully. 382 GUY KILLS THE DRAGON, [aUCHINLECK MS. 1 The first i added above the line. MS. fol. U 6 v. b. 2 \> erased between bi and 3 smot struck out alter him. Turnbull, p. 266, 1 . 6881. C. 0053. Xis man in ])e werld J^at wer pe?’ neye ]) 8 it him no mi3t agrise pat it seye. To a tre ]?an droii3t hinz sir Gij, & werd him wele for pe maistri.^ His hauberk was to-rent tofore As a clout pat were al to-tore. Stalwor])li sir Gij per fau3t, Ac wele he seye it gained him naii3t To smite on the bodi bifore : He no mi3t hi??i sle no no man bore. Also pat best him went ahoute, Gij him hi]:ou3t he was in doute : Binefien^ pe weng e he him smot : j?urch fat bodi fat swerd hot. f)urch fe bodi he hiiir^ carf atvo : Ded he fel to grounde fo. He grad & 3elled swife loude, j)at it schilled into fe cloude. Gij wif-drou3 him fer-fro anon : For stink fat of fe bodi come Heye fat bodi he no durste. After fat he 3ede him to reste. When fat best fer ded lay, For sofe y 30 U telle may, ) 5 ritti fote meten it was ])er it lay in fat plas. Jpe folk of f e cuntre it mette ] 5 er it lay wonderliche grcte. p)at heued he bar fe bodi fro, And wif fat Gij forf went fo. He come to his feren, apli3t, flat for him had to god almi3t. To Warwike he is y-went, Wif fat heued he made fe king present. j)e king was blife & of glad chere For fat he seye Gij hole A fere. 7270 7275 7280 7285 7290 7295 7300 CAIUS MS.] AND TAKES ITS HEAD TO THE KINO. 383 Gut withdrew behind a tree. Seeing it was of no use to attack its trunk. Benetlie the wynges he him smote : Thurgh the body that swerde bote, That the body he karf in two : Dede he felled him to groimde tho. Hit gradde and yelled swithe lowde, Tliat it schilled in-to the clowde. Guy Avithdrowe him therfro anone For the stenche that therof come. he pierced it beneath one of its wings. It fell down, _ _ yelling very loud. / 28o On account of tlie stench coining from it, Guy dui-st not go near it. Whan that beest thed dede laye, For sothe telle y you may, That folke it niette of the contree How longe it Avas : wonder to see, Thritty fote longe of mesur’ lie was. And not an ynche more ne lasse. The hede he smote the body fro. And forthe AA’ith liim it bare tho. Come he is to his felaAA^-rede, That for him AA^ere in moche drede. To WarreAA’ik than he is wente. With that hede the king< to prcseiite. The kyng< Avas blithe and glad of chere That he saAve Guy hole and fere. Tlie dragon was 30 feet long. 7295 Its head Guy took with him 7300 [p. 143] to the King at AA’arwick. The King was rejoiced to see Guy hale and hearty. 384 1 Written twice, but erased tlie second time. Turnbull, p. 207, 1. 6007. MS. fol. 147r. a. C. 0007 . GUY, ARRIVING AT WALLINGFORD, [aUCHINLECK MS. At AVarwik ]jai henge J)e lieucd anon : 7305 Mani^ man wondred |)e?--apon. G od grau?d liem lieueii blis to incde 1 Jpat herken to mi romau«ce redo A1 of a gentil kni 3 t : best bodi be was at nede pat eiier mi 3 t bistriden stede, 5 & freest founde in fi 3 t. pi5 word of him ful wide it ran, Oner al ]?is warld ])e priis he wan As man most of mi 3 t. Balder bern was non in bi : 10 His name was hoten sir Gij Of Wai-Avike, wise & wi 3 t. H Wi 3 t he was, for sojje to say, 2 & holden for priis in eueri play As kni 3 t of gret boiinde. Out of ))is lond he went his way ];urch mani diners cun tray, 5 pat was bi 3 ond pe see. Se))])en he com into Inglond, & Ajjelston ])e king he fond, pat was boJ)e hende & fre. For his loue, ich vnder-stond, 10 He slou 3 a dragouw in hTor])huinberlond, Ful fer in Jje nor]) cuntre. H He & Herhaud, for so])e to say, 3 To Wallingfor]) toke ])e way, pat w’as his faders toun. )pan was his fader, so])e to say, Ded & birid in ]>e clay : His air was sir Oioun. 5 CAIUS MS.] FINDS HIS FATHER DEAD AND BURIED. 385 At Warrewik he henge that hede anone ; Many wondred theron anone full sone. 7 305 The head was liung up, and wondered at by many. May God reward those who listen to my tale about a gentle kniglit. His name was Sir Guy of Warwick. He was a famous knight. Having been in many foreign countries. he came to King Athelstan, Guy of the king his leeue nome, In-to his contree to wende home. To Walingford he is come, His free men there he fonde some, That of him were blithe alle That of him they herde so telle. WARWICK. and killed a dragon in Northumberland. Guy and Herhaud went to Walling- ford. 7310 Guy’s fatlier was dead and buried. C C 386 GUY REPAIRS TO EARL ROHAUD’s COURT, [aUCHINLECK Turnbull, p. 26S, 1. G931. Alle J?at held of him lond or fe Deden him omage & feute, & com to his somoun. He tok alle his faders lond, & 3af it hende Herhaud in hond Ei3t to his warisoim. U & alle ]>dX hadde in his seruise he He 3af hem gold & riche fe Fid hendeliche on honde, And se]j]:en he went wi]? his ineyne To ]?erl Eohand, Jjat was so fre : At "Warwike he him fond. Alle Jjan were ]?ai glad & hlijje, & J^onked god a jjonsand sij^e );at Gij was comen to lond. Sefie on hunting Jiai gun ride Wijj kni3tes fele & miche pride As 3e may vnderstond. c. oooi. H On a day sir Gij gan fond, & feir Felice he tok hi hond, & seyd to Jiat bird so hlijje : ‘ Ichaue,’ he seyd, ‘ ]?urch godes sond Won fie priis in mani lond Of kni3tes strong & stij?e, & me is hoden gret anour, Kinges doubter & emperour Turnbull, p. 269, To liaue to mi wiue. 1. 6955. Ac, swete Felice,’ he seyd fan, ‘ Y no schal neuer spouse wiman Ydiiles foil art oliue.’ H ]5an answer’d fat swete wi3t, & seyd 03am to him ful ri3t ; ‘ Bi him fat schope inankinno, MS. 10 4 5 10 5 5 10 MS. fol. 147r. b. 6 i CAIUS MS.] AND POURS OUT HIS HEART TO FELICE. 387 Guy bestowed nil his inheritance upon Herhaud, and rewarded all his other companions. To Warrewik he is than ryde To the Erie, that moche honour him dide, And ah thoo of that contree For his comyng gladde were they. The Erie him honoured and ah his : Withoute him ne kouthe he bee, y-wys. An huntyng^ they wente bothe in-fere To the wodes and to the Eyuer. Coming to Earl Rohaud at Warwick, 7315 I'e very well received. 7320 Guy to his lemman is than goo. One day he toid AH his lif he tolde hir thoo. about the fame he had won in many countries, and that he had declined the hands of the daughters of emperors and kings out of love to her. 7325 ‘Sir Guy,’ she seide, ‘ gra unt mercy ! And y the sey sikirly That y liaue desired bee c c 2 Felice answered 388 FELICE WILL TAKE NO OTHER HUSBAND [aDCHINLECK MS. Icliam desired day & ni3t Of erl, baroun, & mani a kni3t. 5 For nojjing wil Jjai blinne. Ac Gij,’ scbe seyd, ‘bende & fre, A 1 mi loue is layd on J?e ; 1 TheAisincom- OuT loue scbaP neuer tvinne, plete. , ’ & bot ich bane ])e to make 10 Ofer lord nil y non take, For al ])is warld to winne.’ IT Anon to bir f>an answerd Gij, 7 To fair Felice, pat sat bim bi, jpat senily was of si3t : ‘ Leman,’ be seyd, ‘ gramerci ! ’ "Wip ioie & wip melodi 5 He kist pat sw^ete wi3t. )pan was be hope glad & blipe : His ioie coupe be noman kipe For pat bird so bri3t. He no was neuer per-biforn 10 Half so blipe sepe be ^was born For nou3t pat man bim bi3t. c. 'you. IF On a day perl gan fond, 8 & fair Felice be tok bi bond, & bir moder biside : ‘Doubter,’ be seyd, ‘now vnder-stond; Wby -wiltow baue non busbond 5 ])at mi3t pe spouse wip pride 1 p)ou bas ben desired of mani man, & 3ete no wostow neuer nan For nou3b pat mi3t bitide. 2 hendeandfre Leue doubter bende and fre,^ 10 on an erasure. TeUe me now, par cbarite, "Wbat man pou wilt abide.’ Turnbull, p. 270, 1. 6979. CAIUS MS.] THAN GUY, WHO, THEREFORE, IS VERY HAPPY. 389 Of the richest of this contree,^ And noon to lone nas my wille, hfe neuer noon lone y nelle Bot the, to whom y yiue me : To thy wille y shaH alweys bee/ 7330 Guy hir kiste ; so gladde he was, l^euere more ioyefuH: of noo cas. At hir than his leeue he nome. And to his Inne he wente home. hTyghte and day he made solas. Of hir loue thoo he siker was. [p. 146] 7335 T he Erle on a day cleped his doghter to : Bifore hir moder he seide hir tho. ‘ Doughter, thou take the an househonde. Thou art heire to aB my londe. 7340 Dukes and Erles desire the. That come oute of farre contree : Noon) of theim thou wolt take. How longe wolt thou bee withoute make ? ’ tliat she also had been desired in marriage very often, ^ B eigne MS. but she would take no otlier husband than Guy. Guy kissed Felice, and was very happy. One day the Earl asked Felice why she did take no husband. 390 EARL ROHAUD IS VERY GLAD ^ Felice answerd 03am : ‘ Fader/ qua]) bye, ‘ ichil J?e sain T\"ij) Tvordes fre & bende. Fader/ qua]) scbe, ^icbil ful favn Tel J)e wordes tvain, Bi bim Jjat scbop manbende, Open sir Gij, ]:at gentil kni3t, Y-^vis, mi loue is alle ali3t, Tambnu, p. 271 , In warld where bat be wende : 1 . 7003 . MS. foi. 1477 . a. & bot be spouse me, at o word, Y no kepe neuer take lo[r]d Day wiJ)Outen ende/ IT )3an seyd jrerl wi]) wordes fre, ‘ Doubter, y-blisced mot ])OU be Of godes mou])e to mede. Icb badde wele leuer ])an al mi fe Wij) ])an be wald spous}’ J’e, Jpat doubti man of dede. He ba]) ben desired of mani woman, & be ba]) forsaken bem euerdcan, J5at wor])ly were in wede.. Ac na]:eles iebU to bim fare, For to witen of bis answare, )?at doubti man of dede.’ C. 7047 . ^ On a day, wi])outen lesbig, )perl bim rode on dere bunting, & sir Gij ])e cowquerour. Als J)ai riden on ber talking )5ai speken togider of mani )^ing, Of leuedis bri3t in hour. ]3erl seyd to sir Gij bende & fre, ‘ Tel me ]>e so])e, par ebarite, Tumbnii, p. 272, Y pray ])e par amoure : [auchixleck ms. 9 5 10 10 5 10 11 6 CAIUS MS.] OF HIS daughter’s CHOICE. 391 ‘ Sir, y shaH bethinke me, 7345 And telle you within tliise dayes three.’ Whan that it come to the thirde day The Erie cleped forth that faire may, Felice, that was so wise and free : ‘ Thy wille, doughter, telle thou me.’ 7350 ‘ Sir,’ she seide weH louely, ‘ My wille y telle the blithely. There is Guy, your owne knyghte : In the worlde ther’ nys man of his mighte. Bot if y haue him to my make , 7355 I woH neuere noon) take.’ ‘ Thou seist weH, doughter’,’ seide he ; ‘ Blissed of god mote thou bee ! And to him therof speke y shaB, And his answer’ therof the teUe.’ 7360 *Guy,’ he seide, ‘vnderstonde me. Telle me thy wille, y bidde the : Felice confessed that she would marry none but Guy. The Earl was very glad of his daughter’s answer. and was deter- mined soon to know Guy’s mind. One day, being witli Guy out hunting. he asked him 392 THE WEDDING IS TO TAKE PLACE [aUCHINLECK MS. Hastow ment euer in ])i line Spouse ani wiinan to wine ])at fallej? to ]?me anour 1 ’ H Sir Gij answerd & seyd fan, ‘ Bi him,’ he seyd, ‘ fat f is warld wan, To sauen al man-kende, Bi nou^t fat y tel can Y nil neuer spouse wiinan Saue on is fre & hende.’ ‘ Sir,’ quaf f erl, ‘ listen nov to me ; Y haue a doubter bri^t on hie ; Y pray f e, leue frende. To wiue wiltow hir vnderstond 1 Y schal f e sese in al mi lond, To hold wif-outen ende.’ 1 a is a later insei-tion in the same liaiid. MS. fol. 147v. b. Turnbull, p. 273, 1. 7051. U ‘ Gramerci ! ’ seyd Gij anon ; ‘ So help me Crist & seyn Ion, And y schuld spouse wiue Ich hadde leuer hir bodi alon Than winnen al fis warldes w^on AYif ani woman oliue.’ )?an seyd f erl, ‘ gramerci ! ’ & in his armes he kist sir Gij, & f onked him mani a sife. ‘ Sir Gij,’ he seyd, ‘ fou art mi frende : Kow fou wilt spouse mi dohter hende Was y neuer are so blife. IT Ac certes,’ seyd ferl so fre, ‘ Sir Gij, 3if fou wilt trowe me Xo lenger fou no schalt abide : Xow for fourteni 3 t it schal be ])Q bridal hold wif gainen & gle At Warwike in fat tyde.’ 10 12 5 10 13 5 10 u 5 WITHOUT DELAY. 393 CAIUS MS.] Yf thou thinke to wedde a wif Telle it me, my leef lyf.’ [p. 147] Guy him answerd fote hote, 7365 ‘ In aH the worlde noo woman y wote That y shall take hot it bee oon), That toucheth me in herte alloon).’ ‘ Guy,’ he seide, ^ vnderstonde me : A doughter y haue, that wite ye. 7370 ISToon) heire y haue hot that may : Eiche she shalbee after my day. Guy, take hir ; y yiue hir the. And of aH my londe lorde thou bee.’ ‘ Sir,’ quoth Guy, ‘gmunt mercy ! 7375 This is a faire yifte, sikirly. Thy doughter well leuere me is In hir smokke alone, ywis. Than to wedde with all spaigne The Empero?/rs doughter of Almaigne.’ 7380 whether he ever meant to marry. Guy answered that lie would never marry woman save one that was noble and gentle. The Earl then offered him the hand of his daughter. Guy thanked him, protesting that he preferred her bare body to any other woman with the wealth of all the world. The Earl kissed Guy, and was over- joyed. The wedding was to take place without delay. 394 THE MARRIAGE FESTIVALS [aUCHINLECK MS. c. «ooi. Turnbull, p. 274, 1. 7075. / J)an was sir Gij glad & blijje : His joie cou])e he no man kipe. To his ostel he gan ride. & J)o Gij com horn to his frende, 10 He schuld spouse his doubter hende He teld Herhaud )?at tide. 11 )?erl Eouhaud as swi]ie dede sende 15 After lordinges fer & hende })at pris wel told in tour. When jje time was comen to fende To chirche wel feir gun jiai wende 5 Wi]) mirjie & michel anour. Miche semly folk was gadred fare Of erls, harouns lasse & mare, & leuedis bri 3 t in hour. ))an spoused sir Gij fat day 10 Fair Felice, fat miri may, Wif ioie & gre[t] vigour. 51 AYhen he hadde spoused fat swete wi^t 16 pe fest lasted a fourtenni 3 t, pat frely folk in fere Wif erl, baroun, & mani a kni 3 t, And mani a leuedy fair & bri 3 t, 5 pe best in lend fat were. per wer 3 iftes for f e nones. Gold, & siluer, & precious stones, & druries riche & dere. )?er was mirfe & melody, 10 And al maner menstracie As 3 e may forfeward here. II per was trumpes & labour, 17 Fifel, croude, & harpour. Her craftes for to kife, MS. fol. 148r. a. CAIUS MS.] LAST A WHOLE FORTNIGHT. 395 W HANNE the tyme was come Assembled there was many a gome, Dukes, and Erles, and kn 3 ^ght 2 s many ooii) That to the spousaille were boden echoon). That mayde w^as dighte fuH richely, 7385 And with grete worship hir spoused Guy. Whereto shuld y of more discrye ? Of aH manere thinges ther’ was grete plente. Guy told Herliaud of his happiness. The Earl invited many guests. WMien the time had come Guy was married to Felice. The festivals lasted for a fort- night. There was great munificence. There were all sorts of music. 396 GUY LIVES WITH FELICE AT WARWICK. [aUCHINLECK Tunibull, p. 275, 1. 7099. 1 A faint dot over the second e, which seems to he c.asual, hut was taken hy Turn- hull for the ab- breviation for ». C. aioj. Organisters & gode stiuours, Minstrels of mou])e, & mani dysour, To glade fo bernes blijie. j)ei nis no tong may telle in tale \)Q ioie Jiat was at Jjat bridale MTi]) menske & mirjie to mife; For |)er was al maner of gle }5at hert mi 3 t J?inke o\er ey^e^ se As 3 e may list & life. IT Herls, barouns bende & fre, )?at f er war gadred of mani cuntre, )5at worfliche were in wede, ])3.i 30 uen glewemen for her gle Eobes riche, gold, & fe : Her 3 iftes were nou 3 t g nede . On fe fiften day ful 3 ^e }pai toke her leue for to fare, & f onked hem her gode dede. badde Gij, fat gentil kni 3 t, Feliis to bis wil day & ni 3 t In gest al-so we rede. IT When Gij badde spoused fat bendy fl_our, Fair Feliis, so bri 3 t in hour, )?at was him leue & dere, Y-wis, in Warwike in fat tour Fiften days wif honour AYif ioie togidcr fai were. So it bifel fat first ui 3 t pat be ney 3 ed fat swete wi 3 t Tumhuii, p. 276, A child fai geten y-fere, & sef fen wif sorwe & sikeing sare Her ioie turned hem into care As ye may forward here. MS. 5 10 18 5 10 19 5 10 CAIUS 3d&.] THEY BEGET A CHILD. 397 No tongue can tell all about the wedding. On the fifteenth day the guests departed. Guy lived with Felice at Warwick for fifteen days in great happiness. The first night they begot a child, but afterwards their joy was turned to care. 398 OXE NIGHT, STANDING ON A TURRET, [aUCHINLECK U ])an was sir Gij of gret reiioun & holden lord of mani a toun As prince proude in pride ; j)a.t erl Eohant & sir Gyoun, In fretjje to fel \>e dere adoun. On hunting ))ai gun ride, c. mo. It bi-fel opon a some>'s day j)a,t sir Gij at AVarwike lay (In l^rd is non 3! to hide) ; MS. foi. i48r. b. At ni3t, m tale as it is told. To hedde went ]?e hernes bold Bi time, to rest ]?at tide. IF To a turet sir Gij is went, & biheld ))at firmament, j)Sit thicke wij? steres stode. On lesu omnipotent, pat aUe his honour hadde him lent, He )jou3t wij) dreri mode ; Hou he hadde euer hen stro?zg werroiir, For lesu lone, our saueour, Turnbull, p. 277, Xeuer no dede he gode. ' !Mani man he hadde slayn wi]j wro??g. ‘ Allas, alias ! ’ it was his song : For sorwe he 3ede ner wode. U ‘ Allas,’ he seyd, ‘ \>at y was born : Bodi & soule icham forlorn. Of hlis icham al bare. For neuer in al mi liif biforn For liiin pat bar pe croun of Jiorn Gode dede dede y luire ; i don wrou^t, -SIS. Bot wer & WO ichaue wrou3t,^ & mani a man to grounde y-brou3t : )?at rewes me ful sare. MS. 20 5 10 21 5 10 22 CAIUS FEELS REMORSE ON ACCOUNT OF HIS PAST LIFE. 399 It was in may in somers tyde : Guy was at Warrewik in moche pride. 7390 From lluntyng^ on a daye he is come, [p. U8] Grete plente of venyson) he hath noiiie. Moche ioye he made and solas, So that in the euenyng^ so mery he was. The Contree he behelde aboute farre, 7395 And the skye thikke with sterre. And the weder that was mery and bright. Guy bethoughte him anone right That god him had so moche honoe^p doo In aH londes that he come to, 7400 That he come neue?*e in noo fighte Bot he was holde the best knyghte. And neuer for his creatoud. That had doon) him so grete lionour’. Having retunied from hunting, one summer night. Guy ascended a turret, and looked up to the sky thick with stars. He was struck with the thought tliat God had given him so mucii honour. whereas he had done nothing lor Him. He tliought lie was lost, hotly and soul. Sore to sighe he beganne. 7405 400 FELICE C. 7\5i Turnbull, p. 278, 1. 7171. 1 The r added above the line. MS. fol. 118v. a. ASKS HIM FOR THE CAUSE OF HIS SORROW. [aUCHINLi.. To bote min sinnes icliil wende 10 Barfot to mi lines ende, To bid mi mete wijj care.’ As Gij stode ]ms in tour alon 23 In bert him was fui wo bigon : ‘ Allas ! ’ it was his song. . )?an com Feliis sone anon, & herd him make rewely mon 5 ^Vi]j sorwe & care among. ‘Leman,’ sche seyd, Gvhat is pi ]?ou3t? AVhi artow ]?us in sorwe brou^t 1 IMejienke pi pain wel stro?7g.i Hastow ou3t herd of me hot gode, 10 J?at ))ou makes Jms dreri mode 1 Y-wis, ]?ou hast gret wrong.’ ^ ‘ Leman,’ seyd Gij 03ain, ' 24 ‘ Ichil pe teUe pe soJ?e fill fain Whi icham broii3t to grounde. Seppen y pe sey^e first wip ayn (“ Allas pe while,” y may sayn) 5 j)i lone me ha.p so j^-bounde, )pat neuer sejijjen no dede y gode. Lot in wer schadde ma7^nes blode AYi]) mani a griseli wounde. 2s^ow may me rew^e al mi line. 10 That euer was y born 0 wine, AYayle-way J?at stounde ! H Ac 3if ich hadde don half ]ie dede 25 For him ]jat on rode gan blede Wi]) grimly woundes sare. In heuene he wald haiie quit mi mede, In joie to won wiji angels wede Euer-more wijj-onten care. 5 guy’s answer. 401 CAIUS MS.] And in his mynde hethoiighte him anone That aH his lif he "wolde chaunge tho, And in goddis seruyse he wolde him do. With that come the lady goyng^, And, tho she fonde hir lorde so thinking^, She seide, ‘ sir, concele it nought ; Telle me sone what is your thought.’ He determined to do penance to llie end of bis life. 7410 Felice came, and asked him what he was thinking of. ‘ Lemman,’ he seide, ‘ y shaH the telle, And she we the my hertes wille. Sithe that y first loued the In grete sorowe y haue bee : Than y haue for the doo Wrought moche sorowe and wmo. Guy answered 7415 that since he had seen her, he had never ceased shedding blood. And if y had doon) so well, A\ithoute more the haluen deH 7420 Iladde for goddes loue wroughte, [p. 149] That in so moche honour had me hroughte. In heuen, for sothe, y w^ere. In hlisse for enc?*e angeh:/** fere. WARWICK. but he had done nothing towards attaining to the joy of heaven. D D 402 Turnbull, p. 2’i 1. 7195. c. ais5. Turnbull, p. 280, 1. 7219. MS. fol. 14Sv. b. FELICE DOES NOT SEE WHY GUY Ac for pi loue icli haiie al wrou^t : Tor his lone dede y ueuer nou^t. Ie5u amende mi fare ! jperfore ich wot pat icham lorn : Allas pe time pat y was born ! Of blis icham al bare. ^ Bot god is curteys & hende, & so dere he ha]i bou3t mankende, For nojiing wil hem lete. For his loue ichil now wende Barfot to mi lines ende, Mine sinnes for to bete, J^at whore so y lye ani3t Y schal neuer be seyn wij) si3t Bi way no bi strete. ' Of alle pe dedes y may do wel God grau?^t pe, lef, ]iat haluendcd And Marie, his moder swete.' ^ j^an stode pat hende lenedi stille, & in hir hert hir liked ille, & gan to wepe anon. ‘ Leman,’ sche seyd, ‘ what is ])i wille ? Y-wis, pi speche wil me spille : » Y not wdiat y may don. Y wot pou hast in su??z cuntre Spoused anoper woman pan me, pat pou wilt to hir gon. & now pou wilt fro me fare, Allas, alias, now comep mi care : For sorwe ichil me slon. U For wer & wo patow hast wrou3t, God pat al mankende liap 110113 1 So curteys he is A hende. [auchixleck ms. 10 26 5 10 27 5 10 28 CAIUS MS.] CANNOT ATONE FOR HIS SINS AT HOME. 403 And for him did y neuere nought ; 7425 Therfor’ y am p?^rposed in thought In godd7s semyse now to goo, To acquite soine-what that y haue mysdoo ; But trusting to God’s inercj'. he was resolved to expiate his sins as a pilgrim to the end of his life, And of aH the goodnesse that y doo shaH, ' I g?-aunte the euere haluendeH ; sharing the fruits of his penance 7450 with Felice. Felice began to weep, fearing lest he should have another wife in some foreign country, for whom he wanted to quit her. Ilis sins might be atoned for D D 2 404 GUY ADHERES TO HIS PURPOSE [aUCHINLECK MS. Scliriue fe wele in word & ))on 3 t, & pan pe parf dout ri 3 t nou^t 5 03 aines pe foule fende. Cliirches & abbays pou mi 3 t make p)at sclial pray for pi sake To bim pat scbope mankende : Hastow no nede to go me fro, 10 Sane pon mi 3 t pi sonle fram wo In joie wipouten ende.’ Tnmbull, p, 281, 1. 7213. H ‘Lene 1-eman,’ pan sej'd sir Gij, ‘ Lete ben alle pis reAveful cri ; It is nou 3 t worp pi tale. Tor mani a bern & kni 3 t bardi Icb bane y-sleyn, sikerly, & strned cites fale, & for icb bane destrned mankin Y scbal walk for mi sinne Barfot bi doun & dale, pat icb bane AA’ip mi bodi AATOii3t AVip mi bodi it scbal be bou 3 t, To bote me of pat bale. 29 5 10 Leman,’ be seyd, ‘ par cbarite, 30 AstoAA' art hope bende & fre, 0 ping y pe pray : Loke pou make no soru^e for me, Bot bold pe stille astoAv may be Til to-moi'AA'c at day. Gret AA^ele pi fader, pat is so bende, & pi moder, & al pi frende Bi sond as y pe say. Grete Avele Herbaud, y pe bisecbe. 10 Leman, god y pe bitecbe : Y AA'il fare forp in mi way. CAIU3 MS.] OF DOING PENANCE AS A PILGEIM. 405 by shrift, and by the found- ation of churches and abbeys. But Guy adliered to his purpose of doing penance as a pilgrim. He asked Felice And to^ thy fader Rouhaudo, whan y am goo, And the Countasse, thy moder, also, And herande of Aidern), y the heseche, And aH my folke, that god y heteclie. to conceal his plan till next day, 1 Read greet t but then to tell her father, her mother, and her friends, and especially Herhaud, 406 HERHAUD IS TO EDUCATE [acchinleck ms. 31 ^ Leman, y warn Jje biforn, a knaiie child ]:ou art y-corn , ]5at donliti bej) of dede. Lor him J>at bar pe croun of |)orii )perfore as sone as it is born Pray Herhaud wi 3 t in wede lie teche mi sone as he wele can A1 ])e J?ewes of gentil man, Turnbull, p. 2S2, & helpe him at his nede ; 1 . 7207 . MS. foi. i49r. a. For he is boj^e gode & hende, & ener he ha]? ben trewe & kende : God quite him his mede ! U Leman,’ he seyd, ‘ haue here mi brond, & take mi sone it in his hond, Astow art hende & fre ! He may ]?er-\yij), ich vnder-stond, Winne ]>e priis in ene/*i lond ; For better may non be. Leman,’ he seyd, ‘ haue now gode day : Ichil fare for]? in mi way, & wende in mi jurne.’ })ai kist hem in armes tvo, ' & bo]?e ]?ai fel aswon ]?o. Gret diol it was to se. Turnbull, p. 283, u 7291. U Gret sorwe ]?ai made at her parting, & kist hem wi]? ey 3 en wepeing : Bi ]?e hond sche gan hi??i reche. ‘ Leman,’ sche seyd, ‘haue here ]?is ring. For leeus loue heuen-king A word y ]?e biseche : When ]?ou ert in fer cuntre Loke heron, & ]»enk on me, & god y ]?e biteche.’ 5 10 32 5 10 33 5 THEIR EXPECTED BOY. 407 CAIUS MS.] \Yhan the tyme cometh that thou hast childe, 7435 Thou loke it weh, and bee to him mylde, For it kanne by him self goon). Ileraude betake him than anoon). And this swerde, dame, y beteche tlie : To my soues behoue kepte it bee.* 7440 The lady he kyste anone right tho, For pi tee ne might he speke wordes moo. Allas the Eeuthe that was there tho ! In swowe they felle bothe two. W HANNE Guy is risen of swownyng» 7445 Awey he wente aH sorowyng^. ‘ Sir,’ she seyde, ‘ vnderstonde me For godd/.s loue, or thou hense goo, pardee, A-byd and take thys ryng the.’ [p. 150] Gye toke of Felice that Eynge. 7450 Grete dole was in that departynge. by whom their expected boy was to be educated. He gave her his sword for his son. Tliey kissed each other, and swooned with sorrow. Felice gave him a ring as a keepsake. 408 C. 7207. 1 fare MS. 2 Read bifore : sore? 3 The r added above the line. MS. fol. 149r. b. Turnbull, p. 284, 1. 7315. GUY LEAVES FELICE. [aUCHINLECK MS. ’VVi]) ))at word he went hir fro 10 Wepeand wi]? ey3en to Wijjouten more speclie. N ow is Gij fram Warwike fare, 34 Ynto J)e se he went ful 3are, & passed oner pe flod. ])Q Icnedy hileft at horn in care Wij? sorwe, & wo, & sikeing sare 5 Wei drery Avas hir mode. ‘ Allas, alias ! ’ it was hir song : Hir here sclie droii3, hir hond sche wrong, Hir fingres brast o^blode. A1 pdX ni3t til it AA^as day 10 Hir song it Avas ‘ wayleAA^ay’ : For soi’Ave sche 3ede ner wode. H Hir lordes SAA^erd sche drou3 biforn,^ 35 & f)OU3t bane slain hirself for sorn^ Wi]?outen more dela^L To sle hirseluen, er pe child Aver born, Sche ])0U3t hir soule it Aver forlorn ^ 5 Euermore at domesday, & pat hir fader, hir frendes ichon Sclmld seyn hir lord it hadde y-don. And Avere so fled OAvay. ]?erfore sche dede his SAverd 03ain, Elies for sorwe sche hadde hir slain, In gest as y 3011 say. 10 FELICE IS NEAR KILLING HERSELF. 409 CAIUS MS.] Then Avente forth sfr Gyoun Oute of towne, that bolde baroufi. He Avolde speke Av^t// no Avyght Ne ^Y^th herawde, the trew knyglit; 7455 But forth he wente to the see : At Jerusalem feyne wold he bee, And in other holy lande, Ther holy men were lyuande. I H the courte felice belefte there. 74 GO Her sorrow was euer more and more. ‘ Lord,’ she seyd, ‘ what may I seye 'I How shaH I leve thys ylke daye 1 ’ Her Avhyte liandys can she wrynge. And doAvne she fell in soAvnynge. Her clothes she rent and her here : Was neuer woman that fared so ere. ( On her hand she brake the rynge : She Avas a Aveli sory thynge. At the nayles the blode bras to OAvt. Thys lyfe she had the nyght thoroAA'-ovvte. Ofte she seyd^, ‘ alas, alas ! ’ Gret mornyng mad she in that place. Owt she toke a SAverd bryght. And sett hyt to her herte Eyght, And thought to shede her herte blode. For she had lorno her lord goode. But than she be-thought her Avyselye That she shulde do grete Folye. She had a chyld her Avet/i-ynne : To sle that it Avere grete synne. And she myght not her selfe sloo But she slew her chyld also. And also she thought in her manere, AVhen he Avyste her fader dere. Her fader and her fryndys aH Shuld in soitoaa' and in synne faH ; 74C5 7470 7475 [p. 151] 7480 Guy left her. He crossed tlie sea. Felice remained at home in despair. She would have slain herself with Guy’s sword, but for her unbon, child. and for fear lest her friends should impute her death to Guy. 7485 410 FELICE TELLS HER FATHER [alcihnleck ms. If Aiiiclie amorwe when it was day To chaumber, ])er liir fader lay, Sclie com wringand hir bond. ‘ Fader/ sche seyd, ‘ icliil j?e say fMi lord is went fro me liis way, In pilgrimage to fond, lie will passe oner ])e se, Schal he neuer com to me 03ain into Inglond.’ For sorwe ]?at sche hadde ]?at stoimde Aswon sche fel adoun to grounde ; 0 fot no mi3t sche stonde. 5 ! ‘ Doubter,’ seyd hir fader, ‘ lat be. Y trowe nou3t ])at sir Gij pe fre Is ]?us fram ))e fare. Y-wis, he nis nou3t passed pe se : He ne do]) nou3t bot for to fond ])c, Hou trewe of hert J)OU ware.’ ‘ Xay, sir,’ sche seyd, ‘ so god me spede, lie is walked in pouer wede, Tunibnii, p. 2S5, To beggen his mete wi]) care. 1 . 7339 . & ])er-fore now singen y may, “ Allas ])e time & wayleway })at mi moder me bare.” ’ H ])erl ros vp with sikeing sare. For sir Gij was fram him fare : In hert him was ful wo, Sc alle his frendes lesse & mare For sir Gij ])ai hadde gret care. For he was went hem fro. 36 5 10 37 5 10 38 3 ABOUT GUY S DEPARTURE. 411 CAIUS MS.] i'or they wold sey sir Gyoun Had her slayne or he wente owte of towne. Tliere-fore it had be grete folye Yf she had sleyne her selfe in liye. Of all the nyght had she no reste, Ho more than had a wylde heste. On the morrow she rose anone, And to her fader gan’she gone. ‘Fader/ she seydl, ‘wyte ye nonglit? Wykyd tydyng/s I haue brought ; ]My lord ys wente oute of this contre. Shan ye neuer here-after hym see. In excile now ys he gone : For sorrow I shall my selfe slone.’ W'/t/i that she feH to the grounde, And swounyd thryes in a Ijtyh stoim le. He seyd, ‘ doughter, leve thy mornyng. I may hyt leve for no tbynge, 7505 That he wold wende in excile, Other to put hym in such pe?yle. Day and nyght he was fuH yepe How he myght thy love kepe.’ [p. 152] ‘Hay,’ she seyd, ‘ so muste I thee, 7510 Ye shall hym neuer efte see.’ 7490 7495 7500 Vp he rose, and dwellyd nought, Thorought the towne he hath hym sought. When they no-where found syr Gye, After hys men he sente in hye, 7515 And tolde hem aH that seV Gye Was gon), and no man wyste wliye. Early in tlie morning she informed her fatlier of Guy’s departure. The Earl was of opinion Guy had left lier only to test her love. Rut Felice did not believe it. The Earl was very sorry, and so were all his friends. 412 MESSENGERS SEARCH FOR GUY EVERYWHERE, [aUCHINLECK J^ai sou3t him }?an al about AVi]?in J)e cite & wi]?oiit, } 5 er he was won t o go. & when ])ai foiinde hi?)i nou3t ])at day jpere was mani a wayleway, Wrin-gand her hondes tvo. c. H And when Gij was fram hem gon MS. foi. U9v. a. Herhand, & his frendes ichon, & oper baroiins him by To ]jerl Eohant |)ai seyden anon, ‘ j)e best rede fiat we can don, Smertliche & hastily Messangers we schul now sende Oner alle fis lond fer & hende, Turnbull, p. 286, To seclic iiii lovd sir Gij. & 3if he be non3t in fis lond He is in Loreyn, icli vnderstond, "Wi]? his bro]?er Tirry.’ IT Menssangers anon pai sende Ouer al J)is lond fer & hende Fram Louden in-to Loupe, Ouer al bi3onde Humber & Trent, & est & west purch-out al Kent To pe hauen of Portesmouthe. ])ai sou3t him ouer al vp & doun, Ouer alle pe lond in euerich toun Li costes pat wer coupe, & seppen to Warwike pai gan wende, & seyd pai mi3t him no-Avhar fendo Li norp no hi soupe. c. 1355. H Herhand was wele vnder-stond ] 5 at Gij was for in vncoupe lond. Ful hende he was A fre : MS. 10 39 5 10 40 5 10 41 BUT THEY CAXNOT FIND HIM. 413 CJJUS MS.] >• ^ Wiien they wyste that tydynge, AH for Gye made morn}Tige. 'When SI?' herrawd herd seye 7520 That hys lord was wente aweye, lie lefte neuer nyght ne daye, But grete sorrow he made aye. ‘ Syr,’ he seyd, ‘ what may I seye, Kow I haue loren my lord free ] 7525 I dred that I shaH hym nener see. I red yow sende your messeugere Thorought thys lande far and nere. 1 And yf he he not foimde here j He ys att loreyne with hys fere, 7530 Wyth the Erie good terry e. Whom he lovyth specyallye.’ A messyngere forth he sente. And aH the land thorough he weute ; But when he found hym not there 7535 r Home a-geyne he com fuU yare. And seyd he had the lond sought, But of sir Gye herde he nowght. Tho thought herraude he wold fonde [p. 153] To seche hym in other londe. 7540 He toke two messengerys wyght, They songlit Guy everywhere. but did not find him. Herh.iud advised the Earl to send messengers all over England. If he w.as not in Englaiiil, he was s«ire to be with Tirry in Lorraine, But the search of the messengers proved vain. Then Herhau l, 414 EVEN HEEHAUD RETURNS TO WARWICK [aUCHINLECK Turnbull, p. 287, 1. 7387. 1 The r added above the line. MS. fol. 149v. b. Palmers wede lie tok on liond. To seclie liis lord he wald fond Vnto ])Q Grekis see. To ]?erl Eohant he seyd anon To seche his lord he most gon ))urch alle Christiante. When J?erl seye him |)us y-di3t, <) 5 ou art,’ he seyd, ‘a trewe kiii3t : Y-blisced mot pon be.’ IF j^o went Herhaud so trewe in tale To seche his lord in londes fale : Por nojjing he nold abide. He 3ede oner alle bi doun & dale To eueri court & kinges sale Bi mani a lond side, ) 5 urch Hormondye^ and alle Speyne, Into Praunce & ])urch Breteyne : He 3edo boj^e fer & wdde );urch Lorain & fmrch Lombardy e, & neuer no herd he telle of Gij Por nou3t )?at mi3t bitide. ^ When Herhaud had sou3t him fer and hcnde, (fe he no mi3t him no-whar fende, ISToijjer bi se no sond. Into Inglond lie gan wcnde, & perl Eohaiit & al his frendo At Warwike he hem fond, WITHOUT ANY NEWS ABOUT GUY. 41 CAIUS MS.] Eoth a sqiiyer and a knj^glit, And yaue lieni treasure gret plente, And bad hem wende be-yonde the see To euery londe and euery towne, 7545 To aspye tydyngfs of szV Gyoune. Herraud hym selfe forth ys gone , Wede of palmer he toke vpone. The Erie of Warwyke sone he fondo, And by-toke hym ah hys londe, 7550 And seyd, ‘ in wede of a palmere I wyh Gye seche fere and nere In eue?y stede and in euery londe There he hath bene in be-fore-hande.’ When the Erie saw herrawd so dyghd, 7555 ‘Thow arte,’ he seyd, ‘a trew knyglit.’ Herrawd went forth, the Erie left there. To the see he come fuh yare : Shyp he founde and passyd m hye. Comyn he ys into normandye, 75 GO Erom thense to fraunce and burgoyne. To almayne and to sosayne : Herd he neuer man speke mouth That owte of Gye teh cought. Thau he though[t] hym shente : 7565 Into ynglond ys he wente. - Ah that londe was weh sory, For he myght not fynde sir Gye : Kyng2.5, Erlys, and barouns, [p. 1541 Ah made dole for sir Gyouns ; 7570 in the habit of a palmer, went himself in quest of Guy. He visited every court in Nor- mandy, Spain, France, Britany, Lorraine, and Lombardy, but never heard anything about Guy. Unable to find him, he returned to Earl Roliaut at Warwick. 416 GUY, GOING FROM JERUSALEM AND BETHLEEM [aUCHINLECK Turnbull, p. 288, 1. 7411. 1 MS. wailevcay vatner than icalleway. & teld he hadde his lord soii 3 t, & ]?at he no mi 3 t finde hi??i noii 3 t In non slvinnes lond. ^lani a ni^er child |:at day AVepe & gan say, ‘ waileway/^ AVel sore wringand her bond. c. 'J301. ivy ow herken, & 30 may here 1 ^ In ge.st, 3 ii 3 e ivil listen & hre, Hon Gij as pilgrim 3 ede. He Avelke ahont Avij? glad chere ) 5 arch mani londes fer & nere, \)ei god him Avald spedc. First he went to Jerusalem, & se]:) 3 en he went to Bedlcm ):)urch mani an vncoujie )?ede. 3 ete he bi]?on 3 t him sej^pen Ipo For to sechen halwen 1110 , To Avinne hi??i heuen mcde. Turnbull, p. 2S 1. 7435. IT )po he went his pilgrimage Toward ))e court of Antiage, Bi ])is half J)at cite He mett a man of fair parage ; Y-comen he aams of hey 3 C linage, & of kin fair & fre. Michel he AA^as of hodi }TL^i 3 t, A man he seraed of michel mi 3 b & of gret bonnte, ^Xi]) white-hore heued & herd y-hlowe , As AA’hite as ani driuen snoAve : Gret soi’Ave ]?an made he. ? '1 MS. 10 44 10 45 5 10 ^ So gret sorwe Jier he made, Sir Gij of him reAv)ie hade, lie gan to Avepe so sare, 46 CAIUS MS.] TO ANTIOCH, MEETS WITH AN OLD MAN. 417 For they wende vtte?dy Neuer to haue seyne hym wzt/i ey^e. Many a mother’s cliild wept that day. A S we fyiide in storye ISTow speke we of sir Gye. AH that yere Gye hath gone Thorowgh-owte landys many on), AH hethenesse thorrow and thorrowe Eyght to iernsalem ys borrowe. FuH longe wold he not dweH thare, Furthermore wold he fare 7575 Guy first went to Jerusalem and 7580 Bethlehem, Thorough aH the hethen contree. To Antyoche, the riche Cytee, As he wente in that contrey Halfe the day a grette jorney, Vndyr a bussch ther he fonde A pore pylgryme syttande. He seined weH a saryzen. He had gret sorrow and pyne. He semed a man of gret lynage. He had gret eyen and gret visage : Hys hed was white, hys herd was longe. He* semyd a bold man and a stronge. He made dole oner aH thynge. Gye had pyte of hys mornynge. He drow hys herd, he brake hys here : WARWICK. but on his way to Antioch 7585 he met with a man of high birth. who was very sorrowful. 7590 Guy was touched with compassion, 7595 E E 418 THE OLD MAX BEGINS [adchinleck ms. 1 to torn ilS. 2 horn MS. MS. 150r. a. Turnbnll, p. 290, 1. 7459. His do]) he rent, his here to-tore,’ & curssed ])e time ]?at he was bore 5 'Wei diolful was his fare. More sorwe made neiier man. Gij stode & loked on him ])an, & hadde of him gret care. He seyd, ‘ alias & wale wo ! 10 A1 mi joie it is ago. Of hlis icham al bare.’ H ‘ Gode man, what artow,’ seyd Gij, 47 ‘ ]5at makest ])ii3 ])is rewefiil cri & J)us sorweful mone 1 Me])enke, for ])e icham sori, Tor ])at ])ine hert is J)us drery, 5 \>i ioie is fro J)e gon. Telle me ])e soJ)e, y pray ])e For godes lone in trinite, -]?at ])is world ha]) ^jron ; For le^u is of so michel mi3t, 10 He may make ])ine hert li3t, & fou no[s]t neuer hoii son.’ IF ‘ Gode man,’ seyd pe pilgrim, 48 ‘ ]?oii hast me framed hi god ])in To telle pe of mi fare, And aUe pe so]) wi])-outen les Ichil J)e telle, hou it wes, 5 Of hlis hou icham bare. So michel sorwe is on me steke, ]5at min hert it wil to-hreke Wi]) sorwe & sikeing sare. Forlorn ich haiie al mi h lis : Y no schal neuer haue joie, y-wis. In er])e y wald y ware. 10 TO TELL HIS STORY. 419 CAIUS MS.] In sowno he feH offcyn there, And seyd ‘ alas ’ that he was borne : Herd sorrow was hym be-forne. ‘Pylgrym,’ quod Gye, ‘ what arte thow] [p. 155] Whi makyste thow such sorrow now ? 7600 I se fun weH be thy chere Thou arte agrevyd in som manere. TeH me now, I byd the In the name of the trinite.’ * Good man,’ quod the pylgrym, 7 605 ‘ Thou hast me bedyn at thys tyme That I shah: [tell] wherefore and whye That I am thys drerelye. I wene thow shalt haue gret pyte When I haue told the sothe to the. 7610 and asked him who he was. So the pilgrim resolved to tell his story. E E 2 420 HE IS EARL JOXAS OF DURRAS, [aUOHINLECK MS. c. 3*430. u A man y was of state sum stounde, 49 & liolden a lord of gret r^unde, & erl of al Durras. Fair sones ich liadde fiftene, & alle were kni 3 tes stout & kene. 5 Men cleped me ))erl lonas. Y trowe in ]?is warld is man non, Y-wis, J}at is so wo-bi-gon, Turnbull, p. 291, Sebben be world made was : 1.7483. \ ^ For alle min sones ich haue forlorn : 10 Better herns were non born. Jperfore y sing, “ alias ! ” U For bli]ie worji y neuer more : 50 MS. foL i50r. b. Alle mi sones ich haue forlore )?urch a batayl vnride, )5urch Sarrazins ]iat fel wore ; To lerusalem ))ai com ful 3 ore 5 To rob & reue wi]i pride, & we toke our ost anon, 03 aines he??^ we gun gon, Bate}d of hem to abide. pe acountre of hem was so strong, 10 psit mani dyed ]ier-among. Or we wald rest ]?at tide. IT }5urch mi fiftene sone^ 51 Were fe geau?ites ouer-come, & driuen doun to grounde. Fiftene amirals ]?er wer nome : pe king gan fie wij) alle his trome 5 For drede of ous )iat stounde. Ich & mi sones, wijiouten lesing, Out of Jiat lond we driuen fie king, And his men 3 af dedli woundc. 1 som MS. Turnbull, p. 292, 1. 7507. AND HAS FIFTEEN SONS. 421 CAIUS MS.J I was a dowty man of honJe, And to me there fyH much lande. I was a man bold and wyght : Erie Tonas some tyme I hyght. I had sonnes fun fyftene, 7615 And bold men and kene. I wene there was neuer man levande, Syth crystendome was brought in hand, That had so many sonnes wyght : Eue?ych was a man att all ryght. 7620 AH they be take fro me a-weye : Alas that euer I sye thys daye ! Att a batayle I was stronge ; The sarzins dyd grete wronge : To lerusalem com they were, 7625 And dystroyed aH: that was there : I gaderyd an hoste of meny a towne Owte of the crysten nacion, I com to that bateyle thann : [p. 156] There dyed many a dow 3 ty man. 7630 I and my sonnes fyftene j\lad the sarzins for to flene. In that tyme tokyn we Sevyn amerallys and kyngis thre. I and my sonnes chasyd thorough the lande 7635 A kyng that was fast fleande : He was Earl Jonas of Durras, and be had fifteen sons. After a battle with Saracens near Jerusalem, in wliich the enemies were routed, Earl Jonas and his sons 422 EARL JONAS AND ALL HIS SONS [aUCHINLECK / j:e king liim hi3t Triamour : A lord he was of gret honour, * & man of michel mounde . IF ])an dede we wel-gret foly : We suwed hi??2 wi]) maistrie Into his owhen lond. Into Alisaundre ])ai fleye owy ; pe cuntre ros vp wij> a cri, To help her king anhon d. In a hrom feld )?er wer hidde pie hundred Sarrazins wele y-sc^idde Wi]) helme & grimly hrond. Out of pat bron^ ])ai lepen anon, & hilapped ous euer-ichon, & drof ous alle to schond. IF pai hewen at ous wi]) michel hete, & we leyd on hem dintes grete, & slouwen of her ferre d. & ar pat we -were alle y-nome Mani of hem were ouercome, Ded wounded vnder wede. ]?ai were to mani & we to fewe : A1 our armour pai to-hewe, Turnbull, p. 293, & stiked vnder ous our stede. 1 . 7531 . iis. foi. i50v. a. 3ete we fou3ten afot long. Til swerdes hrosten ])at were strong, & ])an 3eld we ous for nede. IF To pe king we 3oldeu ous al & seme pat we mi3t to raunsom come. To sane our Hues ichon. Into Alisaunder he ladde ous pn, & into his prisoun dede ous do, Was maked of lime & ston. MS. 10 52 5 10 63 5 10 54 5 CAIUS MS.] ARE MADE KING TRIAMOUr’s PRISONERS. 423 Ilys name was kyng tryamoure, A paynyme he was of gret honoure. To Alysaunder he fled fuH ryght, There he was kyng of mykyll niyght. 7640 There we dyd foly stronge, For we chasyd? hem to longe. pursued King ° Triamour as far as his own country. There were redy in a wode Two hundreth kny^tzs goode. Oute of the wod they cam anon, And oue?*come eiie?’ychone. 7645 they were attacked by 300 Saracens, kleny of hem we woundyd sare : For nothyng wold Ave spare. Oure good stedys gan they sloo : Tho come to vs fuH mykeH woo. On fote Ave faught faste than, And sloAV of hem many a man. Or Ave wold vs yeld hem to The heste of hem were for-do. AVe defendyd vs aH Avey weH TyH oure SAverdys brake of stele. and, despite their valiant resistance. 7650 7655 ^fter their horses had been killed, and their swords broken, were compelled to surrender. When Ave saAv no better socoiire We yeld vs to kyng tryamore. We made hym such co??inaunte. And therto we held vp oure hande. That Ave shuld for grete raunsom Bene delyuei'd? OAvt of hys pr/souu). [p. 157] 7660 They were imprisoned at Alexandria. 424 KING TRIAMOUR AND HIS SON FABOUR [aUCHINLECK Litel was our drink & lasse our mete, For hunger we wende our lines lete ; Wei wo was ous bigon. So were we per alle pat ^er Wi]3 michel sorwe bo])ei y-fere, ]?at socour com ous non. c. 9497. ^ So it bifel pat riche Soudan Made a fest of mani a man, Of ]?ritti binges hi tale. King Triamour com to court po, & Fabour, bis sone, dede also, Wi]} kni^tes mani & fale . j)e jjridde day of pat fest, pat was so riche & so honest, Turnbull, p. 294 , So dei’licb dijt in sale — 1 . 7555 , ^ After pat fest, pat riche was, per bifel a wonder cas, Wher-))urch ros michel hale. U pat riche Soudan hadde a sone pat was y-hold a doughti gome : Sadok was his name. pe kinges sone Fabour he cleped lii??i to : Into his chauniber jjai gun go, po knightes ho)?e y-same. Sadok gan to Fabour sayn 3if he wald ate ches playn, & held 03am him game ; & he answerd in gode maner He wald play wij? him y-fere, Wijj-outen ani blame. >/ MS. 10 55 5 10 56 0 10 8 Read^ji? H Ate dies J)ai sett hem to playn, po bendy kni3tes ho]?e tvayn, ]pat egre were of si3t : 2 57 REPAIR TO THE SOUDAN’s COURT. 425 CAIUS MS.] To Alysaunder he dyd vs fare, And put vs in hys pr/son thare : Mete and drynke we had fuH smali, 7665 CarefuH lyfe we led wM-alf. Hit is twelfe yere and mare That we haue bene in this care. Hyt he-feH vpon a tyde That the sowdan wzt/i mykyH pryd, Lord to the kynge tryamore, Made a feste of gre[t] honore : Thrytty kyngzs were there full ryght, The sowdan ys men and to hym Iplyght ; Amerallys there were fourty, That were redy vnto hys crye. Thedyr wente the kyng tryamoure, And hys son, sir fahoure : He was a yong man and a wyght. And a new-dubbyd knyght. Att the thyrd day of that feeste. That wa[s] so riche and so honeste. When they had etyn, and made hem at ease, And seruyd ail thyng to theire please, The sowdan ys sonne a-rose full ryght 7685 (Syr sadoyne of percy he hyght) : ‘Fahoure,’ he seyd, ‘I hyd the. Come pley at the chesse w^t7^ me.’ ‘Syr,’ (fRod fahour, ‘with myn entente [p. 158] I wyH do youre commaundmente.’ 7690 To fahoursi yn tho they wente. And after chesse sone they sente. 7G70 7675 7680 At some festival of the Soudan, to which King Triamour and liis son Fahour had repaired, Sadok, the Soudan’s son, and Fahour * sabours MS. Tho they setten the fyrste assise. They were wroth or they gan Ryse : played at chess. 426 FABOUR KILLS SADOK, [auchiisleck ms. MS. fol. 150v.b. Turnbull, p. 295, 1. 7579. Turnbull, p. 296, 1. 7603. Er f ai hadde don half a game, Wi]? strong -wTetjje jjai gan to grame, 5 gomes michel of mi 3 t. })urch a chek Fabour seyd, for soji, Sadok in hert wex wroji, & missayd him anon ri 3 t, & clep[e]d him ‘ fk_a_ putayn,’ 10 & smot him wi]i mi 3 t and main, Wher-Jiurch ros michel fi 3 t. H Wi]) a roke he brae his heued fan, 58 j)a,t fe blod hiforn out span In fat ^ place. ‘ Sadok,’ seyd fan Fabour, ‘ f)ou dost me gret deshonour 5 pat fou me manace. Kar fou mi lordes sone were, }5ou schuldest dye ri 3 t now here : Schustow neuer hennes passe.’ Sadok stirt vp to Fabour, 10 & cleped him anon ‘ vile traitour,’ & smot him in the face. IF "Wif his fest he smot him fore, 59 pat Fabour was agreued sore, & stirt vp in fat stounde. pe cheker he hent vp fot hot . And Sadok in f e heued he smot, 5 Jpat he fel ded to grounde. His fader sone he haf y-teld Joat he haf the Soudan sone aqueld, & 30 uen him defes wounde. CAIUS MS.] THE SOUDAN’s son. 427 At a cheke that fahour seyd? Sadoyne was wroth, and gaii) vp-hrayd. For he was matyd so sone there, Wyth a Hoke he smote hym sore ; 7G95 Sadok, getting angry. called Fabour names, Vppon the heed he brake the hrowe : Abowt the shulders the blod gan^ Eowe. ' Syr sadoyne,’ quod faboure,^ ‘ Thow hast me do grete dysshonoiire When thow hast broken) my hede. The grace of Mahoun he me be-revyd, Yf thow ne were mi Lordys sonne, Thow shuldyst abye that thow hast done.’ ‘ Traytoure,’ quod sadoyne, ' what seyst thow 1 Hast thow me manessid here no we ? In Eiiyh tyme thow it thought : Thyne deth thow hast wrought.’ 7700 and broke his head with a rook. 1 looks like qan. * saboure MS. Fabour, reproaching him with his behaviour, 7705 7710 smitten by him in the face. With hys fyste he wold hym smyte, But faboure thought it was dispyte ; Vppon hys fete he gan) stonde. And toke the cheker in hys honde. I He smote sadoyne vndyr the ere : He fen downe and dyed there. When Fahour sye that he was dede. He Fled fast from that stede. He went as faste as he myght renne Home to hys faders Inne, And told hys fader how lie had slone Sadoyne, the sowdan ys sonne onne.^ Kyng tryamoure was adrad sare. 7715 So Fabour struck him dead with the chess- board. [p. 159] 7720 ® To be struck “ out ? As soon as Triamonr heard of Sadok’a death 428 TRIAMOUR AND FABOUR [auchinleck ms. On hors ])ai lopen ))an biliue, 10 Out of J)e lond J)ai gun driue For ferd Jjai were y-founde. c. 7551 . ^ When it was J?e Soudan teld, 60 J?at his sone was aqueld, & hrou 3 t of his liif da we, On al maner he him hiJ)OU 3 t Hou ]jat he him wreke mou 3 t 5 Jpurch iugement of lawe. After |?e king he sent an hej 3 e, To defende hi??^ of )jat felonie, j)at he his sone ha]^ y-slawe ; & hot he wald com anon 10 Wi)) strengpe he schuld on hi??i gon, / WiJ) wilde hors don him drawe. MS. fol. 151r. a. T'lrnbull, p. 297, 1. 7627. ^ King Triamour com to court ]>o, & Fahour, his sone, dede also. To \>e Soudans pa?dement. When J?ai bi-forn hi??i comen be]? J)ai were adouted of her de)? : Her lines ]?ai wende haue spent ; For J?e Soudan cleped hem fot hot, & his sones dej? hem atwot, & seyd ])ai were alle schent. 61 5 CAIUS MS.] BEFORE THE SOUDAN’s PARLIAMENT. 429 And for that dethe he gan to care. Yppon her horse they lepyn) in hye (In there hertis they were sorye), Faste fleand to Alexaii? 2 dre, Or of hem rose ony slaundre. Oute of the londe tho the}'’ wente, Or eny wyste that sadoyne was shente. When they come to the Citee, Fun sory and carefuH: tho was hee. When that wyste that feli sowdan), That sadoyne, hys sonne, was slayne, He was sory, that grete syre, And he was fuH of tene and ire. He heryed hys son Eichelye, And thought to avenge hym in hye. H e sent to tryamoure the kyug, As to a man^ that he louyd no-thynge, And had hym com to hym) on hye, And defend hym of that felony e, And bryng wetA hym hys son fahoure, That slow hys sonne, that foule treytoure : But he wold do hys co?wmaundement He shuld he slayne and brente. Or ellys such lugement suffer there As in h}^ court 2 ordeyned were. The kynge dyght hym fuH yare, [p. 160] And to the sowdan can he fare, And w^*t^ hym fahour, the good knyght, Be-fore the sowdan com fuH ryght. 7725 he fled with bis son. 7730 7735 The Sondan considered how he could revenge his son, and summoned ^ King Triamour. 7745 2 contrey MS. He appeared, with Fabour, 7/50 before the Soudan’s parliament. The sowdan askyd hym anono How he had hys sonne slone : 430 TRIAMOUR IS TO FIGHT [aUCHINLECK -Bot ]>a.i hem ]?erof were mi3t In strong perile he schnld hem di3t And to her ingement. ^ )pan dede he com for]? a Sarrazine, Haue he Cristes curs & mine WiJ) boke & eke wip belle. / Out of Egypt he was y-come, Michel & griselich was ]?at gome Wi]) ani god man to duelle. He is so michel & vnrede , Of his si3t a man may drede, WiJ) tong as y j:e telle. I -As hlac he is as brodes brend : He semes as it were a fende, j)at comen were out of belle. IT For he is so michel of bodi y.-pi^t, 03ains him tvelue men haue no mi3t, Ben Jjai neuer so strong ; For he is four fot, sikerly, More J»an ani man^tont hi??z hi : So wonderliche he is long. 3 if king Triamour pat per was Mi3t fenden him in playn place Turnbull, p. 298 , Of pat micliel wrong, ) 3 an is pat vile glptoun Made pe Soudans champioun, Batayl of hi??^ to fong. c. I'soa. IT King Triamour answerd pan To pat riche Soudan In pat ich stounde J)at he wald defende hi?n wele y-nou 3 )pat he neuer his sone sloiq, Ko 3af him dedli wounde. MS. 10 62 5 10 63 5 10 64 5 WITH A GIGANTIC SARACEN. 431 ,CAIU3 MS.] Yf he myght hym not defende, 7755 Thorough deth hys deth he^ shuld amende. Forth he brought a blake sarzine : A fowler thefe dranke neuer wyne. He was blake as any piche, Men saw neuer none suche. Hys breste was brode, his body grete ; He was thykker than a nete. Comyn he ys oute of ynde, A feller thefe shuld no man fynde. The Soudan brought forward a Saracen 77G0 of gigantic pro- portions. black as a fiend. There be none thre at that londe That durste ageyne that one stonde. He was a fote and a halfe more Than eny man that euer was bore. 7 / 60 He was so strong that twelve men could not prevail over him. Yf the kyng durste vfith hym fyght, And prove on hym wzt/i mayne and myght That sir Sadoyne was neuer dede Thorough hym ne thorough hys sonnys rede, Yf he myght hym to deth brynge, He shuld go quyte of all thynge. King Triamour was to fight With 7770 him. Syr tryamoure had drede stronge Of that Geaunte gret and longe. Heuer the lesse a-monge hem all there 2 He forsoke that the sowdan on hym here, And seyd that sadony was neuer dede [p. 161] Thorough hym ne thorough his sonnz^^ rede ; 7775 He accepted the combat, 2 all thre there MS. 7780 432 TRIAMOUR OBTAINS A RESPITE [aUCHINLECK MS. ^Vhen lie seye Amorau 7 it so grim (})er durst no man fi3t wij) him : So gr^e lie was on grounde), MS. foi. i5ir. b. )5an asked ke respite til a day, To finde ano]?e?* ^if he may 03aines him durst founde. ^ ))an hadde he respite al J?at 3 ere & fourti days : so was fte manor )0urcli lawe was ])an in loud, 3 if kim seluen durst nou3t fi3t Finde anoper 3if ke mi3t 03aines kirn durst stond. J)e king as swijie kom is went, Oner alle kis lond anon ke sent Turnbull, p. 299, After orl, karoun, and bond, & asked 3 if ani wer so bold : ))riddendel kis lond kaue ke sckold \)e batayl durst take an bond. IT Ac for nou3t pat ke kot mi3t Jper was non durst take pe fi3t Wip pe geau?it for kis sake. J?an was ick out of prisoun nome, Biforn ki?n ke dede me come, Co?iseyl of me to take. And asked me i^worde fewe 3 if y wist ope?’ y-knewe A man so nii3ti of strake ))at for ki??i durst take pe fi3t : Were ke buriays oper kni3t, Eicke prince ke wald ki/?i make. IT & 3if y mi3t ani fende He w^ald make me ricke A al mi kende, & 3if me gret konour, 10 65 5 10 66 5 10 67 CAIUS MS.] OF A YEAR A^'D FORTY DAYS. 433 but he a>keil for some res^pite, in order to find a substitute. Aud au hole yere of trewes [was] tane And fourty dayes tiH it be gane. Suche is the law of that contree, Euer was, and euer shaH bee : And yf he durste not wit/i hym He shuld fynde a nother knyght. Home to Alysaundre hys he wente, After hys barons he hath sente, And dyd crye thorough that londe, Yf he eny man fonde That durst that bateyle take in honde. He shuld yeve hym halfe hys londe ; But he ne founde no man so wyght That durste w^t/i that geaunt fyght. He toke me than owte of p?*isoun. And askyd me tho than reasoun Yf I knew eut??* any knyght That durste wA/i the Geaunte fyght. Fun riche man he wold hym make. And do me worshyp for hys sake : He shuld haue gold? gret plentee And halfe hys land &\xen more free. So a respite of a 3 ear and foil^' days was gi-anted liim. 7785 Blit in liis own country the king 7790 found none ready to undertake the fight with the giant. <795 He tlierefore took Earl Jonas out ol his prison. and asked him if he knew an}'. 7800 I seyd, ‘ I know none such of name ; ’ WARWICK. 434 TRIAMOUR SENDS JONAS [auchinleck ms. & wold s ese in to min liond To helden |^riddendel his lond 5 Wi]) cite, toun, & tom*. Ac ichim answerd ]?an In alle J)is warld was ]?er [no] man Turnhuii, p. 300, To fi3t wi]? traitoup, 1 . 70J9. ^Yarwike were, 10 Or Herhaud of Ardern, his fere : ‘ In warld J)ai here pe hour.’ c. f'oss. IT When J^e king herd po 68 ])a,t y spac of po kni 3 tes to, Ful hli|)e he was of chere. He kist me, so glad he was. ‘ Merci,’ he seyd, ‘ erl lonas ! 5 MS. foi, i5iv. a. ))ou art me leue & dere. 3if ich hadde here sir Gij, Or Herhaud, J)at is so hardi. Of j)e maistri siker y were. & Jjou mi 3 test bring me her on, 10 ])Q & thine sones y schal lete gon Fram prisoun quite & ^kere.’ IT Bi mi lay he dede me swere ]5at y schuld trewelich hode here To J)o kni 3 tes so hende, & seyd to me as swifie anon Wi]? michel sorwe he schuhl me slon Bot ichem mi 3 t fende. 5 TO FETCH GUY OR HERHAUD. 435 CAIUS MS.] For to lye me thought shame. ‘ In none centre ne in no londe 7805 Is none that diirste it take in honde But it were Gye, the noble knyght, EarUonas That aH men seyn ys so wyght. Yf I myght hym fynde in eny centre [p. 162] Other herrawd, to fyght for the. 7810 named Guy of Thow myghtist be seker, w^t^-owt fayle, mTaud For to Wynne that bateyle.’ Ardem. "When the kyng, that stode me bye, Herd speke of herrawd and of sir Gye, Ilys ryght bond he leyd on me, And seyd, ‘but I haue helpe of the ShaH I neuer of man levande Haue helpe, I vndyrstonde. Yf I myght haue sir Gye, I were seker of the mastrye, Other sir herrawd, the kny^t.herdye : Be-fore aH other I desyre sir Gye.’ He seydb ‘ to englond shalt thow fare. To loke yf he be founden thare. Yf he may not fownden be, Loke sir herrawd com wM the : I wyH then delyuer the owt of p? 7 son And aH thy sonnes w^t/i-oute rawmsom, And thow shalte haue for thi seruice, Yf thow wylte be ware and wyse. And to me be both trew and hold'. Ten s omer s chargyd with gold?.’ Then swere I there in aH manere To bene hys trew messyngere ; And yf I found of hem none, I shuld com home alone : I shuld' be hangyd? on a galow troe And my fyftcne sonnz^i? with me. The king was 7815 veiyglad, and kissed Earl Jonas. 7820 If he could bring one of tliem, he and his sons were to be free. '825 7830 Tlie Earl swore to be a true mes- senger. 7835 But be and all bis sons were to be killed if lie should come back with- out a champion. F F 2 436 JONAS CANNOT LEARN [auchinleck ms. Turnbull, p. 1 . 7723 . Turnbull, 1 . 7747 . & al mine sones do to-drawe, & icliim grau?it in J»at Jirawe, 301 , To bring liem out of bende. Out of ))is lond j went ]?o Wi]) michel care & micliel wo : Y nist wider to wende. H Y sou3t beni mto the lond of Coyne, Into Calaber, & into Sessoyne, & fro pennes into Alinayne, In Tuskan & in Lombardye, In Fraunce & in Normondye, Into ])Q lond of Speyne, In Braban, in Foil, & in Bars & in-to kinges lond of Tars, & Jmrch al Aquitayne, In Cisil, in Hungri, & in E^mun, In Eomayne, Borgoine, & Gascoine, & purcli-out al Breteyne. H & into Inglond wenden y gan, & asked per mani a man, Bope 3ong & old, & in Warwike pat cite, ))er he was lord of pat cuntre. For to liauen in wold ; Ac y no fond non lite no inicbe J)at coupe telle me sikerliche ). 302 , Of po to kni3tes bold, AYher y scliold Gij no Ilerliaud fende In no lond feL.no li ende : })erfore min hert is cold. 10 70 5 10 71 5 10 CAIUS MS.] WHERE TO FIND EITHER GUY OR HERHAUD. 437 Out of that lond went I in hye, A carefuH man and a sorye. [p. 1G3] 7840 I went ryght vnto attmayn, And forth to fraunce and to spayne, Syth to poUayne and to Sesayne, To pavy and to burgayne ; Sethen I wente to ynglonde, 7845 And asked euery man that I fonde ; Sethyn to warwyke dyd I me, There he was wonte lord to be : Herd I no man speke vfiili mouth That ought of Gye tell couth, 7850 He of sir herrawd ne of s^> Gye, And therfore a sory man was I. But hys men vppon a daye Seyden that they herd saye That Gye was wente in excile 7855 I-passyd a full longe while, And szV herrawde is forth wente To sech Gye vfith all hys entente. Lenger wold I dw^eH there nought, In many londis I haue hym sought : 7860 INfyght I neuer fynde man He songht for Guy and Herliaud everywhere. Even in England, at Warwick, no one could tell him where to find Guy or Herhaud. 438 JONAS IS SURE OF HIS OWN DEATH [aUCIIINLECK MS. MS. fol. 151v. b. 1 Rortve added at the end of the line. C. 2 kaj} MS. Turnbull, p. 30.S, 1. 7771. IT For ich liaue f>e king mi trewpe y-pli 3 t 72 |)at y sclial bring Gij now ri 3 t 3if ich oliiies be. & 3 iue y bring him nou 3 t anon Wele ich wot he wil me slon : 5 Jper-fore wel wo is me. & min sones he schal don hong, & to-drawe wi]i michel wrong, \)o kni 3 tes hende & fre. & 3 if ]jai dye gret harm it is. 10 For hem ich haue swiche sorwc,^ y-wds ; Mine hert wil breken on jjre.' * od man,’ seyd Gij, ‘ listen me now. 73 vJ For ]?ine sones gret sorwe hastow, & no wonder it nis. When J)ou Gij & Herhaud hast^ sou 3 t, & ]?ou no may hem finde noii 3 t, 5 \)i care is michel, y-wds. ))urch he??i J^ine hope Avas to go fre, & J?i sones al for]? wij? ]?e, pnrch godes help & his. AS WELL AS THAT OF HIS SONS. 439 CAIUS MS.] That owte of Gye teH can. Now I come lieder this ilke daye, And reste me here be the weye. Hit is twelmonythis and more Sythen that I fro the kynge gan fare. Now wyH I wende to hyni a-geyne : WeH I wote I sliaff be slayne ; But for the deth wyH I not flee To yeve answere how it bee, [p. 164] 7865 7870 For I haiie hym my trowth plyght To com a-geyne to hym full' ryght. WeH I wote I shaH be dede And also my sonnes w?*t/<-owte rede. Of my selfe yeve I nought, But of my sonnes is aH my thought ; F or they be knyghtis bold and wyght. And weH assayd in meny a fyght. Yf they myght leve and old men bee. They myght much helpe crystiante. Now to hym wyH I fare, And take the deth wit/i hem thare.’ WM that he sowned be-fore s?V Gye ; Therfor he was full sorye. Gye had sorrow and mucli care. For he saw lonas so fare. <875 He was sure that the king would order the death of himself and his sons. 7880 7885 ‘ IT eefe pilgrym,’ quod sir Gye, --Li ‘ For thy sonnes thow arte sorye : Gye and herrawd hast thow sowght In meny londys, and foundyst hem nought. 7890 Thought thow make doel hit is no ferlye. When thow ne foundyst nother herraud ne Gye : Thorough hem thow hopedist to delyuerd' be Of pnson and thi chyldre free. Guy, feeling for Earl Jonas, 440 1 men hai wer MS. Turnbull, p. 304, 1. 7795. MS. fol. 152r. a. 2 Read As ? 3 proued MS. GUT OFFERS TO UNDERTAKE [aUCHIXLECK Sum time bi dayes old For douliti man y was^ told & holden of gret priis. H Jpurch godes helpe, our drijt (He be min help, & ^iue me mi3t, & leue me wele to spede !), Sc for Gyes loue & Herliaud also, jpat Jiou hast sou^t wi)) micliel wo, bat douliti were of dede, Batayl ichil now for jie fong 03am ]?e geau?2t, ]?at is so strong, bou se3'st is so vniede. Sc ]:ei he be j^e fende o^ri3^t, Y scbal for pe take ]ie 63!, & help ]ie at ]iis nede.’ H Ylien J^erl lierd him speke so, bat he wald batayl fong for him ]?o. He biheld fot Sc heued : IMichel he was of bodi A man he semed of michel mi3t, Ac pouerliche he was biweued ; Yh)) a long herd his neb was growe. !Miche wo hi?R jiought he hadde y-drqwe. He wende his wit were reued. For he sej^d he wald as 3ern Fi3t w’iji J)at geaunt stern Bot^ 3if he hadde hi??i preued.^ IT ‘ God man,’ jian seyd he, ‘ God al-mi Aen for-:^eld it J?e, bat is so michel of mi 3!, batow wost batayl for me fong 03ain Jie geaunt, pat is so strong, bou knowest him non3t, y ph‘3t. MS. 10 74 5 10 75 5 10 76 5 THE FIGHT WITH THE GIANT. 441 CAIUS MS.] I was in myii owen londe 7895 Soin tyme a doughty man of hande : Xow for the love of god aH-myght, That he me yeve grace to fyght, For Gye and herrawdys sake [p. 165] That bateyle for the wyH I take, 7900 And thorow the grace of hevyn-kyng Thy sonnes of pr/son shaH I hryng.' AVhen Erie lonas herd sir Gye, That he was so hold and so hard}^e To do that bateyle yf he myght, 7905 And w7t7i that grete Geaunte for to fyght, He devysed hym full weH, Hede and fote, eue?y deale. He sye hys body gret and longe, And weH I-made to be stronge, 7910 Wyth hones grete and bare of flesshe. He semyd a man of wildernesse : Hys herd was longe and thike of here. He lokyd on hym full ofte there. ‘ Syr,’ he seyd, ‘ for thy reason 7915 Haue thow goddys henyson ; But thow knowest not that paynym That ys so much and so gryme ; told him that he had once been held a doughty man. and, for the sake of Guy and Her- haud. offered to under- take the fight with tlie giant. Jonas looked at him ; he was tall and seemed strong, but was poorly clad. He thought Guy was out of his wits. He thanked him for his good-will, 442 guy and earl jonas [auciiinleck For 3if he loked on J?e wij? wrake Steriiliche wi]) his ey^en hlake, So grim he is of si'3t, » So MS. AYastow neuer so hold in al ]?i teime,^ ) 5 atow durst hatayl of him niin, FTo hold 03aines him fi3t.’ IT ‘ Gode man/ seyd Gij, ‘ lat he })at For swiche wordes help ous nou3t 03am pat schrewe qued. Mani hap loked me opon Wij? wicked wil, mani on pat wald han had min lied ; & Jiei no fled y neuer 3ete, No neuer for ferd hatayl lete Turnbull, p. 305 , ^ For nomau bat brae bred. 1. 7819 . . ^ & ]?ei he be Jie d euels rote, Y schal nou3t fie hwi a fot, Bi him pat suffred de^’ H ‘ Leue sir/ jian seyd he, ‘ God of heuen f 013 eld it te : pine wordes er ful swete.’ For ioie he hadde in hert pat stoui^de On knes he fel adoun to grounde, & kist sir Gyes fet. Gij tok him vp in armes to. c. Into Alisaunder pai gun go, AYiji jie king to mete ; & when pai com in-to pQ tour Bifor pe king sir Triamour, AYel fair |iai gun hi??^ grete. ^ And when he seye ]ierl lonas, Unnejie he knewe him i?i pQ fas ; So chaimged was his ble. MS. 10 77 5 10 78 5 10 79 CAIUS MS.] GO TO ALEXANDRIA. For, and yf he lokyd angyriye 0ns on the w^t7i hys^ eye, lie wold the so a-gaste make, That tliow shuldyst the bateyle for-sake.’ ‘ Pylgryme,’ quod Gye, ‘ dred the nowglit. God ys myghtfuH as I haue thought. IMany on hath provyd to do me scathe. And with hys eyen lokyd wrathe. Yet fled I neuer fro hym in bateyle. I tryste on god, he wyH not fayle. Though thow thinke I feble be, [p. 1G6] He 2 ys of so grete poweste. That he may yeve me grace & myght To slee that Geaunte in that fyght.’ ‘ Sir,’ quod the pilgrym, ‘ graunt mi^rcye ! He that was borne of that mayd marye Yelde the or thow be dede.’ For joye he sowned in that stede. ‘ My frende,’ quod Gye, ‘ so haue I hele. Go we forth, we shaft fare wele.’ To Alysaunder they them dyght, To-fore the kyng they com fuH ryght. When the kyng Erie lonas sawe, Ynneth he cowth hym knowe. ‘ Sir lonas,’ quod the kyng^ than. 443 but expressed liis / JJiO lest, in the pre- sence of tlie giant, * ht/e MS. Ins heart sliould fail liiin. Rut Guy pro- mised 7925 7930 ^ And he MS. not to recede for a foot. Earl Jonas 7935 fell on his knees, and kissed Guy’s feet. Tlien they went to Alexandria. 7940 Earl Jonas was so changed that the King hardly kiu-.v him. 444 GUY, ASKED FOR HIS NAME, ‘ Erl lonas,’ seyd J^e king, MS. foi. i52r. b. ‘ Telle me now wi])-oute?2 losing, Gij & Herliaud where ben he ? ’ jperl answerd, & siked sore, ‘ Gij no Herhaud sestow no more ; Turnbnn, p. 806, Eor SOjjO y tollo ])G, For hem ich hane in Inglond ben, & y no mi3t hem no-whar sen : Jjer-fore wel wo is me. U Ac pe lond folk teld me in speche l?at Gij was gon h alwen to seche Wel fer in vncoujje lond, & Herhaud after him is went For to seche him, verrament : Hoijje?' of hem y no fond, Ac ])is man ich haue brou3t to pe )?at ha]) ben man of gret boii?2te, ]?at wele dar tako-On bond 03ain pe geaind ])at is so fel, A 1 for to fende pe ful wel : For drede wil he nou3t wond.’ c. H ‘ Erl lonas,’ seyd pe king, ‘ Loke wij) him be no feynting, Jpat y deseyued be. & 3if ])er be, |)on schalt anon Be honged & j)i sones ichon.’ ‘ Y grau?'d, sir,’ ])an seyd he. j)e king doped sir Gyoun, & asked hm at schort resoun, Turnbull, p. 307 , ‘ What is pj name tel me.’ Sir Gij answerd to pe king, ‘ Yoim,’ he said, ‘ wi])-outen losing, Men clepej) me i/i mi cuntre.’ [auchinleck ms. 5 10 80 5 10 81 5 10 SAYS HE IS CALLED ‘YOUN.’ 445 CAIUS MS.] * Where is Gye, that noble man, Other herrawd that thow hast sowght] Hast thow Eny of hem brought 1 ’ ‘ Sir,’ he seyd, ‘ I wili yow seye : I wiH not lye, be this daye. I have hem sowght longe and fferre : Herrawd ne Gye found I nether. I was fun fer into Englond, And asked aH that I fonde. He asked him ^ where Guy and iviO Herhaud were. The Earl replied 7950 that he had not found them. They seid that Gye is in excile wente, Therfor that londe is now nere shente. And szV herrawd hath take his weye 7955 To seke Gye both nyght and daye. But I have brow 3 t a noble kny 3 te, That in armes is bold and wy 3 te : For yow he wiH do this bateyle. With helpe of god he shall not fayle. He shall well defende your ryght. And with that false paynyme fyght.’ but yet brought a man [p. 167] 7960 that dui-st to fight with the giant. Quod the kyng to Erie lonas, ‘ Loke thow lye not in this case. Yf I be trayed thorought the rede of the, Fun hye hangyd shalt thow be. And thi sonnes euery-chone W^t7?. wikyd deth shan dye anone.’ ‘ I Graunte,’ quod lonas, ‘ that ye seye : God vs helpe, that beste maye.’ The kyng clepyd siV Gyoune, And told hym a gret reasoune. ' Pylgryme,’ he seyd, ‘ what is this name 1 ’ Then he seyd, ‘ John, w7t/t-owten blame.’ The King threatened to hang Jonas and his sons if he / JoO should be betrayed by him. 7970 He asked the pilgrim’s name. Guy answered that he was called ‘ Youn ’ 44G • y born MS. 2 An erasure before gode. 3 Minem MS. MS. fol. 152v. a. * The first two letters are iiulis- tinct; Turnbull ingin. Turnbull, p. 308, 1. 7891. TRIAMOUR MAKES ENQUIRIES [aUCIIINLECK MS, H ‘ What cuntre artow 1 ’ ]>q king secle. 82 ‘ Of Inglond, so god me rede : )5erin ich was y-bore.’^ ‘ Owej’ seyd |ie king, ‘ artow Inglis kni3t, ]pan schuld y ])urch skil and ri^t 5 Hate pe euer more. Knewe ]?ou nou^t gode^ Gij Or Herhaud pat was so hardi 1 Tel me pe sope bifore. Wele ou3t icb be Gyes foman : 10 He slou3 mi brope?- Helmadan ; )5urcb him icbam forlore. ^ Min be SI0U3, pe ricbc Soudan, 83 Ate mete among ous eiierilkan. Sey3e y neuer man so bigin : ^ Y sey3e bou he bis heued of smot, & bar it oway wip him fot hot , 5 Maugre pat was per-inne. After him we driuen po, ]pe deuel balp him pennes to go : Y trowe he is of bis kinne. Mahoun 3af pat pou wer be ! 10 Fill siker mi3t y pan be j)e maistri for to winne.’ U Sir Gij answerd to pe king, ‘ Wei w ele y knowe, wipoiiten lesing, Herhaud, so god me rede. & 3if pou baddest her on here. Of pe maistri siker pou were, pe bateyl for to bede.’ 5 ABOUT GUY AND HERHAUD. 447 CAIUS MS.] ‘ Leve frende/ then seyd the kyng, ‘ TeH yow ^ me w/t/i-owte lesynge, here were thow borne & in what londe ? I Was there no brede ne come growande ] ’ ‘ Sir/ he seyd, ‘ in Englonde W as I borne and moste dwellande : Sethen that I was dubbyd kny^te, I haue bene in meny fyght.’ ‘ Arte thow Englissh,’ quod the kyng, ‘ I owte to hate the one?* ah thinge. Knew thow owte s?> Gyoiin And herrawd, the bold baroim ? They be dow^ty men of hand, Yf they be in the world levand. I owght to hate Gye wit/i grete Ire : [p. 1 68 ] He slowe my fader, the kyng of tyre. 7975 He.iring th.it he was ail English- man, • Read l^ow ? 7980 7985 I'e made enquiries about Guy and Herhaud. 7990 Guy had slain his brother Helmadan, And he slow my Erne w?t/i his honde. The sowdan, at his mete sittand : I saw hym smyte of his hede. And with my^t and streng[t]h a-wey hit leede. Awey he prikyd ther-with full faste : AH we chasyd hym at the laste. The devyll hym savyd, that he was not slone, But he slow of vs meny one. Lord Mahoun wold he were here ! Than wold I make well good chere. Yf that he wold fyght for me. Also for-yeve shuld hyt be.’ and his uncle the Soudan, 7995 riding away with his head 8000 with tlie help of the devil, of whose kin he was. Gye answeryd fuH curteslye, ‘ Syr,’ he seyd, ‘ fuH well know I Gye And herrawd also ; both two I know hem weH, so must I goo. Yf ye had herraw[d]e other Gye, Ye were seker of the mastrye.’ 8005 Guy answered that, if either Guy or Herhaud would fight for the King, he might be sure of victory. •148 GUY ENGAGES TO FIGHT THE GIANT. [aUCHINLECK MS. 1 The r added above the line. Turnbull, p. 309, 1. 7915. C. ’JS38. 2 The i added above the line. 3 A line erased after this. MS. fol. 152 V. b. }pe king asked liini anon ri 3 t, ‘ Whi artow ]ms iuel And in pus pouer wede A feble lord pou seruest, so penkep me, Or oway lie hap driuen pe For sum iuel dede.’ 11 ‘K’ay, sir, f or g od/ quap Gij, ‘ A wel gode lord [ar] pan serue[d] y : AVip him was no blame. Wel michel honour he me dede, & gret worpschipe in eueri stede, & sore ich haue him grame[d],i & per-fore icham pus y-di 3 t, To cri him merci day & ni 3 t. Til we ben frendes same . & mi lord & y frende be, Ichil wende horn to mi cuntre, & Hue wip ioie & game.’ 11 ‘ Frende Youn,’ seyd pe king, ‘ Wiltow fi 3 t for mi ping 1 Oper y schal anoper puruay.’ ‘ berfor com ich hider,’ quap Gij, ‘ purch Godes help & our leuedi As wele as y may. 10 85 5 10 86 5 Bot first perl lonas A his sones Schal be deliuerd^ out of prisones Jpis mh selue day.’^ king answerd, ‘ y graiud pe. INIahoun he mot pine he[l]p be, );at is mi lord vcrray.’ 449 CAIUS MS.] JONAS AND HIS SONS ARE SET AT LARGE. ‘ TeH me/ quod [the] king than, ‘ Whi arte thow so lene a man An onkynd man hast thow seruydl aye, AVhen thow depa?*tidyst so power aweye, Eyther hit is thyn folye, That thow departist secretly e.’ 8010 The King further asked Guy- why he was so poorly clad. He must have served a bad lord. ‘ Sir,’ he seyd?, ‘ weH may faH, But myu Estate know ye not all. E or soth, I was in good servyse : My lord me lovyd in aH wyse. Eor hym I had grete honoure [p. 1G9] Of kyng, prince, and maydens in bowre. But for a lytiH hastines AH I loste, both more and lesse. Tho went I fro my contree, TyH it myght after better be. Thus wiH I walke in this estate, TyH his wrath be abate. When he and I accordyd be. Then wiH I wende to my contrce.’ 8015 But Guy replied that he had once had a good lord, 8020 but he had incensed him greatly. He would not cease to cry to him for mercy, till they were friends again. Now quod the kyng so free, ‘ WiH thow this bateyle take for me 1 Or ellys I shaH Gett another. TeH thow me, my leve brodyr.’ Gye seyd, ‘ therfor com I hedyr, I and lonas to-geder. With helpe of god in trinite This bateile wiH I take for the, And sle the paynym with my honde, Wzt/i that thow graunte me this covenaunde. That lonas and his sonnes ecchone ShaH be delyuerd, and that an one.’ The kyng seyd, ‘ I the graunte. Mahoun me helpe & turmegaunte.’ WARWICK. At last the King C asked him if he OUOU would undertake the fight.* Guy answered he would 8035 on condition that Jonas and liis sons should be set free at once. 8040 Granting this, the King wished him the help of Mahomet. G G 450 1 me] j)e erased in MS. Turnbull, p. 310, 1. 7939. C. IF GUY VANQUISHES THE GIANT [aUCHINLECK MS. ^ ‘ Nay/ seyd Gij, ‘ bot Marie sone : 87 He mot me^ to help come, For Maboun is wor)j nou^t.’ ‘ Frende Yoim,’ seyd ]?e king, * Under-stond now mi teling, 5 A1 what ich haue y-Jjou^t. 3if f>at ]?ou may ouercom |je fi^t, & defende me wijj ri 3 t (be wrong is on me sou 3 t). So michel y schal for pe do, 10 bat men schal speke per-oi euer mo As wide as Jiis wald is wrou 3 t. U Alle pe men Jiat in my prisoun be 88 bai schul be delinerd for lone of pe bat Cristen men be told. Fram henne to Ynde pat cite Quite-claym pai schul go fre 5 Bojie 3 ong and old. And so gode pes y schal festen anon, bat Cristen men schul comen & gon To her owhen wille in wold.’ ‘ Cramer ci,’ jj^n seyd sir Cij. 10 * bat is a fair 3 ift, sikerly. Cod leue pe it wele to hold.’ IF j)e king dede make a bajje anon ri 3 t, For to ba]?e Cij & better di 3 t : In silk he wald him schrede. 89 CAIUS MS.] TRIAMOUR PROMISES TO FAVOUR THE CHRISTIANS. 451 ‘ quod Gye, ‘ but Mary is sonne, That for vs on the rode was done : He be myn heipe for his mercye ; For I the sey well sikerlye That Mahoun hath no poweste Hother to heipe the ne me.’ Quod the kyng, ‘my frende so dere, [p. 170] I wyH make a covenaunte here. Yf thow myght the Geaunte sloo, And bryng me owt of my woo, Thi god for the love of the Grete honoure shall haue of me. ‘No,’ said Guy, ‘ but of Mary’s Son. 8045 For Mahomet is worth nothing.’ The King promised 8050 if ‘ Youn’ should vanquish the giant. AH crysten that I haue taken here Shall be delyuerd w^t7i good chere. In aH my lond of Alexaundre Men shall not the crysten dere. Ther shall be none in hethenes, Man ne woman, more ne lesse, That ys of crystiante But he here shall delyue?*d be ; And such a statute shall I make For the and for goddes sake, That aH crysten her wey shall wende Thorough-owt this land fayre & hende, And, yf any be so hardye To do them shame other villany, Be he neue?* so bold ne stowte, He shall be hanged wM-owte dow^t.’ ‘ Sir,’ quod Gye, ‘ graunte mercye ! This [is] a feyer graunt, sekerlye.’ T he kyng bad he shuld bathed be, ‘ And yf hym Bobes two or thre : AH his desire be hym brought ; 8055 to deliver all his Christian prisoners. 8060 8065 and to grant Christians privileges in his country. 8070 8075 G G 2 452 TRIAMOUR REPAIRS TO THE SOUDAN’s COURT. [aUCHINLECK MS. Turnbull, p. Sll, 1. 7963. 1 In MS. the first three lines of st. 90 are written as if belonging to St. 89. MS. fol. 153r. a. 2 of Mm erased after Bateyle. c. »soo. 3 Read eluis ? Turnbull, p. 312, 1. 7987. * \>aiit MSi ‘ Kay, sir,’ pan seyd sir Gij, ‘ Swiche elopes non kepe y, 5 Also god me rede. To were elopes g old-b i-go (For y was neuer wont perto) Ko non so worpliehe wede. Mete and drink anou^ ^iue me, 10 & riebe elopes lat pou be : Y kepe non swiebe prede. IT 1 & when pe time eom to pende, 90 j)dit pai sebuld to eonrt wende, )per sembled a fair ferred. King Triamonr maked bim ^are po, And Fabonr bis sone dede also, 5 Wip kni 3 tes stipe on stede. To eonrt ward pan went be. To Espire, pat riebe eite, Wip joie & miebel prede. To pe Soudan pai went on beye 10 Wip wel gret ebeualrie, Bateyle 2 for to bede. IF Gij was ful wele in armes di 3 t 91 Wip belme, & plate^ & brini bri^t, j)e best pat euer ware. pe bauberk be badde was renis, ^ pSit was king Clarels, y-wis, 5 In lerusalem when be was pare. A pef stale it in pat stede, & oway perwip bim dede : To bepenesse be it bare. King Triamours elders it bou 3 t, 10 & in ber liord bouse pai pou 3 t^ To bold it euer mare. guy’s hauberk described. 453 CAIUS MS.J Loke that hym wante nowght.’ ‘ Sir/ quod Gye, ‘ hold the styH. Hit is nothing my wiH Eiche Eohis for to have : I am now hut a pore knave. Mete and drynke geve me my fiH, And then haue I aH my wyH.’ The kyng had than that he shuld have AH that euer he wold crave. [P- 171] Rich clothes Guy declined. 8080 He only wanted enough to eat and drink. The terme ys now come full sone, 8085 That the bateyle shuld be done : The kyng was nohley dyjte And aH his baronage stoute and wyght : repaired to the Soudan’s Court. To the sowdan wiH they fare. Forth they went, and that fuH yare. 8090 Sir Gye was armed and weH dyght As it feH to a worthi kny^t. On he had a good hawberke ; Hit was of a fuH good werke. In fer lond was hit wrought, And to the kynge for a present brought. When hit com to Jerusalem, Hit shone as the son beame. A theef hit stale vfith robberye, And brought hit to Alexandrye. The auncetres of kyng tryamoure Kepte hit w^^7i a gret tresouro. Guy was well armed. 8095 His hauberk had once been King Clarel’s, 8100 454 THE HISTORY OF GUY’s HELMET, [aUCHINLECK H Sir Gij Jjai toke it in j^at plas. - ))ritti winter afrajd it nas : Ful clere it was of mayle, As bri3t as ani silner it was : j)e halle schon )?erof as sonne of glas, For sofe wij^onten fayle. His kelme was of so micliel mi3t, Was nener man ouer-comen in fi3t J?at hadde it on his ventayle. It was Alisau?zders, fe gret lording, When he fau3t wi}) Porens pe king, J)at hard him gan aseyle. U A gode swerd he hadde, wi]7-oute?i faile, )?at was Ectors in Troye batayle, In gest as so men fint. Ar he ])at swerd dede forgon, Of Grece he SI0U3 J>er mani on, Jpat died pnrch pat dint. Hose & gambisoun so gode kni3t schold, A targe listed wip gold Turnbull, p. 313, About liis swere he hint. 1.8011. neuer wepen pat euer was make[d] )?at 0 schel mi3t perof take, Ha more pan of pe flint. 1 For MS. H Or^ king Triamoiirs elders it lau3t, King Darri sum time it au3t : J?at Gij was vnder pi3t. MS. foi. I53r. b. Ich man axe oper bigan Whennes & who was pat man )pat wip pe geaunt durst fi3t. c. 9939. King Triamour seyd wip wordes fre, ‘ Sir Soudan, herken now to me, Astow art hendy kni3t. MS. 92 5 10 93 5 10 94 5 CAIUS MS.] SWORD, AND SHIELD. 455 Hit was take for^ tresorye At that ned to sir Gye. Thritty wynters and weH more Was hit not on-f olden ore : Hit was so clere and so bryght, AH the haH shone of the lyght. He had an helme of oold werke, On euery syd styfe and sterke. Who that on his hed hit here Shuld not be comoc^in were. Hit was Alexaundris the kyng : He hit wan at a fyghtyng. He slow the kyng priamoure therfore, And wanne there much more. [p. 172] 8105 8110 8115 He bare a swerd in hys honde : Ectour, the good kny^t, hyt fonde. Ther-with the grekzs many one, Or he lese [hyt], had he slone. 8120 He wold have yove for the fyndyng The weyght of gold and of other thyng. He had a ryght noble targe : Hit was grete, stronge, and large. There was no thyng that myght hit dere, 8125 Knyfe, ne swerd, ne sharpe spere. When he was dight aH thus siV Gye, The paynyms of hym had ferlye. Euerych askyd other what he myght be, Whens he com and fro what contre 8130 That for the kyng shuld fyght : Saw they neue?* a fayrei’’ knyght. T he kyng seyd than to the sowdan, ‘ Heryth me now anon. I am com be-fore yow here Although it had not been rubbed for thirty years, 1 Bead fro ? it was as bright as silver. His helmet had been King Alexander’s when he fought with King Porus. His sword had belonged to Hector. His shield could be damaged by no weapon. Everybody wondered who Guy was. King Triamour 8135 456 AMORAUNT IS CALLED. [aUCHINLECK To )?i court icham now come To defende me of J)at ich gome )?at is so stern of si3t. ^ })is litel kni3t |jat stont me by Schal fende me of ]?at felonie, & make me quite & skere.’ ‘ Be stille/ seyd ]>e Soudan J?o, ‘ J?at batail scbal wel sone be go, Also brouke y mi swere.’ He dede clepe Amorant so grim, & Gij stode & loked on him, TumbuU, p. 3U, Hou foule be was of chere. 1 . 8035 . ‘ It is,’ seyd Gij, ‘ no ma?^nes sone : It is a deuel fram beUe is come. What wonder dof) be bere 1 IT Wbo mi3t bis dintes dreye, })at be no scbuld dye an beye ? So strong be is of dede.’ )5an speken J?ai alle of ]>q batayle : Where it scbuld be, wi]?-outen fayle, j)a.i token bem to rede. j)a,n loked ]?ai it scbuld be In a launde vnder ]>e cite : Jpider J)ai gun bem lede. Wij) a riuer it ern al about : }5er-in scbuld 63! ]?o kni3tes stout, jpai mi3t tie for no nede. U Ouer J)e water |?ai went i?i a bot. On bors J?ai lopen fot bot, \)o kni3tes egre of mode. MS. 10 95 5 10 96 5 10 97 THE FIGHT BEGINS. 457 CAIUS MS.] To deffend me in aH manere Of that wiked felonye That was put on me wikydlye. Thorough this knyght that stondyth here [p. 173] I win prove that youre son dere 8140 Thorough his owen pursuet was dede, My sonne defend aunte of that qiiede.’ ‘ I^yng/ quod the sowdan, ‘ hast thow [hym] brought, Hit shaH sone he don I have thought.’ He bad hryng forth that Geaunte, 8145 Of ynd a paynym, ameraunte. He was armyd noblye ; Euery man of hym had ferlye. His body was gret and swith longe ; He semyd to .be wondyr stronge. 8150 AVhen Gye saw that ilke paynyme, That was so much and so gryme, ‘ lesu,’ quod sir Gye than, ‘ Hit is the devyH, it is no man. Who shuld euer hys stroke stonde 8155 With-owten deth ? noman levand ! ’ Forth they wente to that bateyle Hastily, with-oute fayle, In a feld wft/i-owte the Cyte : Ther was hyt ordeyned to be. 8160 When they com there they shuld fyght, They daltyn strok^5 anone ryght. Tho they smytten to-geder faste. presented Guy to the Soudan as his champion. Amoraunt was called, and Guy looked at him. He said he was a devil of Hell. The battle was to take place on a lawn before the city. The opponents mounted their steeds, 458 GUY AND AMORAUNT’s LANCES ARE BROKEN. [aUCHINLECK ])ai priked ]?e stedes ]?at fiai on sete, & smiten togider wi]j dentes grete, & ferd as J?ai wer wode, Til her schaftes in pat tide Gun to schiuer hi ich a side Turnbull, p. 315 , About hem per pai stode. )5an pai drou3 her swerdes gronnde, j & hewe togider wip grimli wounde, MS. foi. i53v. a. Til pai spradde al ahlode. c . 797^, H Sir Amoran?^t drou3 his gode hrond, J)at wele carf al pat it fond, AVhen he hadde lorn his launce : ))at neuer armour mi3t wipstond J)at was made of smitpes bond I In hepenesse im in Fraunce. It was sir Ercules pe strong, pat mani he SI0U3 per-wip wip wrong In hatayle & in destaimce. )5er was neuer man pat it here Ouer-comen in hatayle no in were, Bot it were purch meschaunce. 1 A aoddes'i MS. Ai/nes. Turnbull, p. 316, 1. 8083. II It was haped in pe flom of belle : A goddes^ 33! it him to wille. He schuld pe better spede. \Yho pat bar pat swerd of mi3t. Was neuer man ouercomen in fi3t, Bot it were purch vnlede. ))er worp sir Gij to dep y-brou3t, Bot 3if god haue of him pou3t, His best help at nede. Togider pai wer 3ern heweinde Wip her brondes wele kerueiiide, And maden her sides blede. MS. 5 10 98 5 10 99 5 10 CAIUS MS.] THEY DRAW THEIR SWORDS. Euer whiles her sperys wold laste ; But full sone that ylke tyde 81 Go They brokyn on pecys hem hesyde. Then drew the[y] swerdys of good stele, And fawght to-gedyr nobly wele. Ameraunte hys swerd drew owte : Hyt was well sharpe all abowte. [p. 174] 8170 Hyt was Ercules swerd the wyght : He had hyt borne in many fyght, And therwith slayne many a mane. Ameraunte hym selfe hyt wane. Hyt was put in water of heH, 8175 Therfor hyt was kene and feH. But god of hevyn thynke on Gye, He shall be ded full hastilye. With wrath sterte forth ameraunte, To Gye he made a gret assawte. Then to-Gedyr gan they fyght, And daltyn stroke anone ryght. 459 and commenced their light. After tlieir lances had shivered to pieces, tliey drew their swords. Amoraunt’s sword could be withstood by no armour. It had once belonged to Hercules. It had been bathed in the river of Hell. Guy will meet with his death unless God think of him. 8180 460 1 MS. when. Turnbull, p. .S17, 1. 8107. MS. fol. 153v. b. guy’s steed is killed under him. [auchinleck H Sir Amoraunt was agreued in hert, & smot to Gij a dint ful smert Wi]) alle pe mi3t he gan welde, & hitt him on J?e helme so hri^t, pat alle jje stones of michel mi3t riey3e doun in ]ie feld. ' A 1 of J»e helme ]>e swerd out stint , & for]) ri3t wi]i pat selue dint Oper half fot of pe scheld, pat neuer was atamed ar pan For kni3t no for no noper man, Ko were he neuer so held. H pe sadel howe he clef atvo, pe stedes nek he dede also, Wip his grimli hrond. Wip-outen wem^ or ani wounde Wele half a fot in-to pe grounde pe scharp swerd it wond. Sir Gij to grounde fallen is. He stirt vp anon, y-wis, & loked, & gan wip-stond. Anon ri3t in pat ich stede To god almi3ten he bad his bede, & held vp hope his bond. IT Sir Gij anon vp stht As man pat was agremed in hert, Hou3t wel long he lay. ‘Lord,’ seyd Gij, ‘god al-mi3,tj - pat made pe perkenes to pe ni3t, So help me to-day. Scheld me fro pis geaunt strong, J)at y no dep of him afong, Astow art lord verray. MS. 100 5 10 101 5 10 102 5 guy’s prayer to god. 4G1 CAIUS MS.] Ameraunte smote Gye on the helme rj 3 t "With hys swerd, that was so hryght : He fellyd the flowres aH a-bowte 8185 Of hys helme, that was so stoute, That was neuer blemysshed ere In no bateyle where it were. Thorough hys sadyH he smote also Hys good sted evyn in two, 8190 And yet fell the stroke down thore To the erth a fote and more. Sir Gye fyH to ground anone ; Hys good stede vnder hym was slone. * Lord,’ he seyd, ‘god aH-my 3 te, 8195 That madyst both day and nyght, Sheld me from deth to-daye. Tor weU I wot that thow maye. Kepe me, for thi swete grace, [p. 175] That I be not slayne in this place.’ Sir Amoraunt hit Guy on hi3 lielmet, so that all its stones flew down- The same stroke cut oflf one foot and a half of Guy’s shield. and cleft his saddle-bow and his steed’s neck. Sir Guy fell to the ground, but rose again at once. After a prayer to God, 8200 462 C. § 007 . Turnbull, p. 318, 1. 8131. C. § 025 . MS. fol. 154r. a. amoraunt’s steed is killed, [auchinleck psit dint/ lie seyd, ‘ was iuel sett. Wele schal j com out of J)i dett 3 if Jiat I libbe may.’ H Gij bent his swerd, ]>at was ful kene, & smot Amorauizt wi]) hert tene A dint Jiat sat ful sore, J)at a quarter of his scheld He made to fleye in ]ie feld A 1 wi]i his grimli gore. pQ stedes nek he smot atvo, Amorauwt to grounde is fallen ])0 : Wo was him j^erfore. pan wer on fot fo kni3tes bold : Fi3t ofot 3if jiai wold. Her stedes jiai ban forlore. II Amoraunt wijj hert ful grim Smot to Gij, & Gij to him, Wij) strokes stern & stiue. Hard pai hewe wi|i swerdes clere, pat helme & swerd, pat strong were, pai gun hem al to-driue. Hard fou3ten po champiouns, pat hope plates & hauberiouns pai gun t o ret & riue, & laiden on wip dintes gret. Aiper of hem so oper gan bete, pat wo was hem oliue. U Sir Amoraunt was agreued strong, pat 0 man stode hi??i po so long. To Gij a strok he rau3t, & hit him on pe helme so bri3t, pat al pe floures fel doun ri3t. AYip a ful grimly drau^t MS. 10 103 5 10 104 5 10 105 5 CAIUS MS.] THE FIGHT IS CONTINUED ON FOOT. 463 Vpon hys feete lie sterte fuH lyglit, As he that hold was and wyght. He toke hys swerd gret envye, And smote Ameraunte tho in hye. Of the helme the stroke glode, 8205 And by the horse the stroke rode. The stedys neke he smote in two : The Geaunte fell to the erth tho ; Eut vp he stert w^tA-owte dwellyng : Therof pleyned he no-thyng. 8210 He smote to Gye wit/i aH hys my^t, And he hym, as a noble kny^t. Tho they fowghten ryght faste there : Hother of hem wold other spare. They fowght with so grete Ire : 8215 Oute of ther helmis sprange the fyre. They breke hawberkis^ & shyldys : Tlie pecis flew in-to the fyldys. They fought so faste vfiih her brondys : They corue theire armowr vfiih streng[t]h of handys. Be twene them was bateyle stronge, 8221 And hyt lastyd swyth longe. Tho thought Ameraunt the^ knyght That he had be in many a fyght : Vp he lyfte his arme on hye, 8225 And thought to smyte sore sir Gye. On the helme he hym smote, The sercle of gold of hys swerd bote. Guy was resolved to pay the giant his debt. Guy damaged Amoraunt’s shield. and killed his steed. They fought very obstinately. 1 hawherherMt MS. * tho MS. Sir Amoraunt was angry because he could not van- quish Guy. He damaged Guy’s helmet 464 GUY IS BROUGHT ON HIS KNEES. [aUCHINLECK MS. Turnbull, p. 1. 8155. 1 \>e \>e MS. Turnbull, p. 1. 8179. cercle of gold he carf ato, & for)) wi)j his dint also )5er bileued it nou 3 t : On pe scheld jie swerd doun fel, 10 And cleue it in-to haluendel, Almost to groimde him brou^t. U What wi]) jie swerdes out draweiug, & >vij) his hetelich out braiding, pev fel a wonder cas : Sir Gij fel on hues to grounde, & stilt vp in ]?at selue stounde, & seyd, ‘ lord ful of grace, Keuer dint of kni 3 t non JSTo mi 3 t me are knele don In no stede ))er y was.’ Sir Gij bent vp his swerd fot hot, Amorau?zt on pe hod he smot, he stumbled in pe^ place. H He hit him on ]>e helme an hey 3 e, & wi)) pat dint pe swerd it hey 3 e : Bi pe nasel it gan doun founde, & so it dede bi pe ventayh, & carf it ato, saunfaile, & in-to his flesche a wounde. 106 5 10 His targe wip gold list He carf atvo purch help of Crist, 320 , He cleue pat ich stounde. So heteliche pe brond out he pli 3 t, }5at Amoraunt anon ri 3 t Fel on knes to grounde. w MSSiO <:(•, n - = > . (^(oZ\ SEP -S ’58 r , araCU to a-p L 1 a r.r»> 1 Trr. ■ , 1> * T 1 HSTT 5 1968 i 'ViUI — gWUL — ; — - Iw v/d JAh 2 2 200^1 > I .i 1 i|) ■ ^ ^ PR1119 The Romance of Guy ! .E5 No*U9 of Warwick ! of )Va?w/>4: 2. 2 9 (> <9 Boston College Library Chestnut Hill 67, Mass. Books may be kept for two weeks unless a shorter time is specified. Two cents a day is charged for each 2-week book kept overtime; 25 cents a day for each overnight book. If you cannot find what you want, inquire at the delivery desk for assisstance.