Zur  Literaturgeschichte  des  Guy  von  Warwick.

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5  wher  folk  repente,
that  sit  above,
but  thes  tirauntys
with  suerd  and  flawme
8  Grod  ffor  synne
hath  chastysed
and  suffred  hem
record  Jerusalem,
5  Paris  in  Fraunce
ffor  leccherie
palpable  examples
of  Rome,  Cartage
9  Tbis  mater  offte
for  lak  of  wisdam
that  peplys  hertys
to  sue  vertu,
5  wynd  of  glad  fortune
for  tlier  dismeritees
outrage  and  vices
tliouh  kyng  Ethelstan
10  Cruell  Danys  —
ther  swerd  was  wheet
^it,  in  cronycle
kyng  Ethelstan
5  though  for  a  tyme
of  his  noblesse
the  hand  of  god
to  ebaunge  his  trouble
11  The  sonne  is  hatter
the  glade  morwe
affter  wynter
and  affter  mystys
5  affter  trouble
and  to  conclude,
god  lyst  to  caste
up  on  his  knyght
12  In  this  mater
constreynt  of  werre
made  hym  to  drawe,

the  lord  is  ay  tretable,
wich  halt  all  in  his  hond:
to  scheden  blood  most  able
troubled  al  this  londe.
by  record  of  scripture
many  a  greet  cyte
gret  myschef  to  endure.
record  on  Nynyvoe;
hath  had  his  part,  parde,
and  veyn  ambucyoun;
at  eye  men  may  see
and  of  Troie  toun.
hath  been  exempleffyede:
and  of  good  consaylle
wer  nat  ffull  applyede
for  ther  owne  avaylle
bleuli  nat  in  ther  saille:
god  punshed  hem  of  right,
hath  vengaunce  at  his  taylle.
was  a  manly  knyght,
inglysh  blood  to  scheede
and  ther  ffyres  lyght:
at  leyser  who  lyst  reede,
was  a  full  noble  knyght,
eclypsed  was  his  lyght
and  royalle  mageste.
stoode  alway  in  his  myght
in  to  prosperyte.
affter  sharpe  schours,
ffolweth  the  dirke  nyght,
cometli  may  with  fresshe  flours
Phebus  schyneth  bright,
hertys  be  maade  lyght,
lyk  as  i  began:
his  mercyable  syght
the  fforseide  Ethelstan.
fforther  to  procede:
and  gret  advorsyte
in  cronycle  as  i  reede,