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Z  u  p  i  t  z  a.

ffader  in  armes,
next  Guy  of  Warwyk,
22  This  seide  Herald
out  of  this  rewm
callid  Raynbourne
and  alle  ]>e  provyncis,
5  wich  in  yong  age
by  straunge  marchauntis,
Ffelyce  his  moder
ffor  his  absence
23  Born  by  dyscent
hir  yonge  sone
(in  hir  tyme
callid'  thc  example
5  Rowaud  hir  ffader
erl  of  Warwyk,
that  was  tho  dayes,
but  he,  alias,
24  Paide  his  dette
by  Parcas  sustren
and,  as  the  story
whan  that  Ffelyce
5  by  seyde  Guy,
he  lyk  a  pilgrym
the  nexte  morwe.
and  spedde  hym  forth
25  Forsook  the  world
of  hih  perfeccyoun
lefft  wyff  and  kyn
whom  for  to  serve
5  content  witli  lytel
in  worldly  pompe
callyng  ageyn
kyng  Ethelstan
26  As  i  began,
of  his  compleynt
not  clad  in  purpil
25,  5  with,  wie  gewöhnlich,
vollständig.

in  every  manhis  sight
in  manhood  lodesterre  —
beyng  tho  absent
to  seke  the  sone  of  Guy
in  contrees  adjacent
that  stoode  faste  by,
was  stole  traytourly
ongoodly  lad  away
wepyng  tendirly
compleynyng  nyht  and  day
to  ben  hir  ffadris  hayr
Raynborne  to  succede
was  holde  noon  so  ffayr),
of  trouthe  and  womanhede
for  noblesse  and  manheede,
named  oon  the  beste  knyht,
in  story  as  i  reede,
flouryng  in  hys  myht
of  deth  on  to  nature:
was  spönne  his  lyves  threede.
remembreth  by  scripture,
conseyved  hadde  in  deede
sone  affter,  as  i  reede,
endewed  with  all  vertu
chaunged  hath  his  weede
for  love  of  Crist  Jesu,
onknowe  to  every  wight
to  leven  in  penaunce,
and  bekam  goddis  knyght,
was  set  all  his  plesaunce:
(Crist  was  his  suffysaunce)
he  lyst  not  to  sojourne.
on  to  remembraunce
my  penne  i  wyll  retourne,
in  ordre  to  proceede
to  malte  mencyoun:
(but  chaunged  hath  his  weede),
wt  geschrieben,  aber  das  t  ist  nicht  ganz