Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . t of an Anglo-Norman romance (temp,thirteenth century), probably founded on the folk-songs of the peopledressed by the romance writer in the fashion of his age. The Saxon is aNorman knight, sent to the Crusade, conducted from tournament to tourna-ment throughout Europe. The monastic feeling is so strong that it maybe the writer was a monk. (i) In short couplets: Auchinleck MS., ff. 108-146 (Abbotsford Club,1840); Caius MS., 107; Sloane MS., 1044. (2) In twelve-line stanzas:Auchinleck MS. (3) In short couplets: Add. MS. 14408;
Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . t of an Anglo-Norman romance (temp,thirteenth century), probably founded on the folk-songs of the peopledressed by the romance writer in the fashion of his age. The Saxon is aNorman knight, sent to the Crusade, conducted from tournament to tourna-ment throughout Europe. The monastic feeling is so strong that it maybe the writer was a monk. (i) In short couplets: Auchinleck MS., ff. 108-146 (Abbotsford Club,1840); Caius MS., 107; Sloane MS., 1044. (2) In twelve-line stanzas:Auchinleck MS. (3) In short couplets: Add. MS. 14408; Bodleian DouceFrag. 20; one leaf printed by Wynkyn de Worde. Printed version, TheBooke of the most victorious Prince Guy of Warwick, London, by WilliamCopland, (4) In short couplets: Univ. Camb. MS., fF. 2-38; CaiusMS., 107. 18 -?> The Saxon and Norman Earls throwing ponderous weights, which he did to thatPerfection that others more in age and stature couldnot come near him in, to the admiration of allthat beheld him. In this manner he exercised himself. From the Rons Roll. GUY OF WARWICK, till the age of Sixteen, at which no man dare toencounter with him ; when they did he always wasvictorious, which gained him much applause, and famespoke loud of him. 19 Warwick Castle <*- Guys exploits came to the ears of Earl Rohand,who invited him to a banquet. After the feast therewere certain athletic competitions, in which Guy over-threw all comers. But his heart was not in the sports,for he had seen Phyllis and fallen in love with her,but being of lowlier station feared that he must love invain. He withdrew, therefore, and thus soliloquised :— For me to attain this Perfection of Beauty is,I fear, altogether impossible, by reason of the greatDistance of our Fortune. O ye powers, for whatare these fair Beauties created, if not to be enjoyed ?Or do you send down these bright Shapes from yourHeavenly Abodes, only to be gazed at by LovesickMan? Ill no longer torture myself thu
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