A pleasant song of the valiant deeds of chivalry, atchieved by the noble knight Sir Guy of Warwick; who for the love of fair Phillis, became a hermit, and dy'd in a cave of a craggy rock, a mile distant from Warwick. Tune was ever man, &c.

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Accession number: 
PML 3469.25
Published: 
[London], [between 1650-1750]
Description: 
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations (woodcut) ; 19.1 x 33.2 cm
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Printed in five columns in roman type; three woodcuts at head verses of (from left to right) a knight in armor mounted on a rearing horse and holding a lance; a man on horseback followed (pursued?) by a knight armed with a sword (or lance) and shield; a courtship scene, with a man approaching a woman, standing beneath a tree, and doffing his hat.
Standard tune: Guy of Warwick.
Not in Foxon. It does not appear that trimming has removed the imprint.

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First lines: Was ever Knight for Lady's sake, / so tost in Love as I Sir Guy?

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