]
[Sidenote F: Fail thou never;]
[Sidenote G: come, or recreant be called.
[Sidenote F: Fail thou never;]
[Sidenote G: come, or recreant be called.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
460 To quat kyth he be-com, knwe non ? ere,
Neuermore ? en ? ay wyste fram que? en. he wat3 wonnen;
what ? enne?
? e kyng & Gawen ? are,
464 [I] At ? at grene ? ay la3e & grenne,
3et breued wat3 hit ful bare,
A meruayl among ? o menne.
[Sidenote A: The head lifts up its eyelids,]
[Sidenote B: and addresses Sir Gawayne; "Look thou, be ready to go as thou
hast promised,]
[Sidenote C: and seek till thou findest me. ]
[Sidenote D: Get thee to the Green Chapel,]
[Sidenote E: there to receive a blow on New Year's morn.
]
[Sidenote F: Fail thou never;]
[Sidenote G: come, or recreant be called. "]
[Sidenote H: The Green Knight then rushes out of the hall, his head in his
hand. ]
[Sidenote I: At that green one Arthur and Gawayne "laugh and grin. "]
XXI.
[A] ? a3 Ar? er ? e hende kyng at hert hade wonder,
468 He let no semblaunt be sene, bot sayde ful hy3e
To ? e comlych quene, wyth cortays speche,
[B] "Dere dame, to day demay yow neuer;
Wel by-commes such craft vpon cristmasse,
472 Laykyng of enterlude3, to la3e & to syng.
Among ? ise, kynde caroles of kny3te3 & ladye3;
[C] Neuer-? e-lece to my mete I may me wel dres,
For I haf sen a selly, I may not for-sake. "
476 He glent vpon sir Gawen, & gaynly he sayde,
[D] "Now sir, heng vp ? yn ax, ? at hat3 in-nogh hewen. "
& hit wat3 don abof ?
