at my3t ride;
[F] For of bak & of brest al were his bodi sturne,
144 [G] Bot his wombe & his wast were worthily smale,
& alle his fetures fol3ande, in forme ?
[F] For of bak & of brest al were his bodi sturne,
144 [G] Bot his wombe & his wast were worthily smale,
& alle his fetures fol3ande, in forme ?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
e fyrst cource in ?
e court kyndely serued,
136 [C] ? er hales in at ? e halle dor an aghlich mayster,
On ? e most on ? e molde on mesure hyghe;
Fro ? e swyre to ? e swange so sware & so ? ik,
[D] & his lyndes & his lymes so longe & so grete,
140 Half etayn in erde I hope ? at he were. [Fol. 93. ]
[E] Bot mon most I algate mynn hym to bene,
& ? at ? e myriest in his muckel ?
at my3t ride;
[F] For of bak & of brest al were his bodi sturne,
144 [G] Bot his wombe & his wast were worthily smale,
& alle his fetures fol3ande, in forme ? at he hade,
ful clene;
For wonder of his hwe men hade,
148 Set in his semblaunt sene;
He ferde as freke were fade,
& ouer-al enker grene.
[Sidenote A: There was no want of anything. ]
[Sidenote B: Scarcely had the first course commenced,]
[Sidenote C: when there rushes in at the hall-door a knight;]
[Sidenote D: the tallest on earth]
[Sidenote E: he must have been. ]
[Sidenote F: His back and breast were great,]
[Sidenote G: but his belly and waist were small. ]
VIII.
[A] Ande al gray? ed in grene ? is gome & his wedes,
152 A strayt cote ful stre3t, ? at stek on his sides,
A mere mantile abof, mensked with-inne,
With pelure pured apert ? e pane ful clene,
With bly? e blaunner ful bry3t, & his hod bo? e,
156 ? at wat3 la3t fro his lokke3, & layde on his schulderes
Heme wel haled, hose of ? at same grene,
[B] ? at spenet on his sparlyr, & clene spures vnder,
Of bry3t golde, vpon silk bordes, barred ful ryche
160 & scholes vnder schankes, ?
136 [C] ? er hales in at ? e halle dor an aghlich mayster,
On ? e most on ? e molde on mesure hyghe;
Fro ? e swyre to ? e swange so sware & so ? ik,
[D] & his lyndes & his lymes so longe & so grete,
140 Half etayn in erde I hope ? at he were. [Fol. 93. ]
[E] Bot mon most I algate mynn hym to bene,
& ? at ? e myriest in his muckel ?
at my3t ride;
[F] For of bak & of brest al were his bodi sturne,
144 [G] Bot his wombe & his wast were worthily smale,
& alle his fetures fol3ande, in forme ? at he hade,
ful clene;
For wonder of his hwe men hade,
148 Set in his semblaunt sene;
He ferde as freke were fade,
& ouer-al enker grene.
[Sidenote A: There was no want of anything. ]
[Sidenote B: Scarcely had the first course commenced,]
[Sidenote C: when there rushes in at the hall-door a knight;]
[Sidenote D: the tallest on earth]
[Sidenote E: he must have been. ]
[Sidenote F: His back and breast were great,]
[Sidenote G: but his belly and waist were small. ]
VIII.
[A] Ande al gray? ed in grene ? is gome & his wedes,
152 A strayt cote ful stre3t, ? at stek on his sides,
A mere mantile abof, mensked with-inne,
With pelure pured apert ? e pane ful clene,
With bly? e blaunner ful bry3t, & his hod bo? e,
156 ? at wat3 la3t fro his lokke3, & layde on his schulderes
Heme wel haled, hose of ? at same grene,
[B] ? at spenet on his sparlyr, & clene spures vnder,
Of bry3t golde, vpon silk bordes, barred ful ryche
160 & scholes vnder schankes, ?
