]
[Sidenote C: By that time his horse Gringolet was ready,]
[Sidenote D: the harness of which glittered like the "gleam of the sun.
[Sidenote C: By that time his horse Gringolet was ready,]
[Sidenote D: the harness of which glittered like the "gleam of the sun.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
at al glytered & glent as glem of ?
e sunne.
[E] ? enne hentes he ? e holme, & hastily hit kysses,
? at wat3 stapled stifly, & stoffed wyth-inne:
Hit wat3 hy3e on his hede, hasped bihynde,
608 [F] Wyth a ly3tli vrysoun ouer ? e auentayle,
[G] Enbrawden & bounden wyth ? e best gemme3,
On brode sylkyn borde, & brydde3 on seme3,
As papiaye3 paynted pernyng bitwene,
612 Tortors & trulofe3 entayled so ? yk,
As mony burde ? er aboute had ben seuen wynter
in toune;
[H] ? e cercle wat3 more o prys,
616 ? at vmbe-clypped hys croun,
Of diamaunte3 a deuys,
? at bo? e were bry3t & broun.
[Sidenote A: Thus arrayed the knight hears mass,]
[Sidenote B: and afterwards takes leave of Arthur and his court.
]
[Sidenote C: By that time his horse Gringolet was ready,]
[Sidenote D: the harness of which glittered like the "gleam of the sun. "]
[Sidenote E: Then Sir Gawayne sets his helmet upon his head,]
[Sidenote F: fastened behind with a "urisoun,"]
[Sidenote G: richly embroidered with gems. ]
[Sidenote H: The circle around the helmet was decked with diamonds. ]
VI.
[A] Then ? ay schewed hym ? e schelde, ? at was of schyr goule3,
620 Wyth ? e pentangel de-paynt of pure golde hwe3;
He brayde3 hit by ? e baude-ryk, aboute ? e hals kestes,
? at bisemed ? e segge semlyly fayre.
[B] & quy ? e pentangel apende3 to ? at prynce noble,
624 I am in tent yow to telle, ?
[E] ? enne hentes he ? e holme, & hastily hit kysses,
? at wat3 stapled stifly, & stoffed wyth-inne:
Hit wat3 hy3e on his hede, hasped bihynde,
608 [F] Wyth a ly3tli vrysoun ouer ? e auentayle,
[G] Enbrawden & bounden wyth ? e best gemme3,
On brode sylkyn borde, & brydde3 on seme3,
As papiaye3 paynted pernyng bitwene,
612 Tortors & trulofe3 entayled so ? yk,
As mony burde ? er aboute had ben seuen wynter
in toune;
[H] ? e cercle wat3 more o prys,
616 ? at vmbe-clypped hys croun,
Of diamaunte3 a deuys,
? at bo? e were bry3t & broun.
[Sidenote A: Thus arrayed the knight hears mass,]
[Sidenote B: and afterwards takes leave of Arthur and his court.
]
[Sidenote C: By that time his horse Gringolet was ready,]
[Sidenote D: the harness of which glittered like the "gleam of the sun. "]
[Sidenote E: Then Sir Gawayne sets his helmet upon his head,]
[Sidenote F: fastened behind with a "urisoun,"]
[Sidenote G: richly embroidered with gems. ]
[Sidenote H: The circle around the helmet was decked with diamonds. ]
VI.
[A] Then ? ay schewed hym ? e schelde, ? at was of schyr goule3,
620 Wyth ? e pentangel de-paynt of pure golde hwe3;
He brayde3 hit by ? e baude-ryk, aboute ? e hals kestes,
? at bisemed ? e segge semlyly fayre.
[B] & quy ? e pentangel apende3 to ? at prynce noble,
624 I am in tent yow to telle, ?
