e,
[G] & he granted, & [ho] hym gafe with a goud wylle,
& biso3t hym, for hir sake,
disceuer
hit neuer,
Bot to lelly layne for[2] hir lorde; ?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
en kest ?e kny3t, & hit come to his hert,
1856 [E] Hit were a Iuel for ?e Ioparde, ?at hym iugged were,
When he acheued to ?e chapel, his chek forto fech;
[F] My3[1] he haf slypped to ?e vn-slayn, ?e sle3t were noble.
?enne ho ?ulged with hir ?repe, & ?oled hir to speke, [Fol. 116.]
1860 & ho bere on hym ?e belt, & bede hit hym swy?
e,
[G] & he granted, & [ho] hym gafe with a goud wylle,
& biso3t hym, for hir sake,
disceuer
hit neuer,
Bot to lelly layne for[2] hir lorde; ?
e leude hym acorde3.
1864 ?at neuer wy3e schulde hit wyt, Iwysse, bot ?ay twayne,
for no3te;
He ?onkked hir oft ful swy?e,
Ful ?ro with hert & ?o3t.
1868 [H] Bi ?at on ?rynne sy?e,
He hat3 kyst ?e kny3t so to3t.
[Sidenote A: "Do you refuse it," says the lady, because it is simple?]
[Sidenote B: Whoso knew the virtues that it possesses, would highly prize
it.
