]
[Sidenote D: They were afraid to answer,]
[Sidenote E: and were as silent as if sleep had taken
possession
of them;]
[Sidenote F: some from fear and others from courtesy.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
e wonder of ?e worlde, what he worch schulde.
For fele sellye3 had ?ay sen, bot such neuer are,
240 For-?i for fantoum & fayry3e ?e folk ?ere hit demed;
[D] ?er-fore to answare wat3 ar3e mony a?el freke,
& al stouned at his steuen, & stonstil seten,
[E] In a swoghe sylence ?ur3 ?e sale riche
244 As al were slypped vpon slepe so slaked hor lote3
in hy3e;
I deme hit not al for doute,
[F] Bot sum for cortaysye,
248 Bot let hym ?at al schulde loute,
Cast vnto ?at wy3e.
[Sidenote A: Much they marvel to see a man and a horse]
[Sidenote B: as green as grass.]
[Sidenote C: Never before had they seen such a sight as this.
]
[Sidenote D: They were afraid to answer,]
[Sidenote E: and were as silent as if sleep had taken
possession
of them;]
[Sidenote F: some from fear and others from courtesy.
]
XII.
[A] ?enn Ar?our bifore ?e hi3 dece ?at auenture byholde3,
& rekenly hym reuerenced, for rad was he neuer,
252 & sayde, "wy3e, welcum iwys to ?is place,
[B] ?e hede of ?is ostel Arthour I hat, [Fol. 94b.]
Li3t luflych adoun, & lenge, I ?e praye,
& quat so ?y wylle is, we schal wyt after."
256 [C] "Nay, as help me," quod ?e ha?
