[A] Mony klyf he ouer-clambe in contraye3 straunge,
Fer floten fro his frende3 fremedly he ryde3;
[B] At vche war?
Fer floten fro his frende3 fremedly he ryde3;
[B] At vche war?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
? e kny3t tok gates straunge,
In mony a bonk vnbene,
[H] His cher ful oft con chaunge,
712 ? at chapel er he my3t sene.
[Sidenote A: Now rides the knight through the realms of England. ]
[Sidenote B: He has no companion but his horse. ]
[Sidenote C: No men does he see till he approaches North Wales. ]
[Sidenote D: From Holyhead he passes into Wirral. ]
[Sidenote E: There he finds but few that loved God or man. ]
[Sidenote F: He enquires after the Green Knight of the Green Chapel,]
[Sidenote G: but can gain no tidings of him. ]
[Sidenote H: His cheer oft changed before he found the Chapel. ]
[Footnote 1: nyghe (? ). ]
[Footnote 2: MS. clapel. ]
X.
[A] Mony klyf he ouer-clambe in contraye3 straunge,
Fer floten fro his frende3 fremedly he ryde3;
[B] At vche war? e o? er water ? er ? e wy3e passed,
716 He fonde a foo hym byfore, bot ferly hit were,
& ? at so foule & so felle, ? at fe3t hym by-hode;
[C] So mony meruayl hi mount ? er ? e mon fynde3,
Hit were to tore for to telle of ? e ten? e dole.
720 [D] Sumwhyle wyth worme3 he werre3, & with wolues als,
Sumwhyle wyth wodwos, ? at woned in ? e knarre3,
[E] Bo? e wyth bulle3 & bere3, & bore3 o? er-quyle,
& etayne3, ?
