]
[Sidenote F: Fair cuisses enclose his thighs,]
[Sidenote G: and afterwards they put on the steel habergeon,]
[Sidenote H: well-burnished braces, elbow pieces, and gloves of plate.
[Sidenote F: Fair cuisses enclose his thighs,]
[Sidenote G: and afterwards they put on the steel habergeon,]
[Sidenote H: well-burnished braces, elbow pieces, and gloves of plate.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
at coyntlych closed
His thik ? rawen ? y3e3 with ? wonges to-tachched;
580 [G] & sy? en ? e brawden bryne of bry3t stel rynge3,
Vmbe-weued ? at wy3, vpon wlonk stuffe;
[H] & wel bornyst brace vpon his bo? e armes,
With gode cowters & gay, & gloue3 of plate,
584 & alle ? e godlych gere ? at hym gayn schulde
? at tyde;
[I] Wyth ryche cote armure,
[J] His gold spore3 spend with pryde,
588 [K] Gurde wyth a bront ful sure,
With silk sayn vmbe his syde.
[Sidenote A: On the morn he asks for his arms. ]
[Sidenote B: A carpet is spread on the floor,]
[Sidenote C: and he steps thereon. ]
[Sidenote D: He is dubbed in a doublet of Tarsic silk, and a well-made
hood. ]
[Sidenote E: They set steel slices on his feet, and lap his legs in steel
greaves.
]
[Sidenote F: Fair cuisses enclose his thighs,]
[Sidenote G: and afterwards they put on the steel habergeon,]
[Sidenote H: well-burnished braces, elbow pieces, and gloves of plate. ]
[Sidenote I: Over all this is placed the coat armour. ]
[Sidenote J: His spurs are then fixed,]
[Sidenote K: and his sword is attached to his side by a silken girdle. ]
V.
[A] When he wat3 hasped in armes, his harnays wat3 ryche, [Fol. 99a. ]
? e lest lachet ou[? ]er loupe lemed of golde;
592 So harnayst as he wat3 he herkne3 his masse,
Offred & honoured at ? e he3e auter;
[B] Sy? en he come3 to ? e kyng & to his cort fere3,
Lache3 lufly his leue at lorde3 & ladye3;
596 & ? ay hym kyst & conueyed, bikende hym to kryst.
[C] Bi ? at wat3 Gryngolet grayth, & gurde with a sadel,
? at glemed ful gayly with mony golde frenges,
Ay quere naylet ful nwe for ?
His thik ? rawen ? y3e3 with ? wonges to-tachched;
580 [G] & sy? en ? e brawden bryne of bry3t stel rynge3,
Vmbe-weued ? at wy3, vpon wlonk stuffe;
[H] & wel bornyst brace vpon his bo? e armes,
With gode cowters & gay, & gloue3 of plate,
584 & alle ? e godlych gere ? at hym gayn schulde
? at tyde;
[I] Wyth ryche cote armure,
[J] His gold spore3 spend with pryde,
588 [K] Gurde wyth a bront ful sure,
With silk sayn vmbe his syde.
[Sidenote A: On the morn he asks for his arms. ]
[Sidenote B: A carpet is spread on the floor,]
[Sidenote C: and he steps thereon. ]
[Sidenote D: He is dubbed in a doublet of Tarsic silk, and a well-made
hood. ]
[Sidenote E: They set steel slices on his feet, and lap his legs in steel
greaves.
]
[Sidenote F: Fair cuisses enclose his thighs,]
[Sidenote G: and afterwards they put on the steel habergeon,]
[Sidenote H: well-burnished braces, elbow pieces, and gloves of plate. ]
[Sidenote I: Over all this is placed the coat armour. ]
[Sidenote J: His spurs are then fixed,]
[Sidenote K: and his sword is attached to his side by a silken girdle. ]
V.
[A] When he wat3 hasped in armes, his harnays wat3 ryche, [Fol. 99a. ]
? e lest lachet ou[? ]er loupe lemed of golde;
592 So harnayst as he wat3 he herkne3 his masse,
Offred & honoured at ? e he3e auter;
[B] Sy? en he come3 to ? e kyng & to his cort fere3,
Lache3 lufly his leue at lorde3 & ladye3;
596 & ? ay hym kyst & conueyed, bikende hym to kryst.
[C] Bi ? at wat3 Gryngolet grayth, & gurde with a sadel,
? at glemed ful gayly with mony golde frenges,
Ay quere naylet ful nwe for ?
