[Sidenote A: It was she who caused me to test the renown of the Round
Table,]
[Sidenote B: hoping to grieve
Guenever
and cause her death through fear.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
el, to com to ?y naunt,
2468 Make myry in my hous, my meny ?e louies,
& I wol ?e as wel, wy3e, bi my faythe,
As any gome vnder God, for ?y grete trau?e."
[E] & he nikked hym naye, he nolde bi no wayes;
2472 ?ay acolen & kyssen, [bikennen] ay?er o?er
To ?e prynce of paradise, & parten ry3t ?ere,
on coolde;
[F] Gawayn on blonk ful bene,
2476 To ?e kynge3 bur3 buske3 bolde,
& ?e kny3t in ?e enker grene,
Whider-warde so euer he wolde.
[Sidenote A: It was she who caused me to test the renown of the Round
Table,]
[Sidenote B: hoping to grieve
Guenever
and cause her death through fear.
]
[Sidenote C: She is even thine aunt.]
[Sidenote D: Therefore come to her and make merry in my house."]
[Sidenote E: Gawayne refuses to return with the Green Knight.]
[Sidenote F: On horse full fair he bends to Arthur's hall.]
[Footnote 1: glopnyng (?).]
XXI.
[A] Wylde waye3 in ?e worlde Wowen now ryde3,
2480 On Gryngolet, ?at ?e grace hade geten of his lyue;
[B] Ofte he herbered in house, & ofte al ?eroute,
& mony a-venture in vale, & venquyst ofte,
?at I ne ty3t, at ?is tyme, in tale to remene.
2484 [C] ?
