[Sidenote A: The bowmen send their arrows after this wild swine,]
[Sidenote B: but they glide off shivered in pieces.
[Sidenote B: but they glide off shivered in pieces.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
er he forth hy3e3,
& mony ar3ed ? erat, & on-lyte dro3en.
1464 Bot ? e lorde on a ly3t horce launces hym after,
[E] As burne bolde vpon bent his bugle he blowe3,
He rechated, & r[ode][1] ? ur3 rone3 ful ? yk,
Suande ? is wy[ld]e swyn til ? e sunne schafted.
1468 [F] ? is day wyth ? is ilk dede ? ay dryuen on ? is wyse,
Whyle oure luflych lede lys in his bedde,
[G] Gawayn gray? ely at home, in gere3 ful ryche
of hewe;
1472 ? e lady no3t for3ate,
Com to hym to salue,
Ful erly ho wat3 hym ate,
His mode forto remwe.
[Sidenote A: The bowmen send their arrows after this wild swine,]
[Sidenote B: but they glide off shivered in pieces. ]
[Sidenote C: Enraged with the blows,]
[Sidenote D: he attacks the hunters. ]
[Sidenote E: The lord of the land blows his bugle,]
[Sidenote F: and pursues the boar. ]
[Sidenote G: All this time Gawayne lies a-bed. ]
[Footnote 1: The MS. is here almost illegible. ]
XIV.
1476 [A] Ho commes to ? e cortyn, & at ? e kny3t totes,
Sir Wawen her welcumed wor? y on fyrst,
& ho hym 3elde3 a3ayn, ful 3erne of hir worde3,
[B] Sette3 hir sof[t]ly by his syde, & swy? ely ho la3e3,
1480 & wyth a luflych loke ho layde[1] hym ? yse worde3:
"Sir, 3if 3e be Wawen, wonder me ? ynkke3,
Wy3e ? at is so wel wrast alway to god,
& conne3 not of compaynye ? e coste3 vnder-take,
1484 & if mon kennes yow hom to knowe, 3e kest hom of your mynde;[Fol.
& mony ar3ed ? erat, & on-lyte dro3en.
1464 Bot ? e lorde on a ly3t horce launces hym after,
[E] As burne bolde vpon bent his bugle he blowe3,
He rechated, & r[ode][1] ? ur3 rone3 ful ? yk,
Suande ? is wy[ld]e swyn til ? e sunne schafted.
1468 [F] ? is day wyth ? is ilk dede ? ay dryuen on ? is wyse,
Whyle oure luflych lede lys in his bedde,
[G] Gawayn gray? ely at home, in gere3 ful ryche
of hewe;
1472 ? e lady no3t for3ate,
Com to hym to salue,
Ful erly ho wat3 hym ate,
His mode forto remwe.
[Sidenote A: The bowmen send their arrows after this wild swine,]
[Sidenote B: but they glide off shivered in pieces. ]
[Sidenote C: Enraged with the blows,]
[Sidenote D: he attacks the hunters. ]
[Sidenote E: The lord of the land blows his bugle,]
[Sidenote F: and pursues the boar. ]
[Sidenote G: All this time Gawayne lies a-bed. ]
[Footnote 1: The MS. is here almost illegible. ]
XIV.
1476 [A] Ho commes to ? e cortyn, & at ? e kny3t totes,
Sir Wawen her welcumed wor? y on fyrst,
& ho hym 3elde3 a3ayn, ful 3erne of hir worde3,
[B] Sette3 hir sof[t]ly by his syde, & swy? ely ho la3e3,
1480 & wyth a luflych loke ho layde[1] hym ? yse worde3:
"Sir, 3if 3e be Wawen, wonder me ? ynkke3,
Wy3e ? at is so wel wrast alway to god,
& conne3 not of compaynye ? e coste3 vnder-take,
1484 & if mon kennes yow hom to knowe, 3e kest hom of your mynde;[Fol.
