]
[Sidenote E: Adam, Solomon, Samson, and David were beguiled by women.
[Sidenote E: Adam, Solomon, Samson, and David were beguiled by women.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
at fol3ed alle ?
e sele, [Fol.
]
Ex-ellently of alle ? yse o? er, vnder heuen-ryche, [123b. ]
2424 ? at mused;
& alle ? ay were bi-wyled,
With[2] wymmen ? at ? ay vsed,
[G] ? a3 I be now bigyled,
2428 Me ? ink me burde be excused. "
[Sidenote A: "Nay, forsooth," says Gawayne,]
[Sidenote B: "I have sojourned sadly, but bliss betide thee! ]
[Sidenote C: Commend me to your comely wife and that other lady who have
beguiled me. ]
[Sidenote D: But it is no marvel for a man to be brought to grief through a
woman's wiles.
]
[Sidenote E: Adam, Solomon, Samson, and David were beguiled by women. ]
[Sidenote F: How could a man love them and believe them not? ]
[Sidenote G: Though I be now beguiled, methinks I should be excused. ]
[Footnote 1: forme (? )]
[Footnote 2: with wyth, in MS. ]
XIX.
[A] "Bot your gordel," quod G: "God yow for-3elde!
? at wyl I welde wyth good wylle, not for ? e wynne golde,
Ne ? e saynt, ne ? e sylk, ne ? e syde pendaundes,
2432 For wele, ne for worchyp, ne for ? e wlonk werkke3,
[B] Bot in syngne of my surfet I schal se hit ofte;
When I ride in renoun, remorde to myseluen
? e faut & ? e fayntyse of ?
Ex-ellently of alle ? yse o? er, vnder heuen-ryche, [123b. ]
2424 ? at mused;
& alle ? ay were bi-wyled,
With[2] wymmen ? at ? ay vsed,
[G] ? a3 I be now bigyled,
2428 Me ? ink me burde be excused. "
[Sidenote A: "Nay, forsooth," says Gawayne,]
[Sidenote B: "I have sojourned sadly, but bliss betide thee! ]
[Sidenote C: Commend me to your comely wife and that other lady who have
beguiled me. ]
[Sidenote D: But it is no marvel for a man to be brought to grief through a
woman's wiles.
]
[Sidenote E: Adam, Solomon, Samson, and David were beguiled by women. ]
[Sidenote F: How could a man love them and believe them not? ]
[Sidenote G: Though I be now beguiled, methinks I should be excused. ]
[Footnote 1: forme (? )]
[Footnote 2: with wyth, in MS. ]
XIX.
[A] "Bot your gordel," quod G: "God yow for-3elde!
? at wyl I welde wyth good wylle, not for ? e wynne golde,
Ne ? e saynt, ne ? e sylk, ne ? e syde pendaundes,
2432 For wele, ne for worchyp, ne for ? e wlonk werkke3,
[B] Bot in syngne of my surfet I schal se hit ofte;
When I ride in renoun, remorde to myseluen
? e faut & ? e fayntyse of ?
