]
[Sidenote E: She takes off her "girdle,"]
[Sidenote F: and beseeches him to take it.
[Sidenote E: She takes off her "girdle,"]
[Sidenote F: and beseeches him to take it.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
ely bi-so3t
[F] ? a3 hit vn-wor? i were, ? at he hit take wolde.
1836 & he nay ? at he nolde neghe in no wyse,
[G] Nau? er golde ne garysoun, er God hym grace sende,
To acheue to ? e chaunce ? at he hade chosen ? ere.
"& ? erfore, I pray yow, displese yow no3t,
1840 & lette3 be your bisinesse, for I bay? e hit yow neuer
to graunte;
I am derely to yow biholde,
Bi-cause of your sembelaunt,
1844 [H] & euer in hot & colde
To be your trwe seruaunt.
[Sidenote A: She offers him a gold ring,]
[Sidenote B: but he refuses to accept it,]
[Sidenote C: as he has none to give in return. ]
[Sidenote D: Very sorrowful was that fair one on account of his refusal.
]
[Sidenote E: She takes off her "girdle,"]
[Sidenote F: and beseeches him to take it. ]
[Sidenote G: Gawayne again refuses to accept anything,]
[Sidenote H: but promises, "ever in hot and in cold, to be her true
servant. "]
[Footnote 1: ryng (? ). ]
[Footnote 2: ? at ? at, in MS. ]
XXIX.
[A] "Now forsake 3e ? is silke. " sayde ? e burde ? enne,
"For hit is symple in hit-self. & so hit wel seme3?
1848 Lo! so hit is littel, & lasse hit is wor?
[F] ? a3 hit vn-wor? i were, ? at he hit take wolde.
1836 & he nay ? at he nolde neghe in no wyse,
[G] Nau? er golde ne garysoun, er God hym grace sende,
To acheue to ? e chaunce ? at he hade chosen ? ere.
"& ? erfore, I pray yow, displese yow no3t,
1840 & lette3 be your bisinesse, for I bay? e hit yow neuer
to graunte;
I am derely to yow biholde,
Bi-cause of your sembelaunt,
1844 [H] & euer in hot & colde
To be your trwe seruaunt.
[Sidenote A: She offers him a gold ring,]
[Sidenote B: but he refuses to accept it,]
[Sidenote C: as he has none to give in return. ]
[Sidenote D: Very sorrowful was that fair one on account of his refusal.
]
[Sidenote E: She takes off her "girdle,"]
[Sidenote F: and beseeches him to take it. ]
[Sidenote G: Gawayne again refuses to accept anything,]
[Sidenote H: but promises, "ever in hot and in cold, to be her true
servant. "]
[Footnote 1: ryng (? ). ]
[Footnote 2: ? at ? at, in MS. ]
XXIX.
[A] "Now forsake 3e ? is silke. " sayde ? e burde ? enne,
"For hit is symple in hit-self. & so hit wel seme3?
1848 Lo! so hit is littel, & lasse hit is wor?