[A] Thenne wat3
Gryngolet
gray?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
ay were,
& ? a3 ? e glyterande golde glent vpon ende3,
2040 [E] Bot forto sauen hym-self, when suffer hym by-houed,
To byde bale with-oute dabate, of bronde hym to were,
o? er knyffe;
Bi ? at ? e bolde mon boun,
2044 Wynne3 ? eroute bilyue,
[F] Alle ? e meyny of renoun,
He ? onkke3 ofte ful ryue.
[Sidenote A: While he clothed himself in his rich weeds,]
[Sidenote B: he forgot not the "lace," the lady's gift,]
[Sidenote C: but with it doubly girded his loins. ]
[Sidenote D: He wore it not for its rich ornaments,]
[Sidenote E: "but to save himself when it behoved him to suffer. "]
[Sidenote F: All the renowned assembly he thanks full oft. ]
[Footnote 1: vertuous (? ). ]
III.
[A] Thenne wat3 Gryngolet gray? e, ? at gret wat3 & huge, [Fol. 118b. ]
2048 & hade ben soiourned sauerly, & in a siker wyse,
[B] Hym lyst prik for poynt, ? at proude hors ? enne;
? e wy3e wynne3 hym to, & wyte3 on his lyre,
& sayde soberly hym-self, & by his soth swere3,
2052 "Here is a meyny in ? is mote, ? at on menske ? enkke3,
[C] ? e mon hem maynteines, ioy mot ? ay haue;
? e leue lady, on lyue luf hir bityde;
3if ? ay for charyte cherysen a gest,
2056 & halden honour in her honde, ? e ha?
& ? a3 ? e glyterande golde glent vpon ende3,
2040 [E] Bot forto sauen hym-self, when suffer hym by-houed,
To byde bale with-oute dabate, of bronde hym to were,
o? er knyffe;
Bi ? at ? e bolde mon boun,
2044 Wynne3 ? eroute bilyue,
[F] Alle ? e meyny of renoun,
He ? onkke3 ofte ful ryue.
[Sidenote A: While he clothed himself in his rich weeds,]
[Sidenote B: he forgot not the "lace," the lady's gift,]
[Sidenote C: but with it doubly girded his loins. ]
[Sidenote D: He wore it not for its rich ornaments,]
[Sidenote E: "but to save himself when it behoved him to suffer. "]
[Sidenote F: All the renowned assembly he thanks full oft. ]
[Footnote 1: vertuous (? ). ]
III.
[A] Thenne wat3 Gryngolet gray? e, ? at gret wat3 & huge, [Fol. 118b. ]
2048 & hade ben soiourned sauerly, & in a siker wyse,
[B] Hym lyst prik for poynt, ? at proude hors ? enne;
? e wy3e wynne3 hym to, & wyte3 on his lyre,
& sayde soberly hym-self, & by his soth swere3,
2052 "Here is a meyny in ? is mote, ? at on menske ? enkke3,
[C] ? e mon hem maynteines, ioy mot ? ay haue;
? e leue lady, on lyue luf hir bityde;
3if ? ay for charyte cherysen a gest,
2056 & halden honour in her honde, ? e ha?
