e
plesaunce
of your prys, hit were a pure ioye.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
]
[Sidenote J: Other men are in their beds, so are my maidens. ]
[Sidenote K: The door is safely closed. ]
[Sidenote L: Since I have him in house that every one likes, I shall use my
time well while it lasts. ]
[Sidenote M: Ye are welcome to my body. ]
[Sidenote N: I shall be your servant. "]
[Footnote 1: This word is illegible in the MS. ]
V.
"In god fayth," quod Gawayn, "gayn hit me ? ynkke3,
[A] ? a3 I be not now he ? at 3e of speken;
To reche to such reuerence as 3e reherce here
1244 I am wy3e vn-wor? y, I wot wel my-seluen;
Bi God, I were glad, & yow god ? o3t,
[B] At sa3e o? er at seruyce ? at I sette my3t
To ?
e plesaunce of your prys, hit were a pure ioye. "
1248 "In god fayth, sir Gawayn," quod ? e gay lady,
"? e prys & ? e prowes ? at plese3 al o? er,
If I hit lakked, o? er set at ly3t, hit were littel daynte;
[C] Bot hit ar ladyes in-no3e, ? at leuer wer now? e
1252 Haf ? e hende in hor holde, as I ? e habbe here,
To daly witt derely your daynte worde3,
Keuer hem comfort, & colen her care3,
[D] ? en much of ? e garysourn o? er golde ? at[1] ?
[Sidenote J: Other men are in their beds, so are my maidens. ]
[Sidenote K: The door is safely closed. ]
[Sidenote L: Since I have him in house that every one likes, I shall use my
time well while it lasts. ]
[Sidenote M: Ye are welcome to my body. ]
[Sidenote N: I shall be your servant. "]
[Footnote 1: This word is illegible in the MS. ]
V.
"In god fayth," quod Gawayn, "gayn hit me ? ynkke3,
[A] ? a3 I be not now he ? at 3e of speken;
To reche to such reuerence as 3e reherce here
1244 I am wy3e vn-wor? y, I wot wel my-seluen;
Bi God, I were glad, & yow god ? o3t,
[B] At sa3e o? er at seruyce ? at I sette my3t
To ?
e plesaunce of your prys, hit were a pure ioye. "
1248 "In god fayth, sir Gawayn," quod ? e gay lady,
"? e prys & ? e prowes ? at plese3 al o? er,
If I hit lakked, o? er set at ly3t, hit were littel daynte;
[C] Bot hit ar ladyes in-no3e, ? at leuer wer now? e
1252 Haf ? e hende in hor holde, as I ? e habbe here,
To daly witt derely your daynte worde3,
Keuer hem comfort, & colen her care3,
[D] ? en much of ? e garysourn o? er golde ? at[1] ?