at louked ful clene;
A better barbican ?
A better barbican ?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
]
[Sidenote D: It shone as the sun through the bright oaks. ]
[Sidenote E: Sir Gawayne goes to the chief gate,]
[Sidenote F: and finds the draw-bridge raised, and the gates shut fast. ]
XIII.
[A] ? e burne bode on bonk, ? at on blonk houed,
Of ? e depe double dich ? at drof to ? e place,
? e walle wod in ? e water wonderly depe,
788 [B] Ande eft a ful huge he3t hit haled vpon lofte,
Of harde hewen ston vp to ? e table3,
[C] Enbaned vnder ? e abataylment, in ? e best lawe;
& sy? en garyte3 ful gaye gered bi-twene,
792 Wyth mony luflych loupe, ?
at louked ful clene;
A better barbican ? at burne blusched vpon neuer;
& innermore he be-helde ? at halle ful hy3e,
[D] Towre telded bytwene trochet ful ? ik,
796 Fayre fylyole3 ? at fy3ed, & ferlyly long,
[E] With coruon coprounes, craftyly sle3e;
Chalk whyt chymnees ? er ches he in-no3e,
Vpon bastel roue3, ? at blenked ful quyte;
800 So mony pynakle payntet wat3 poudred ay quere,
Among ? e castel carnele3, clambred so ? ik,
? at pared out of papure purely hit semed.
[F] ? e fre freke on ? e fole hit fayr in-n[o]ghe ? o3t,
804 If he my3t keuer to com ? e cloyster wyth-inne,
To herber in ? at hostel, whyl halyday lested
auinant;
[G] He calde, & sone ?
[Sidenote D: It shone as the sun through the bright oaks. ]
[Sidenote E: Sir Gawayne goes to the chief gate,]
[Sidenote F: and finds the draw-bridge raised, and the gates shut fast. ]
XIII.
[A] ? e burne bode on bonk, ? at on blonk houed,
Of ? e depe double dich ? at drof to ? e place,
? e walle wod in ? e water wonderly depe,
788 [B] Ande eft a ful huge he3t hit haled vpon lofte,
Of harde hewen ston vp to ? e table3,
[C] Enbaned vnder ? e abataylment, in ? e best lawe;
& sy? en garyte3 ful gaye gered bi-twene,
792 Wyth mony luflych loupe, ?
at louked ful clene;
A better barbican ? at burne blusched vpon neuer;
& innermore he be-helde ? at halle ful hy3e,
[D] Towre telded bytwene trochet ful ? ik,
796 Fayre fylyole3 ? at fy3ed, & ferlyly long,
[E] With coruon coprounes, craftyly sle3e;
Chalk whyt chymnees ? er ches he in-no3e,
Vpon bastel roue3, ? at blenked ful quyte;
800 So mony pynakle payntet wat3 poudred ay quere,
Among ? e castel carnele3, clambred so ? ik,
? at pared out of papure purely hit semed.
[F] ? e fre freke on ? e fole hit fayr in-n[o]ghe ? o3t,
804 If he my3t keuer to com ? e cloyster wyth-inne,
To herber in ? at hostel, whyl halyday lested
auinant;
[G] He calde, & sone ?
