e
styffest
to start bi stounde3 he made,
1568 Til at ?
1568 Til at ?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
e masse,
& si? en hor diner wat3 dy3t & derely serued. [Fol. 112. ]
1560 [B] ? e lede with ? e ladye3 layked alle day,
Bot ? e lorde ouer ? e londe3 launced ful ofte,
Swe3 his vncely swyn, ? at swynge3 bi ? e bonkke3,
[C] & bote ? e best of his brache3 ? e bakke3 in sunder;
1564 ? er he bode in his bay, tel[1] bawe-men hit breken,
& made[2] hym, maw-gref his bed, forto mwe vtter;
[D] So felle flone3 per flete, when ? e folk gedered;
Bot 3et ?
e styffest to start bi stounde3 he made,
1568 Til at ? e last he wat3 so mat, he my3t no more renne,
[E] Bot in ? e hast ? at he my3t, he to a hole wynne3,
Of a rasse, bi a rokk, ? er renne3 ? e boerne,
He gete ? e bonk at his bak, bigyne3 to scrape,
1572 [F] ? e fro? e femed[3] at his mouth vnfayre bi ? e wyke3,
Whette3 his whyte tusche3; with hym ? en irked
Alle ? e burne3 so bolde, ? at hym by stoden,
[G] To nye hym on-ferum, bot ne3e hym non durst
1576 for wo? e;
He hade hurt so mony byforne,
? at al ? u3t[4] ?
& si? en hor diner wat3 dy3t & derely serued. [Fol. 112. ]
1560 [B] ? e lede with ? e ladye3 layked alle day,
Bot ? e lorde ouer ? e londe3 launced ful ofte,
Swe3 his vncely swyn, ? at swynge3 bi ? e bonkke3,
[C] & bote ? e best of his brache3 ? e bakke3 in sunder;
1564 ? er he bode in his bay, tel[1] bawe-men hit breken,
& made[2] hym, maw-gref his bed, forto mwe vtter;
[D] So felle flone3 per flete, when ? e folk gedered;
Bot 3et ?
e styffest to start bi stounde3 he made,
1568 Til at ? e last he wat3 so mat, he my3t no more renne,
[E] Bot in ? e hast ? at he my3t, he to a hole wynne3,
Of a rasse, bi a rokk, ? er renne3 ? e boerne,
He gete ? e bonk at his bak, bigyne3 to scrape,
1572 [F] ? e fro? e femed[3] at his mouth vnfayre bi ? e wyke3,
Whette3 his whyte tusche3; with hym ? en irked
Alle ? e burne3 so bolde, ? at hym by stoden,
[G] To nye hym on-ferum, bot ne3e hym non durst
1576 for wo? e;
He hade hurt so mony byforne,
? at al ? u3t[4] ?