"
[Sidenote A: "I would learn," she says, "why you, who are so young and
active,]
[Sidenote B: so skilled in the true sport of love,]
[Sidenote C: and so renowned a knight,]
[Sidenote D: have never talked to me of love.
[Sidenote A: "I would learn," she says, "why you, who are so young and
active,]
[Sidenote B: so skilled in the true sport of love,]
[Sidenote C: and so renowned a knight,]
[Sidenote D: have never talked to me of love.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
is tenelyng of ?
is trwe kny3te3,
Hit is ? e tytelet, token, & tyxt of her werkke3,
1516 How le[des] for her lele luf hor lyue3 han auntered,
Endured for her drury dulful stounde3,
& after wenged with her walour & voyded her care,
[C] & bro3t blysse in-to boure, with bountees hor awen.
1520 & 3e ar kny3t com-lokest kyd of your elde,
Your worde & your worchip walke3 ay quere, [Fol. 111b. ]
& I haf seten by your-self here sere twyes,
[D] 3et herde I neuer of your hed helde no worde3
1524 ? at euer longed to luf, lasse ne more;
[E] & 3e, ? at ar so cortays & coynt of your hetes,
Oghe to a 3onke ? ynk 3ern to schewe,
& teche sum tokene3 of trweluf craftes.
1528 Why ar 3e lewed, ? at alle ? e los welde3,
O? er elles 3e demen me to dille, your dalyaunce to herken?
for schame!
I com hider sengel, & sitte,
1532 To lerne at yow sum game,
[F] Dos, teche3 me of your wytte,
Whil my lorde is fro hame.
"
[Sidenote A: "I would learn," she says, "why you, who are so young and
active,]
[Sidenote B: so skilled in the true sport of love,]
[Sidenote C: and so renowned a knight,]
[Sidenote D: have never talked to me of love. ]
[Sidenote E: You ought to show a young thing like me some token of
'true-love's crafts. ']
[Sidenote F: So teach me of your 'wit' while my lord is from home. "]
[Footnote 1: wolde (? ). ]
[Footnote 2: In (? ). ]
XVI.
[A] "In goud fay? e," quod Gawayn, "God yow for3elde,
1536 Gret is ? e gode gle, & gomen to me huge,
? at so wor? y as 3e wolde wynne hidere,
& pyne yow with so pouer a mon, as play wyth your kny3t,
With any skynne3 countenaunce, hit keuere3 me ese;
1540 [B] Bot to take ? e toruayle[1] to my-self, to trwluf expoun,
& towche ? e teme3 of tyxt, & tale3 of arme3,
To yow ? at, I wot wel, welde3 more sly3t
Of ?
Hit is ? e tytelet, token, & tyxt of her werkke3,
1516 How le[des] for her lele luf hor lyue3 han auntered,
Endured for her drury dulful stounde3,
& after wenged with her walour & voyded her care,
[C] & bro3t blysse in-to boure, with bountees hor awen.
1520 & 3e ar kny3t com-lokest kyd of your elde,
Your worde & your worchip walke3 ay quere, [Fol. 111b. ]
& I haf seten by your-self here sere twyes,
[D] 3et herde I neuer of your hed helde no worde3
1524 ? at euer longed to luf, lasse ne more;
[E] & 3e, ? at ar so cortays & coynt of your hetes,
Oghe to a 3onke ? ynk 3ern to schewe,
& teche sum tokene3 of trweluf craftes.
1528 Why ar 3e lewed, ? at alle ? e los welde3,
O? er elles 3e demen me to dille, your dalyaunce to herken?
for schame!
I com hider sengel, & sitte,
1532 To lerne at yow sum game,
[F] Dos, teche3 me of your wytte,
Whil my lorde is fro hame.
"
[Sidenote A: "I would learn," she says, "why you, who are so young and
active,]
[Sidenote B: so skilled in the true sport of love,]
[Sidenote C: and so renowned a knight,]
[Sidenote D: have never talked to me of love. ]
[Sidenote E: You ought to show a young thing like me some token of
'true-love's crafts. ']
[Sidenote F: So teach me of your 'wit' while my lord is from home. "]
[Footnote 1: wolde (? ). ]
[Footnote 2: In (? ). ]
XVI.
[A] "In goud fay? e," quod Gawayn, "God yow for3elde,
1536 Gret is ? e gode gle, & gomen to me huge,
? at so wor? y as 3e wolde wynne hidere,
& pyne yow with so pouer a mon, as play wyth your kny3t,
With any skynne3 countenaunce, hit keuere3 me ese;
1540 [B] Bot to take ? e toruayle[1] to my-self, to trwluf expoun,
& towche ? e teme3 of tyxt, & tale3 of arme3,
To yow ? at, I wot wel, welde3 more sly3t
Of ?
