Bot on I wolde yow pray,
displeses
yow neuer;
2440 Syn 3e be lorde of ?
2440 Syn 3e be lorde of ?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
? at wyl I welde wyth good wylle, not for ? e wynne golde,
Ne ? e saynt, ne ? e sylk, ne ? e syde pendaundes,
2432 For wele, ne for worchyp, ne for ? e wlonk werkke3,
[B] Bot in syngne of my surfet I schal se hit ofte;
When I ride in renoun, remorde to myseluen
? e faut & ? e fayntyse of ? e flesche crabbed,
2436 How tender hit is to entyse teches of fyl? e;
[C] & ? us, quen pryde schal me pryk, for prowes of armes,
[D] ? e loke to ? is luf lace schal le? e my hert.
Bot on I wolde yow pray, displeses yow neuer;
2440 Syn 3e be lorde of ? e 3onde[r] londe, ? er I haf lent inne,
Wyth yow wyth worschyp,--? e wy3e hit yow 3elde
? at vp-halde3 ? e heuen, & on hy3 sitte3,--
[E] How norne 3e yowre ry3t nome, & ? enne no more? "
2444 "? at schal I telle ? e trwly," quod ? at o? er ? enne,
[F] "Bernlak de Hautdesert I hat in ? is londe,
? ur3 my3t of Morgne la Faye, ? at in my hous lenges,
&[1] koyntyse of clergye, bi craftes wel lerned,
2448 ?