]
[Sidenote F: In this bright bower was noble bedding;]
[Sidenote G: the curtains were of pure silk with golden hems;]
[Sidenote H: Tarsic
tapestries
covered the walls and the floor.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
e,
?e burn of his bruny, & of his bry3t wede3;
[J] Ryche robes ful rad renkke3 hem[3] bro3ten,
For to charge, & to chaunge, & chose of ?e best.
864 Sone as he on hent, & happed ?er-inne,
?at sete on hym[4] semly, wyth saylande skyrte3,
[K] ?e ver by his uisage verayly hit semed
Wel ne3 to vche ha?el alle on hwes,
868 Lowande & lufly, alle his lymme3 vnder,
[L] ?at a comloker kny3t neuer Kryst made,
hem ?o3t;
Whe?en in worlde he were,
872 Hit semed as he my3t
Be prynce with-outen pere,
In felde ?er felle men fy3t.
[Sidenote A: Gawayne looks on his host;]
[Sidenote B: a big bold one he seemed.]
[Sidenote C: Beaver-hued was his broad beard,]
[Sidenote D: and his face as "fell as the fire."]
[Sidenote E: The lord leads Gawayne to a chamber, and assigns him a page to
wait upon him.
]
[Sidenote F: In this bright bower was noble bedding;]
[Sidenote G: the curtains were of pure silk with golden hems;]
[Sidenote H: Tarsic
tapestries
covered the walls and the floor.
]
[Sidenote I: Here the knight doffed his armour,]
[Sidenote J: and put on rich robes,]
[Sidenote K: which well became him.]
[Sidenote L: A more comely knight Christ never made.]
[Footnote 1: eldee, MS.]
[Footnote 2: clesly, MS.]
[Footnote 3: hym (?).]
[Footnote 4: MS. hyn.]
XVI.
[A] A cheyer by-fore ?e chemne, ?er charcole brenned,
876 Wat3 gray?ed for sir Gawan, gray?ely with clo?e3,
Whyssynes vpon queldepoyntes, ?
