[Sidenote A: Then was it fine sport to listen to the hounds,]
[Sidenote B: and the hallooing of the hunters.
[Sidenote B: and the hallooing of the hunters.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
e ha3er stones
Trased aboute hir tressour, be twenty in clusteres;
1740 [H] Hir ? ryuen face & hir ? rote ? rowen al naked,
Hir brest bare bifore, & bihinde eke.
[I] Ho come3 with-inne ? e chambre dore, & closes hit hir after,
[J] Wayne3[1] vp a wyndow, & on ? e wy3e calle3,
1744 & radly ? us re-hayted hym, with hir riche worde3,
with[2] chere;
[K] "A! mon, how may ? ou slepe,
[L] ? is morning is so clere? " [Fol. 114b. ]
1748 He wat3 in drowping depe,
Bot ? enne he con hir here.
[Sidenote A: Then was it fine sport to listen to the hounds,]
[Sidenote B: and the hallooing of the hunters. ]
[Sidenote C: There the fox was threatened and called a thief. ]
[Sidenote D: But Reynard was wily,]
[Sidenote E: and led them astray over mounts. ]
[Sidenote F: Meanwhile the knight at home soundly sleeps within his comely
curtains. ]
[Sidenote G: The lady of the castle, clothed in a rich mantle,]
[Sidenote H: her throat and bosom all bare,]
[Sidenote I: comes to Gawayne's chamber,]
[Sidenote J: opens a window, and says,]
[Sidenote K: "Ah! man, how canst thou sleep,]
[Sidenote L: this morning is so clear? "]
[Footnote 1: wayue3(? ). ]
[Footnote 2: bi, a sec. manu. ]
XXV.
[A] In dre3 droupyng of dreme draueled ? at noble,
As mon ? at wat3 in mornyng of mony ? ro ? o3tes,
1752 How ?
Trased aboute hir tressour, be twenty in clusteres;
1740 [H] Hir ? ryuen face & hir ? rote ? rowen al naked,
Hir brest bare bifore, & bihinde eke.
[I] Ho come3 with-inne ? e chambre dore, & closes hit hir after,
[J] Wayne3[1] vp a wyndow, & on ? e wy3e calle3,
1744 & radly ? us re-hayted hym, with hir riche worde3,
with[2] chere;
[K] "A! mon, how may ? ou slepe,
[L] ? is morning is so clere? " [Fol. 114b. ]
1748 He wat3 in drowping depe,
Bot ? enne he con hir here.
[Sidenote A: Then was it fine sport to listen to the hounds,]
[Sidenote B: and the hallooing of the hunters. ]
[Sidenote C: There the fox was threatened and called a thief. ]
[Sidenote D: But Reynard was wily,]
[Sidenote E: and led them astray over mounts. ]
[Sidenote F: Meanwhile the knight at home soundly sleeps within his comely
curtains. ]
[Sidenote G: The lady of the castle, clothed in a rich mantle,]
[Sidenote H: her throat and bosom all bare,]
[Sidenote I: comes to Gawayne's chamber,]
[Sidenote J: opens a window, and says,]
[Sidenote K: "Ah! man, how canst thou sleep,]
[Sidenote L: this morning is so clear? "]
[Footnote 1: wayue3(? ). ]
[Footnote 2: bi, a sec. manu. ]
XXV.
[A] In dre3 droupyng of dreme draueled ? at noble,
As mon ? at wat3 in mornyng of mony ? ro ? o3tes,
1752 How ?
