e
apparayl
of ?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
]
V.
[A] When he wat3 hasped in armes, his harnays wat3 ryche, [Fol. 99a. ]
? e lest lachet ou[? ]er loupe lemed of golde;
592 So harnayst as he wat3 he herkne3 his masse,
Offred & honoured at ? e he3e auter;
[B] Sy? en he come3 to ? e kyng & to his cort fere3,
Lache3 lufly his leue at lorde3 & ladye3;
596 & ? ay hym kyst & conueyed, bikende hym to kryst.
[C] Bi ? at wat3 Gryngolet grayth, & gurde with a sadel,
? at glemed ful gayly with mony golde frenges,
Ay quere naylet ful nwe for ? at note ryched;
600 ? e brydel barred aboute, with bry3t golde bounden;
[D] ?
e apparayl of ? e payttrure, & of ? e proude skyrte3,
? e cropore, & ? e couertor, acorded wyth ? e arsoune3;
& al wat3 rayled on red ryche golde nayle3,
604 ? at al glytered & glent as glem of ? e sunne.
[E] ? enne hentes he ? e holme, & hastily hit kysses,
? at wat3 stapled stifly, & stoffed wyth-inne:
Hit wat3 hy3e on his hede, hasped bihynde,
608 [F] Wyth a ly3tli vrysoun ouer ? e auentayle,
[G] Enbrawden & bounden wyth ? e best gemme3,
On brode sylkyn borde, & brydde3 on seme3,
As papiaye3 paynted pernyng bitwene,
612 Tortors & trulofe3 entayled so ? yk,
As mony burde ? er aboute had ben seuen wynter
in toune;
[H] ?
V.
[A] When he wat3 hasped in armes, his harnays wat3 ryche, [Fol. 99a. ]
? e lest lachet ou[? ]er loupe lemed of golde;
592 So harnayst as he wat3 he herkne3 his masse,
Offred & honoured at ? e he3e auter;
[B] Sy? en he come3 to ? e kyng & to his cort fere3,
Lache3 lufly his leue at lorde3 & ladye3;
596 & ? ay hym kyst & conueyed, bikende hym to kryst.
[C] Bi ? at wat3 Gryngolet grayth, & gurde with a sadel,
? at glemed ful gayly with mony golde frenges,
Ay quere naylet ful nwe for ? at note ryched;
600 ? e brydel barred aboute, with bry3t golde bounden;
[D] ?
e apparayl of ? e payttrure, & of ? e proude skyrte3,
? e cropore, & ? e couertor, acorded wyth ? e arsoune3;
& al wat3 rayled on red ryche golde nayle3,
604 ? at al glytered & glent as glem of ? e sunne.
[E] ? enne hentes he ? e holme, & hastily hit kysses,
? at wat3 stapled stifly, & stoffed wyth-inne:
Hit wat3 hy3e on his hede, hasped bihynde,
608 [F] Wyth a ly3tli vrysoun ouer ? e auentayle,
[G] Enbrawden & bounden wyth ? e best gemme3,
On brode sylkyn borde, & brydde3 on seme3,
As papiaye3 paynted pernyng bitwene,
612 Tortors & trulofe3 entayled so ? yk,
As mony burde ? er aboute had ben seuen wynter
in toune;
[H] ?
