]
[Sidenote A: Many a cliff he climbed over;]
[Sidenote B: many a ford and stream he crossed, and everywhere he found a
foe.
[Sidenote A: Many a cliff he climbed over;]
[Sidenote B: many a ford and stream he crossed, and everywhere he found a
foe.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
e;
Ner slayn wyth ? e slete he sleped in his yrnes,
Mo ny3te3 ? en in-noghe in naked rokke3,
? er as claterande fro ? e crest ? e colde borne renne3,
732 & henged he3e ouer his hede in hard ysse-ikkles.
[H] ? us in peryl, & payne, & plytes ful harde,
Bi contray carye3 ? is kny3t, tyl kryst-masse euen,
al one;
736 ? e kny3t wel ? at tyde,
[I] To Mary made his mone.
? at ho hym red to ryde,
& wysse hym to sum wone. [Fol. 101.
]
[Sidenote A: Many a cliff he climbed over;]
[Sidenote B: many a ford and stream he crossed, and everywhere he found a
foe. ]
[Sidenote C: It were too tedious to tell the tenth part of his adventures]
[Sidenote D: with serpents, wolves, and wild men;]
[Sidenote E: with bulls, bears, and boars. ]
[Sidenote F: Had he not been both brave and good, doubtless he had been
dead. ]
[Sidenote G: The sharp winter was far worse than any war that ever troubled
him. ]
[Sidenote H: Thus in peril he travels till Christmas-eve. ]
[Sidenote I: To the Virgin Mary he prays to guide him to some abode. ]
XI.
740 [A] Bi a mounte on ? e morne meryly he rydes,
Into a forest ful dep, ? at ferly wat3 wylde,
Hi3e hille3 on vche a halue, & holt wode3 vnder,
[B] Of hore oke3 fill hoge a hundreth to-geder;
744 ? e hasel & ? e ha3-? orne were harled al samen,
With ro3e raged mosse rayled ay-where,
[C] With mony brydde3 vnbly? e vpon bare twyges,
? at pitosly ? er piped for pyne of ?
Ner slayn wyth ? e slete he sleped in his yrnes,
Mo ny3te3 ? en in-noghe in naked rokke3,
? er as claterande fro ? e crest ? e colde borne renne3,
732 & henged he3e ouer his hede in hard ysse-ikkles.
[H] ? us in peryl, & payne, & plytes ful harde,
Bi contray carye3 ? is kny3t, tyl kryst-masse euen,
al one;
736 ? e kny3t wel ? at tyde,
[I] To Mary made his mone.
? at ho hym red to ryde,
& wysse hym to sum wone. [Fol. 101.
]
[Sidenote A: Many a cliff he climbed over;]
[Sidenote B: many a ford and stream he crossed, and everywhere he found a
foe. ]
[Sidenote C: It were too tedious to tell the tenth part of his adventures]
[Sidenote D: with serpents, wolves, and wild men;]
[Sidenote E: with bulls, bears, and boars. ]
[Sidenote F: Had he not been both brave and good, doubtless he had been
dead. ]
[Sidenote G: The sharp winter was far worse than any war that ever troubled
him. ]
[Sidenote H: Thus in peril he travels till Christmas-eve. ]
[Sidenote I: To the Virgin Mary he prays to guide him to some abode. ]
XI.
740 [A] Bi a mounte on ? e morne meryly he rydes,
Into a forest ful dep, ? at ferly wat3 wylde,
Hi3e hille3 on vche a halue, & holt wode3 vnder,
[B] Of hore oke3 fill hoge a hundreth to-geder;
744 ? e hasel & ? e ha3-? orne were harled al samen,
With ro3e raged mosse rayled ay-where,
[C] With mony brydde3 vnbly? e vpon bare twyges,
? at pitosly ? er piped for pyne of ?
