e kny3t totes,
Sir Wawen her welcumed wor?
Sir Wawen her welcumed wor?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
is day wyth ?
is ilk dede ?
ay dryuen on ?
is wyse,
Whyle oure luflych lede lys in his bedde,
[G] Gawayn gray? ely at home, in gere3 ful ryche
of hewe;
1472 ? e lady no3t for3ate,
Com to hym to salue,
Ful erly ho wat3 hym ate,
His mode forto remwe.
[Sidenote A: The bowmen send their arrows after this wild swine,]
[Sidenote B: but they glide off shivered in pieces. ]
[Sidenote C: Enraged with the blows,]
[Sidenote D: he attacks the hunters. ]
[Sidenote E: The lord of the land blows his bugle,]
[Sidenote F: and pursues the boar. ]
[Sidenote G: All this time Gawayne lies a-bed. ]
[Footnote 1: The MS. is here almost illegible. ]
XIV.
1476 [A] Ho commes to ? e cortyn, & at ?
e kny3t totes,
Sir Wawen her welcumed wor? y on fyrst,
& ho hym 3elde3 a3ayn, ful 3erne of hir worde3,
[B] Sette3 hir sof[t]ly by his syde, & swy? ely ho la3e3,
1480 & wyth a luflych loke ho layde[1] hym ? yse worde3:
"Sir, 3if 3e be Wawen, wonder me ? ynkke3,
Wy3e ? at is so wel wrast alway to god,
& conne3 not of compaynye ? e coste3 vnder-take,
1484 & if mon kennes yow hom to knowe, 3e kest hom of your mynde;[Fol. ]
[C] ? ou hat3 for-3eten 3ederly ? at 3isterday I ta3tte [111]
alder-truest token of talk ? at I cow? e. "
"What is ? at? " quod ? e wyghe, "I-wysse I wot neuer,
1488 If hit be sothe ?
Whyle oure luflych lede lys in his bedde,
[G] Gawayn gray? ely at home, in gere3 ful ryche
of hewe;
1472 ? e lady no3t for3ate,
Com to hym to salue,
Ful erly ho wat3 hym ate,
His mode forto remwe.
[Sidenote A: The bowmen send their arrows after this wild swine,]
[Sidenote B: but they glide off shivered in pieces. ]
[Sidenote C: Enraged with the blows,]
[Sidenote D: he attacks the hunters. ]
[Sidenote E: The lord of the land blows his bugle,]
[Sidenote F: and pursues the boar. ]
[Sidenote G: All this time Gawayne lies a-bed. ]
[Footnote 1: The MS. is here almost illegible. ]
XIV.
1476 [A] Ho commes to ? e cortyn, & at ?
e kny3t totes,
Sir Wawen her welcumed wor? y on fyrst,
& ho hym 3elde3 a3ayn, ful 3erne of hir worde3,
[B] Sette3 hir sof[t]ly by his syde, & swy? ely ho la3e3,
1480 & wyth a luflych loke ho layde[1] hym ? yse worde3:
"Sir, 3if 3e be Wawen, wonder me ? ynkke3,
Wy3e ? at is so wel wrast alway to god,
& conne3 not of compaynye ? e coste3 vnder-take,
1484 & if mon kennes yow hom to knowe, 3e kest hom of your mynde;[Fol. ]
[C] ? ou hat3 for-3eten 3ederly ? at 3isterday I ta3tte [111]
alder-truest token of talk ? at I cow? e. "
"What is ? at? " quod ? e wyghe, "I-wysse I wot neuer,
1488 If hit be sothe ?
