e myry mon, "Mary yow 3elde,
1264 For I haf founden, in god fayth, yowre
fraunchis
nobele,
& o?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
108.]
[E] ?e kny3t with speches skere,
A[n]swared to vche a cace.
[Sidenote A: "I am unworthy," says Sir Gawayne, "to reach to such reverence
as ye rehearse.]
[Sidenote B: I shall be glad, however, to please you by word, or service."]
[Sidenote C: "There are ladies," says his visitor, "who would prefer thy
company]
[Sidenote D: to much of the gold that they possess."]
[Sidenote E: The knight answers the lady's questions.]
[Footnote 1: MS. ?at ?at.]
[Footnote 2: louie or loune (?).]
VI.
[A] "Madame," quod ?
e myry mon, "Mary yow 3elde,
1264 For I haf founden, in god fayth, yowre
fraunchis
nobele,
& o?
er ful much of o?er folk fongen hor dede3;
Bot ?e daynte ?at ?ay delen for my disert nysen,
Hit is ?e worchyp of your-self, ?at no3t hot wel conne3."
1268 [B] "Bi Mary," quod ?e menskful, "me ?ynk hit ano?er;
For were I worth al ?e wone of wymmen alyue,
& al ?e wele of ?e worlde were in my honde,
[C] & I schulde chepen & chose, to cheue me a lorde,
1272 For ?e costes ?
