at here bult of
Bretaygne
kynges
Ay wat3 Arthur ?
Ay wat3 Arthur ?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
e blysse & blunder
Ful skete hat3 skyfted synne.
[Sidenote A: After the siege of Troy]
[Sidenote B: Romulus built Rome,]
[Sidenote C: and Felix Brutus founded Britain,]
[Sidenote D: a land of war and wonder,]
[Sidenote E: and oft of bliss and blunder. ]
II.
20 Ande quen ? is Bretayn wat3 bigged bi ? is burn rych,
[A] Bolde bredden ? er-inne, baret ? at lofden,
In mony turned tyme tene ? at wro3ten;
Mo ferlyes on ? is folde han fallen here oft
24 [B] ? en in any o? er ? at I wot, syn ? at ilk tyme.
[C] Bot of alle ?
at here bult of Bretaygne kynges
Ay wat3 Arthur ? e hendest; as I haf herde telle;
For-? i an aunter in erde I attle to schawe, [Fol. 91b. ]
28 ? at a selly in si3t summe men hit holden,
& an outtrage awenture of Arthure3 wondere3;
[D] If 3e wyl lysten ? is laye bot on littel quile,
I schal telle hit, as-tit, as I in toun herde,
32 with tonge;
As hit is stad & stoken,
In stori stif & stronge,
With lel letteres loken,
36 In londe so hat3 ben longe.
[Sidenote A: Bold men increased in the Land,]
[Sidenote B: and many marvels happened. ]
[Sidenote C: Of all Britain's kings Arthur was the noblest. ]
[Sidenote D: Listen a while and ye shall hear the story of an "outrageous
adventure. "]
III.
[A] ? is kyng lay at Camylot vpon kryst-masse,
With mony luflych lorde, lede3 of ? e best,
[B] Rekenly of ? e rounde table alle ? o rich bre?
Ful skete hat3 skyfted synne.
[Sidenote A: After the siege of Troy]
[Sidenote B: Romulus built Rome,]
[Sidenote C: and Felix Brutus founded Britain,]
[Sidenote D: a land of war and wonder,]
[Sidenote E: and oft of bliss and blunder. ]
II.
20 Ande quen ? is Bretayn wat3 bigged bi ? is burn rych,
[A] Bolde bredden ? er-inne, baret ? at lofden,
In mony turned tyme tene ? at wro3ten;
Mo ferlyes on ? is folde han fallen here oft
24 [B] ? en in any o? er ? at I wot, syn ? at ilk tyme.
[C] Bot of alle ?
at here bult of Bretaygne kynges
Ay wat3 Arthur ? e hendest; as I haf herde telle;
For-? i an aunter in erde I attle to schawe, [Fol. 91b. ]
28 ? at a selly in si3t summe men hit holden,
& an outtrage awenture of Arthure3 wondere3;
[D] If 3e wyl lysten ? is laye bot on littel quile,
I schal telle hit, as-tit, as I in toun herde,
32 with tonge;
As hit is stad & stoken,
In stori stif & stronge,
With lel letteres loken,
36 In londe so hat3 ben longe.
[Sidenote A: Bold men increased in the Land,]
[Sidenote B: and many marvels happened. ]
[Sidenote C: Of all Britain's kings Arthur was the noblest. ]
[Sidenote D: Listen a while and ye shall hear the story of an "outrageous
adventure. "]
III.
[A] ? is kyng lay at Camylot vpon kryst-masse,
With mony luflych lorde, lede3 of ? e best,
[B] Rekenly of ? e rounde table alle ? o rich bre?
