u3t,
To lede a lortschyp in lee of leude3 ful gode.
To lede a lortschyp in lee of leude3 ful gode.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
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XV.
[A] Gawayn gly3t on ? e gome ? at godly hym gret,
[B] & ? u3t hit a bolde burne ? at ? e bur3 a3te,
844 A hoge ha? el for ? e none3, & of hyghe elde;[1]
[C] Brode bry3t wat3 his berde, & al beuer hwed,
Sturne stif on ? e stry? ? e on stal-worth schonke3,
[D] Felle face as ? e fyre, & fre of hys speche;
848 & wel hym semed for so? e, as ? e segge ?
u3t,
To lede a lortschyp in lee of leude3 ful gode.
[E] ? e lorde hym charred to a chambre, & chefly cumaunde3[2] [Fol. ]
To delyuer hym a leude, hym lo3ly to serue; [102b. ]
852 & ? ere were boun at his bode burne3 in-no3e,
[F] ? at bro3t hym to a bry3t boure, ? er beddyng wat3 noble,
Of cortynes of clene sylk, wyth cler golde hemme3,
[G] & couertore3 ful curious, with comlych pane3,
856 Of bry3t blaunnier a-boue enbrawded bisyde3,
Rudele3 rennande on rope3, red golde rynge3,
[H] Tapyte3 ty3t to ? e wo3e, of tuly & tars,
& vnder fete, on ? e flet, of fol3ande sute.
860 [I] ? er he wat3 dispoyled, wyth speche3 of myer? e,
? e burn of his bruny, & of his bry3t wede3;
[J] Ryche robes ful rad renkke3 hem[3] bro3ten,
For to charge, & to chaunge, & chose of ? e best.
864 Sone as he on hent, & happed ?
XV.
[A] Gawayn gly3t on ? e gome ? at godly hym gret,
[B] & ? u3t hit a bolde burne ? at ? e bur3 a3te,
844 A hoge ha? el for ? e none3, & of hyghe elde;[1]
[C] Brode bry3t wat3 his berde, & al beuer hwed,
Sturne stif on ? e stry? ? e on stal-worth schonke3,
[D] Felle face as ? e fyre, & fre of hys speche;
848 & wel hym semed for so? e, as ? e segge ?
u3t,
To lede a lortschyp in lee of leude3 ful gode.
[E] ? e lorde hym charred to a chambre, & chefly cumaunde3[2] [Fol. ]
To delyuer hym a leude, hym lo3ly to serue; [102b. ]
852 & ? ere were boun at his bode burne3 in-no3e,
[F] ? at bro3t hym to a bry3t boure, ? er beddyng wat3 noble,
Of cortynes of clene sylk, wyth cler golde hemme3,
[G] & couertore3 ful curious, with comlych pane3,
856 Of bry3t blaunnier a-boue enbrawded bisyde3,
Rudele3 rennande on rope3, red golde rynge3,
[H] Tapyte3 ty3t to ? e wo3e, of tuly & tars,
& vnder fete, on ? e flet, of fol3ande sute.
860 [I] ? er he wat3 dispoyled, wyth speche3 of myer? e,
? e burn of his bruny, & of his bry3t wede3;
[J] Ryche robes ful rad renkke3 hem[3] bro3ten,
For to charge, & to chaunge, & chose of ? e best.
864 Sone as he on hent, & happed ?
