[Sidenote A: With a laughing glance, she says,]
[Sidenote B: "I am doubtful whether ye be Gawayne.
[Sidenote B: "I am doubtful whether ye be Gawayne.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
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[E] Ho comes nerre with ? at, & cache3 hym in arme3,
Loute3 luflych adoun, & ? e leude kysse3;
? ay comly bykennen to Kryst ay? er o? er;
1308 Ho dos hir forth at ? e dore, with-outen dyn more.
& he ryches hym to ryse, & rapes hym sone,
[F] Clepes to his chamberlayn, choses his wede,
Bo3e3 forth, quen he wat3 boun, bly? ely to masse,
1312 & ? enne he meued to his mete, ? at menskly hym keped,
[G] & made myry al day til ? e mone rysed,
with game;
With[3] neuer freke fayrer fonge,
1316 [H] Bitwene two so dyngne dame,
? e alder & ? e 3onge,
Much solace set ? ay same.
[Sidenote A: With a laughing glance, she says,]
[Sidenote B: "I am doubtful whether ye be Gawayne. ]
[Sidenote C: Were it he, surely, ere this, he would have craved a kiss. "]
[Sidenote D: "I shall kiss," says the knight, "at your commandment. "]
[Sidenote E: With that the lady catches him in her arms and kisses him. ]
[Sidenote F: Gawayne then rises and goes to mass. ]
[Sidenote G: He makes mirth all day till the moon rises,]
[Sidenote H: between the "two dames," the older and the younger. ]
[Footnote 1: fere (? ). ]
[Footnote 2: fo, in MS. ]
[Footnote 3: Was (? ) Nas (? ). ]
VIII.
[A] And ay ? e lorde of ? e londe is lent on his gamne3,
1320 To hunt in holte3 & he?
[E] Ho comes nerre with ? at, & cache3 hym in arme3,
Loute3 luflych adoun, & ? e leude kysse3;
? ay comly bykennen to Kryst ay? er o? er;
1308 Ho dos hir forth at ? e dore, with-outen dyn more.
& he ryches hym to ryse, & rapes hym sone,
[F] Clepes to his chamberlayn, choses his wede,
Bo3e3 forth, quen he wat3 boun, bly? ely to masse,
1312 & ? enne he meued to his mete, ? at menskly hym keped,
[G] & made myry al day til ? e mone rysed,
with game;
With[3] neuer freke fayrer fonge,
1316 [H] Bitwene two so dyngne dame,
? e alder & ? e 3onge,
Much solace set ? ay same.
[Sidenote A: With a laughing glance, she says,]
[Sidenote B: "I am doubtful whether ye be Gawayne. ]
[Sidenote C: Were it he, surely, ere this, he would have craved a kiss. "]
[Sidenote D: "I shall kiss," says the knight, "at your commandment. "]
[Sidenote E: With that the lady catches him in her arms and kisses him. ]
[Sidenote F: Gawayne then rises and goes to mass. ]
[Sidenote G: He makes mirth all day till the moon rises,]
[Sidenote H: between the "two dames," the older and the younger. ]
[Footnote 1: fere (? ). ]
[Footnote 2: fo, in MS. ]
[Footnote 3: Was (? ) Nas (? ). ]
VIII.
[A] And ay ? e lorde of ? e londe is lent on his gamne3,
1320 To hunt in holte3 & he?