e freke meled,--
[G] "Corsed worth cowarddyse & couetyse bo?
[G] "Corsed worth cowarddyse & couetyse bo?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
er gay kny3te3.
[D] Bot here you lakked a lyttel, sir, & lewte yow wonted,
Bot ? at wat3 for no wylyde werke, ne wowyng nau? er,
2368 [E] Bot for 3e lufed your lyf, ? e lasse I yow blame. "
? at o? er stif mon in study stod a gret whyle;
So agreued for greme he gryed with-inne,
[F] Alle ? e blode of his brest blende in his face,
2372 ? at al he schrank for schome, ? at ? e schalk talked.
? e forme worde vpon folde, ? at ?
e freke meled,--
[G] "Corsed worth cowarddyse & couetyse bo? e!
In yow is vylany & vyse, ? at vertue disstrye3. "
2376 [H] ? enne he ka3t to ? e knot, & ? e kest lawse3,
Brayde bro? ely ? e belt to ? e burne seluen:
"Lo! ? er ? e falssyng, foule mot hit falle!
[I] For care of ? y knokke cowardyse me ta3t
2380 To a-corde me with couetyse, my kynde to for-sake,
?
[D] Bot here you lakked a lyttel, sir, & lewte yow wonted,
Bot ? at wat3 for no wylyde werke, ne wowyng nau? er,
2368 [E] Bot for 3e lufed your lyf, ? e lasse I yow blame. "
? at o? er stif mon in study stod a gret whyle;
So agreued for greme he gryed with-inne,
[F] Alle ? e blode of his brest blende in his face,
2372 ? at al he schrank for schome, ? at ? e schalk talked.
? e forme worde vpon folde, ? at ?
e freke meled,--
[G] "Corsed worth cowarddyse & couetyse bo? e!
In yow is vylany & vyse, ? at vertue disstrye3. "
2376 [H] ? enne he ka3t to ? e knot, & ? e kest lawse3,
Brayde bro? ely ? e belt to ? e burne seluen:
"Lo! ? er ? e falssyng, foule mot hit falle!
[I] For care of ? y knokke cowardyse me ta3t
2380 To a-corde me with couetyse, my kynde to for-sake,
?