[Sidenote A: The knight abides on the bank,]
[Sidenote B: and observes the "huge height,"]
[Sidenote C: with its battlements and watch towers.
[Sidenote B: and observes the "huge height,"]
[Sidenote C: with its battlements and watch towers.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
at fy3ed, & ferlyly long,
[E] With coruon coprounes, craftyly sle3e;
Chalk whyt chymnees ? er ches he in-no3e,
Vpon bastel roue3, ? at blenked ful quyte;
800 So mony pynakle payntet wat3 poudred ay quere,
Among ? e castel carnele3, clambred so ? ik,
? at pared out of papure purely hit semed.
[F] ? e fre freke on ? e fole hit fayr in-n[o]ghe ? o3t,
804 If he my3t keuer to com ? e cloyster wyth-inne,
To herber in ? at hostel, whyl halyday lested
auinant;
[G] He calde, & sone ? er com
808 A porter pure plesaunt,
On ? e wal his ernd he nome,
& haylsed ? e kny3t erraunt.
[Sidenote A: The knight abides on the bank,]
[Sidenote B: and observes the "huge height,"]
[Sidenote C: with its battlements and watch towers. ]
[Sidenote D: Bright and long were its round towers,]
[Sidenote E: with their well-made capitals. ]
[Sidenote F: He thinks it fair enough if he might only come within the
cloister. ]
[Sidenote G: He calls, and soon there comes a porter to know the knight's
errand. ]
XIV.
[A] "Gode sir," quod Gawan, "wolde3 ? ou go myn ernde,
812 To ? e he3 lorde of ? is hous, herber to craue? "
"3e, Peter," quod ? e porter, "& purely I trowe,[1] [Fol. 102. ]
[B] ? at 3e be, wy3e, welcum to won quyle yow lyke3. "
? en 3ede ?
[E] With coruon coprounes, craftyly sle3e;
Chalk whyt chymnees ? er ches he in-no3e,
Vpon bastel roue3, ? at blenked ful quyte;
800 So mony pynakle payntet wat3 poudred ay quere,
Among ? e castel carnele3, clambred so ? ik,
? at pared out of papure purely hit semed.
[F] ? e fre freke on ? e fole hit fayr in-n[o]ghe ? o3t,
804 If he my3t keuer to com ? e cloyster wyth-inne,
To herber in ? at hostel, whyl halyday lested
auinant;
[G] He calde, & sone ? er com
808 A porter pure plesaunt,
On ? e wal his ernd he nome,
& haylsed ? e kny3t erraunt.
[Sidenote A: The knight abides on the bank,]
[Sidenote B: and observes the "huge height,"]
[Sidenote C: with its battlements and watch towers. ]
[Sidenote D: Bright and long were its round towers,]
[Sidenote E: with their well-made capitals. ]
[Sidenote F: He thinks it fair enough if he might only come within the
cloister. ]
[Sidenote G: He calls, and soon there comes a porter to know the knight's
errand. ]
XIV.
[A] "Gode sir," quod Gawan, "wolde3 ? ou go myn ernde,
812 To ? e he3 lorde of ? is hous, herber to craue? "
"3e, Peter," quod ? e porter, "& purely I trowe,[1] [Fol. 102. ]
[B] ? at 3e be, wy3e, welcum to won quyle yow lyke3. "
? en 3ede ?
