]
[Sidenote E: Our knight consents to remain for another night.
[Sidenote E: Our knight consents to remain for another night.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
rid tyme ?
rowe best ?
enk on ?
e morne,
Make we mery quyl we may, & mynne vpon Ioye,
For ? e lur may mon lach, when so mon lyke3. "
? is wat3 gray? ely graunted, & Gawayn is lenged,
1684 [E] Bli? e bro3t wat3 hym drynk, & ? ay to bedde 3eden,
with li3t;
[F] Sir G: lis & slepes,
Ful stille & softe al ni3t;
1688 [G] ? e lorde ? at his crafte3 kepes,
Ful erly he wat3 di3t.
[Sidenote A: There they drank and discoursed. ]
[Sidenote B: Gawayne begs leave to depart on the morrow. ]
[Sidenote C: His host swears to him,]
[Sidenote D: that he shall come to the Green Chapel on New Year's morn long
before prime.
]
[Sidenote E: Our knight consents to remain for another night. ]
[Sidenote F: Full still and softly he sleeps all night. ]
[Sidenote G: Early in the morning the lord is up. ]
[Footnote 1: te (? ). ]
XXIII.
[A] After messe a morsel[1] he & his men token,
Miry wat3 ? e mornyng, his mounture he askes;
1692 [B] Alle ? e ha? eles ? at on horse schulde helden hym after,
Were boun busked on hor blonkke3, bi-fore[2] ? e halle 3ate3;
[C] Ferly fayre wat3 ? e folde, for ? e forst clenged,
In rede rudede vpon rak rises ? e sunne,
1696 [D] & ful clere coste3[3] ? e clowdes of ?
Make we mery quyl we may, & mynne vpon Ioye,
For ? e lur may mon lach, when so mon lyke3. "
? is wat3 gray? ely graunted, & Gawayn is lenged,
1684 [E] Bli? e bro3t wat3 hym drynk, & ? ay to bedde 3eden,
with li3t;
[F] Sir G: lis & slepes,
Ful stille & softe al ni3t;
1688 [G] ? e lorde ? at his crafte3 kepes,
Ful erly he wat3 di3t.
[Sidenote A: There they drank and discoursed. ]
[Sidenote B: Gawayne begs leave to depart on the morrow. ]
[Sidenote C: His host swears to him,]
[Sidenote D: that he shall come to the Green Chapel on New Year's morn long
before prime.
]
[Sidenote E: Our knight consents to remain for another night. ]
[Sidenote F: Full still and softly he sleeps all night. ]
[Sidenote G: Early in the morning the lord is up. ]
[Footnote 1: te (? ). ]
XXIII.
[A] After messe a morsel[1] he & his men token,
Miry wat3 ? e mornyng, his mounture he askes;
1692 [B] Alle ? e ha? eles ? at on horse schulde helden hym after,
Were boun busked on hor blonkke3, bi-fore[2] ? e halle 3ate3;
[C] Ferly fayre wat3 ? e folde, for ? e forst clenged,
In rede rudede vpon rak rises ? e sunne,
1696 [D] & ful clere coste3[3] ? e clowdes of ?