XII. Qwene was I 'whilome, wele' bryghtere of browes, 'Of contres, of caftells", of cragges, of clewes; 'And nowe am I cachede1 owte of 'kythe, in" carys so colde! In 15 care am I cachede, and cowchede in claye ; Loo"! curtayfe knyghte, How 'pat dede" hase me dyghte;- Of Gayeno" the gaye." XIII. 135 1 'Nowe to1 Gayeno" pe gaye Sir Gaweayne es gane, And to pat body 'hase he' broghte 'that birde peñ fo* bryghte: 145 "Welecome, Wayno"!" 'fcho says, "pus worthye in wane! Loo! howe pat dulefutt dede' hafe thi dame dyghte. 8 I was reddere in rode pan rofe in pe rayne; My lyre als' the lely, 'lufely to syghte1, And" nowe 'I am a grifely" gafte, and 'grymly granes", XII.-1 fome wile. 2 Berell'. 3 pes. ✦ al gameň, or gle. Dame. 8 garfoñ. 9 Om. 10 palaies, of parkes, of pondes. telles, of contreyes. 13 Now ame I cauzt. 14 kide, to. 17 Lo! fir. 18 delfulle deth. 19 Lete me onys haue. XIII.—1 After. 2 pe. s he her. 8 of. 9 as. 10 lonched on hight. 150 Om. 6 Om. 7 peñ 11 trefo1. 12 Of cas15 Into. 16 caught. 'Thus am I lyke to Lucefere, takis witnes" by mee;- 16 'Nowe moyse one this mirroure, For bothe" kynge and empoure, Thus satt ze bee. зе XIV. And' thus dede will 30w dighte, 'takis witnesse by me2, 6 When pou 'es richely' arrayede, and 'rydes in a rowte, Hafe þañ' pete, '& mynd1o one pe pore, for" bu arte of powere; 160 When thi body es bawmede, and broghte appone❞ bere, The prayere of pels pore 'chaffes the from helle" 17 'Some dayntes pou dele1. With all mirthes at thi" mete, XV. With daynteths' one deffe, thi dyetes are dyghte, [fol. 156.] pere folowes me a ferde of fendis 'full fett'; 14 Take truly tent tişt nowe. 15 pi. 19 170 17 Om. 5 Om. 13 on a. 6 art. 7 art 14 lite wyň 18 that pou 5 Om. 6 folo. 7 of helle. 8 Thay harle me vnhendely, 'and hewys me one hyghte; Now" fande to mende of" thi mys; Be warre now, "be my waa!"- 16 175 XVI. "Now' wo es me, for thi waa!" sayd' Wayno", "I wyffe, Bot 'a worde3 wolde I wete, and' thi will ware; 10 8 Gyff' matyñs, or meffes, myghte oghte" menden thi myffe, Or couentis, in cloyst's", myghte kele" the of care; 14 15 18 For if pou be my modir, grete m'vette" it es, 9 pei harme. 9 breñ as. 10 ful tore. 16 Om. 17 Om. 'And p' fore dole I drye". 5 If auper. 6 mas. 7 Om. 8 mende. XVI.-1 Om. 2 qd. 3 one ping. if. 9 meble. 10 merthe. 11 If. 12 cloiftre. 13 kere. 14 Om. 15 wonder. 16 al pi burly. 17 brou3t to be. 18 ht I layñ. 19 By pt token. 20 And no mañ wift ht but. fopely I fayñ. The lines 10, 11, 12 of this stanza in MS. D. stand in order 12, 10, 11. 21 pat XVII. ""Tette me now' fothely, what may 'safe thi sytis, 10 'By-twyxen vndroñe" and noñe, 17 My saule 'were saluede futt" fone, And broghte 'i to" blyffe." XVIII.' 200 "To blyffe brynge the that barne, pt 'dere hase the boghte3, Mary, 'pat es' myghty, and myldefte of mode, 2 pe faueñ, y-wys. 210 3 make fere men to finge. 4 pe. 5 is. XVII.- Say. 1 6 bledis my ble, pi bones arñ. 7 pat is luf par amo', liftes, and delites. 8 has. 9 laft loz in a. 10 Om. 11 pe. 12 pt. 13 With pe wilde wermis, pt worche. 14 Om. 15 þei me worchen. By-twene vnder. 17 focoured with. 18 to pe. 16 XVIII. In the Lincoln MS. this and the two next stanzas, are misplaced, and appear as the XIX., XX., and XVIII. The peculiar form of the verses, and the authority of MS. D. both confirm the order now adopted. 2 pe. 3 brought [boghte?] pe on rode. As pou was cristened. 5 candel. 6 Folowed in fontestone oñ. 7 pe. 's Om. Of whom pe blifful barme [barne]. P Gyffe" me grace, 'for to" grete 'thy saule wt some gude1, 14 And mene" the wt meffes 1, and matÿnes" one morne.” 215 "Now' here hertly one hande, 'I hete the' to halde, Wt a melyõne of meffes to make 'thy menynge*. 'Bot one worde," saide dame Wayno", "nowe wiete pt I walde', Whate greues Gode mofte 'of any kyns thynge' ?"——— "Pride, wt 'apparementis, als pphetis haue' tolde, By-fore be pople 'appertly, in thaire" p'chynge; 'The [bowe] is full" bittire, pare of be thou balde, 12 It1 makis beryns 'full balde", to breke his byddynge. 'Who fo' his byddynge brekis, 'bare he es" of blyffe ; 14 Bot þay be falued of that sare,- Waynoure, I wys." 225 mynge. 14 matens. 15 maffes. 16 mende vs. 10 Lene. 11 pt I may. 12 pe wt gode. 13 4 5 XIX. Om. 2 my. 3 pes heftes. pe mynyg. A! quod Wayno', I wis, yit weten I wolde. 6 wrathed. 7 at þi weting. pe appurtenaunce, as. 9 hañ. 10 apt in her. 11 Hit beres bowes. Instead of the word inclosed within brackets a blank space is left in the Lincoln MS. 12 pat. 13 fo bly. 14 Bot ho. 15 þei beň. 16 Om. |