LIV.

The kyng to Carelele es comeñ, wt knyghttis so kene,
'To halde his' Rownde Tabitt, one ryatte arraye;

'Those knyghtes', pt were3 wondede full wathely, als3 I wene, [fol. 161.] Surgeons 'sanede thaym3, fothely to saye.

Bothe 'comforthede thaym thañ', the kynge and the qwene,
Thay ware dubbyde dukes bothe one a daye;

'And ther f Galleron® weddid his wyfe, 'pt femly & fchene",
With gyftis, and 'gerfoms, of f Gawayne" the gaye.

'And thus thofe hathells" wt haldis that hende;

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And when he was faned", and " fownde,

680

þay made 'hym fworne to f Gawane i pt ftownde, 'Vn titt "his lyues ende.'And fytheñ1, a knyghte of þe Tabitte Rownde,

LV.

'Dame Gayno garte befyly' wryte î2 to be weste,
To 'atte 'man'e of relygeous, to rede and to synge;
Priftes with proceffyoñs* [to py were prest,
Wt a mylion of'] meffis, to make hir menÿge;
'Dukes, erles, barouns, and' bechoppes of the beste,
Thurghe 'alle Yglande scho garte make menynge".
'And thus this ferlyes by-fette in a1o foreste,
Vndir an" holte fo bare", at an" hunttynge;

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7 con

LIV. And al pe.
2 pe wees. 3 wereñ. 4 fo. 5 Om. 6 fone faued.
fortes pe knightes. There he. 9flonkeft [read wlonkeft], I wene. 10 garfons, fir
Galeron. 11 pus pat hapel in hi3. 12 Om. 13 faued. 14 Om. 15 fir Galeroñ. 16 Om.
17 To.

LV.- Wayno gared wifely. 2 Om. 3 pe. 4 proceffion. brackets are omitted in MS. L. 6 pe. 7 Boke-lered meñ.

5 The words within 8 Om. 9 al Bretayne befely pe burde gared rynge. 10 pis ferely bifelle in Englond. 11 a. 12 hore. 13 a.

Swylke" hunttynge in 'holtis sulde noghte beñ" hyde :

Thus to 'pe foreftes" pay fure,

Steryn" knyghttis 'and fture";

This awntir by-tyd.

And 19 in pe tym of Arthure

This ferly by-felle, futt fothely to sayne,
In Yggillwode foreste, at þe Ternwathelayne'.

The Knightly Tale

of

Golagros and Gawane.

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The Knightly Tale of Golagros and Gawane.

I

I.

N the tyme of Arthur, as trew men me tald,
The king turnit on ane tyde towart Tuskane,
Hym to feik our þe fey, that faiklese wes fald,
The fyre þat fendis all feill, futhly to fane;
With banrentis, baroūis', and bernis full bald,
Biggaft of bane and blude, bred in Britane.
Thai walit out werryouris, with wapinnis to wald,
The gayeft grumys on grund, with geir þat myt gane,
Dukis, and digne lordis, douchty and deir;

Thus the royale can remove, with his Round Tabill,

Of all riches maist rike, in riall array;

1 baroms, ed. 1508.

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