XVII. [fol. 96.] pen comaūded þe kÿg þe knyzt for to ryse; & he luflyly hit hy laft, & lyfte vp his honde, þat þu fchal byden þe bur þat he fchal bede aft"." & he baldly hy bydez, he bayft neu' he helder. "In god fayth," q þe goode knyzt, "Gawan I hatte, & at þis tyme twelmonyth take at þe anop', Wyth what weppen fo þu wylt, & wyth no wyz ellez, "Sir Gawan, fo mot I þryue, As I am ferly fayn, pis dint þat þu fchal dryue." XVIII. "Bi gog," q þe grene knyzt, "f Gawan, me lykes, & pu hatz redily rehersed, bi refoù ful trwe, Clanly al þe couenaut þat I be kÿge afked, I may be funde vpon folde, & fych þe fuch wages "Where schulde I wale þe," q Gauan, "where is þy place? I wot neu? where p" wonyes, bi hý þat me wrozt, Ne I know not þe, knyzt, þy cort, ne þi name. Bot teche me truly per to, & telle me howe pu hattes, [fol. 96b.] & þat I fwere pe for fope, & by my feker traweb." & let fe how p" cnokez." Gladly f, for fope," q Gawan; his ax he strokes. XIX. The grene knyзt vpon groūde grayþely hy dreffes Gauan gripped to his ax, & gederes hit on hyzt, D 395 400 405 410 bot flokes; 415 420 Let hit dou lyztly lyzt on þe naked, þat þe fcharp of þe fchalk fchyndered pe bones, & fchrāk þurz þe fchyire grece, & fcade hit i twyne, pe fayre hede fro pe halce hit [felle] to be erpe, & nawþer falt'ed ne fel þe freke neu? þe helder, & ruyfchly he razt out, þere as renkkez stoden, & fypen bozez to his blonk, þe brydel he cachchez, & his hede by þe here i his honde haldez; & as fadly þe fegge hy i his fadel fette, As non vnhap had hy ayled, þaz hedlez ho we', He brayde his blukaboute, [fol. 97.] þat vgly bodi þat bledde, Moni on of hy had doute, Bi þat his refouz were redde. || i stedde; XX. For þe hede in his honde he haldez vp euen, & meled p9 much wt his muthe, as ze may now here. & layte as lelly til þu me, lude, fynde, As pu hatz hette i þis halle, herande þise knyztes; 425 430 435 440 445 450 |