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Hadet wyth an aluifch mon, for angardez pryde.
Who knew eu? any kýg such coūsel to take,
As knyztez i cauelouz on cryft-maffe gomnez!"
Wel much watz be warme water pt walt'ed of
When þat femly fyre fozt fro po wonez,
He made non abode,

Bot wyztly went hys way,
Mony wylfu way he rode,

Þe bok as I herde fay.

IX.

узел,

Now ride; þis renk þurz pe ryalme of Logres,
f Gauan on godez halue, þaz hỹ no gomen þozt;
Oft leudlez alone he lenge; on nyztes,

per he fonde nozt hy byfore pe fare þat he lyked;
Hade he no fere bot his fole, bi frythez & douez,
Ne no gome bot god, bi gate wyth to karp,
Til þat he nezed ful nogħ i to be Norpe Walez ;
Alle pe iles of Anglesay on lyft half he haldez,
& farez ou þe fordez by þe for-londez,
Ou' at þe Holy-Hede til he hade eft bonk,

i þe wyldreneffe of Wyrale; wonde per bot lyte

[fol. 100b.] pat aup god op gome wyth goud hert louied.

& ay he frayned, as he ferde, at freke; þat he met,
If þay hade herde any karp of a knyzt grene,
i any groude þer aboute, of þe grene chapel';
& al nykked hy wyth nay, þat neu? i her lyue
pay feze neu? no fegge þat watz of fuche hwez,
þe knyzt tok gates ftraunge,

Il þad' daye;

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grene.

1
1 pat?

2 nygh?

3 clapel, MS.

690

695

700

705

i mony a bonk vn-bene,

His cher ful oft con chauge,

þat chapel er he myzt fene.

X.

Mony klyf he ou? clambe i contrayez straūge,
Fer floten fro his frendez fremedly he rydez;
At vche warpe oper wat? þer þe wyze paffed,
He fonde a foo hy byfore, bot ferly hit were,
& pat fo foule & fo felle, pat fezt hy by-hode;
So mony m'uayl bi moūt þ þe mon fyndez,
Hit were to tore for to telle of þe tenpe dole.
Sumwhyle wyth wormez he werrez, & wt wolues als,

Suwhyle wyth wodwos, þat woned i þe knarrez,

Bope wyth bullez & berez, & borez op' quyle,

& etaynez, þat hy a-nelede, of þe heze felle;

710

715

720

Nade he ben duzty & dryze, & dryztyn had ferued,
Douteles he hade ben ded, & dreped ful ofte.

725

For werre wrathed hy not so much, þat wyt was wors,
When be colde cler wat? fro pe cloudez fchadden,

& fres er hit falle my3t to be fale erpe;

Ner flayn wyth be flete he fleped i his yrnes,

Mo nyztez þē i nogħ i naked rokkez,

p as clat9ande fro pe creft þe colde borne rēnez,

& henged heze ou? his hede i hard iiffe ikkles.

pus i peryl, & payne, & plytes ful harde,

Bi contray caryez þis kny3t, tyl kryst-masse euen,
pe knyzt wel þat tyde,

To Mary made his mone,

þat ho hy red to ryde,

[fol. 101.] & wyffe hy to fū wone.

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XI.

Bi a moute on þe morne meryly he rydes,
Into a forest ful dep, þat ferly watz wylde,
Hize hillez on vche a halue, & holt wodez vnder,
Of hore okez ful hoge a hundreth to-geder;
pe hafel & þe haz-þorne were harled al famen,
Wt roze raged moffe rayled ay where,
Wt mony bryddez vnblyþe vpon bare twyges,
pat pitofly þer piped for pyne of þe colde.
þe gome vpon Gryngolet glydez hem vnder,
purz mony mify & myre, mō al hy one,
Carande for his coftes, left he ne keu? fchulde
To fe pe feruy of þat fyre, þat on þat self nyzt
Of a burde watz borne, oure baret to quelle ;
& perfore fykyg he fayde, "I be-feche þe, lorde,
& Mary, þat is myldest moder fo dere,
Of fu herber, þer hezly I my3t here masse,
Ande by matynez to-morne, mekely I ask,

& per to preftly I pray my pat9 & aue,
He rode i his prayere,

& cryed for his myfdede,

He fayned hy i fyþes fere,

& fayde "cros kryst me spede!"

XII.

Nade he fayned hy felf fegge bot þrye,
Er he watz war i þe wod of a won ī a mote,
Abof a laude, on a lawe, loken vnder bozez,
Of mony borelych bole, aboute bi pe diches;

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A caftel þe comlokeft þat eu? knyzt azte,
Pyched on a prayere, a park al aboute,
Wt a pyked palays, pyned ful þik,
þat vmbe-teze mony tre mo pe two myle.
þat holde on þat on fyde pe hapel auyfed,

As hit schemered & fchon þurz pe fchyre okez;

pēne hatz he hendly of his helme, & hezly he þonkez
Jefus & fay Gilyan, þat gentyle ar boþe,

[fol. 101.] pat cortayfly hade hy kydde, & his cry herkened.

"Now bone hostel," cope þe burne, "I be-feche yow zette!"
pēne gederez he to Gryngolet w' pe gilt helez,
& he ful chaūcely hatz chofen to be chef gate,
þat brozt bremly be burne to pe bryge ende,
pe bryge watz breme vp brayde,

pe zatez wer stoken faste,

Þe wallez were wel arayed,

Hit dut no wyndez blaste.

770

775

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780

XIII.

Þe burne bode on bonk, þat on blonk houed,
Of pe depe double dich þat drof to be place,
pe walle wod i be wat? wonderly depe,
Ande eft a ful huge hezt hit haled vpon lofte,
Of harde hewen fton vp to be tablez,
Enbaned vnder be abataylmēt, i þe beft lawe;
& fypen garytez ful gaye gered bi-twene,
Wyth mony luflych loupe, þat louked ful clene;
A bett' barbican þat burne blufched vpon neu?;
& inermore he be-helde þat halle ful hyze,
Towre telded bytwene trochet ful þik,
Fayre fylyole; þat fyzed, & ferlyly long,

785

790

795

With coruon coproūes, craftyly fleze ;

Chalk whyt chymnees per ches he i noze,

Vpon bastel rouez, þat blenked ful quyte;

So mony pynakle payntet watz poudred ay quere,
Amōg þe caftel carnelez, clambred fo þik,

pat pared out of papure purely hit femed.
pe fre freke on þe fole hit fayr i noghe1 þozt,
If he myzt keu? to com pe cloyft? wyth ine,
To herber i þat hostel, whyl halyday lested,
He calde, & fone þer com

A porter pure plesaūt,

On þe wal his ernd he nome,

& haylfed þe knyzt eryaūt.

XIV.

"Gode f," q Gawan, "woldez þ" go mỹ ernde,
To be hez lorde of þis ho9, herber to craue ?"
3e, Pet'," q þe port", " & purely I trowe,
Pat ze be, wyze, welcu to won quyle yow lykez.”
pē zede pe wyze azayn fwyþe,

[fol. 102.] "3e, Pet','

& folke frely hy wyth, to fonge pe knyzt;
pay let dou þe grete drazt, & derely out zeden,
& kneled dou on her knes vpon þe colde erpe,
To welcu þis ilk wy3, as worby hom þozt;
pay zolden hy þe brode zate, zarked vp wyde,
& he hem rayfed rekenly, & rod ou? þe brygge ;
Sere fegge; hy sesed by sadel, quel3 he lyzt,
& fypen ftabeled his stede stif mē ī noze.
Knyztez & fwyerez comen dou þēne,

' nghe, MS.

amnant;

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810

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820

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