Quhich no ma{n} out dedenyt to aras; 240
Nor how he haith the wapnis out tak,
And his awow apone this wis can mak,
That he ſchuld hyme Reweng at h{is} poware
One eu{er}y kny{ch}t that louith the hurtare 244
Bett{er} thane hyme, the quhich that vas Iwond.
Throw quich awoue in armys hath ben founde
[Sidenote: a vow which caused the death of many a wight warrior;]
The deth of mo{n}y wereoure ful wicht;[T5]
[Footnote T4: MS. “abrokin.”]
[Footnote T5: The MS. wrongly transposes ll. 247 and 248.]
For, fro tho wow was knowing of the kny{ch}t, 248
Thare was ful mony o paſage in the londe
By me{n} of armys kepit to withſtond
This kny{ch}t, of quhome thai ben al set afyre
Thai{m} to reweng in armys of deſir. 252
[Sidenote: or how he and Sir Kay were sent to defend the lady of
Nohalt;]
Nor how that thane in{con}tyne{n}t was ſend
He and ſ{ir} kay togidd{er} to defend
The lady of nohalt, nor how that hee
Gou{er}nit hyme thare, nore in quhat degre. 256
Nor how the gret paſing vaſſolag
He eſcheuit, thrōue the outragouß curag,
[Sidenote: or how he conquered the Sorrowful Castle;]
In conquiryng of the sorowful caſtell.
Nor how he paſſith dou{n}e in the cauis fell, 260
And furth ye keys of Inchantme{n}t bro{ch}t,
That al diſtroyt quhich that thare vas vro{ch}t.
[Sidenote: or how he rescued Sir Gawane and his nine fellows;]
Nore howe that he reſkewit ſ{ir} gawane, [Fol. 4b.]
W{i}t{h} h{is} ix falouß in to preſone tane; 264
Nore mony vthere diu{er}ß aduenture,
Quhich to report I tak not in my cwre,
[Sidenote: nor of the many “assemblies” Gawane held to find out
his name;]
Nor mony aſſemblay that gawane gart be maid
To wit h{is} name; nor how that he hyme hade 268
Wnwiſt, and hath the worſchip {and} empriß;
Nor of the kny{ch}t{is} in to mony[T6] diu{er}ß wyß
Throuch his awoue that hath thare dethis found;
[Footnote T6: We should perhaps omit “mony.”]
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