[Sidenote H: He waxes as wroth as the wind.]

XV.

[A] Ande sayde, "haţel, by heuen ţyn askyng is nys,
324 & as ţou foly hat3 frayst, fynde ţe be-houes;
I know no gome ţat is gast of ţy grete wordes.
Gif me now ţy geserne, vpon gode3 halue,
& I schal bayţen ţy bone, ţat ţou boden habbes."
328 Ly3tly lepe3 he hym to, & la3t at his honde; [Fol. 95b.]
Ţen feersly ţat oţer freke vpon fote ly3tis.
[B] Now hat3 Arthure his axe, & ţe halme grype3,
& sturnely sture3 hit aboute, ţat stryke wyth hit ţo3t.
332 Ţe stif mon hym bifore stod vpon hy3t,
Herre ţen ani in ţe hous by ţe hede & more;
[C] Wyth sturne schere[1] ţer he stod, he stroked his berde,
& wyth a countenaunce dry3e he dro3 doun his cote,
336 No more mate ne dismayd for hys mayn dinte3,
Ţen any burne vpon bench hade bro3t hym to drynk
of wyne,
[D] Gawan, ţat sate bi ţe quene,
340 To ţe kyng he can enclyne,
"I be-seche now with sa3e3 sene,
Ţis melly mot be myne."

[Sidenote A: He assures the knight that no one is afraid of his great
words.]
[Sidenote B: Arthur seizes his axe.]
[Sidenote C: The knight, stroking his beard, awaits the blow, and with a
"dry countenance" draws down his coat.]
[Sidenote D: Sir Gawayne beseeches the king to let him undertake the blow.]
[Footnote 1: chere (?).]

XVI.

"Wolde 3e, worţilych lorde," quod Gawan to ţe kyng,
344 [A] "Bid me bo3e fro ţis benche, & stonde by yow ţere,
Ţat I wyth-oute vylanye my3t voyde ţis table,
& ţat my legge lady lyked not ille,
I wolde com to your counseyl, bifore your cort ryche.
348 [B] For me ţink hit not semly, as hit is soţ knawen,
Ţer such an askyng is heuened so hy3e in your sale,
Ţa33e 3our-self be talenttyf to take hit to your-seluen,
[C] Whil mony so bolde yow aboute vpon bench sytten,
352 Ţat vnde

Martha Finley (1828 - 1909) was a teacher and author of numerous works, the most well known being the 28 volume Elsie Dinsmore series which was published over a span of 38 years. The daughter of Presbyterian minister Dr. James Brown Finley and his wife and cousin Maria Theresa Brown Finley, she was born on April 26th, 1828 in Chillicothe, Ohio. Finley wrote many of her books under the psodonym Martha Farquharson. She died in 1909 in Elkton, Maryland, where she moved in 1876.

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