ţe lappe, & lede3 hym to sytte,
& couţly hym knowe3, & calle3 hym his nome,
& sayde he wat3 ţe welcomest wy3e of ţe worlde;
[C] & he hym ţonkked ţroly, & ayţer halched oţer.
940 & seten soberly samen ţe seruise-quyle;
Ţenne lyst ţe lady to loke on ţe kny3t.
[D] Ţenne com ho of hir closet, with mony cler burde3,
Ho wat3 ţe fayrest in felle, of flesche & of lyre,
944 & of compas, & colour, & costes of alle oţer,
[E] & wener ţen Wenore, as ţe wy3e ţo3t.
He ches ţur3 ţe chaunsel, to cheryche ţat hende;
[F] An oţer lady hir lad bi ţe lyft honde,
948 Ţat wat3 alder ţen ho, an auncian hit semed,
& he3ly honowred with haţele3 aboute.
[G] Bot yn-lyke on to loke ţo ladyes were,
[H] For if ţe 3onge wat3 3ep, 3ol3e wat3 ţat oţer;
952 Riche red on ţat on rayled ay quere,
[I] Rugh ronkled cheke3 ţat oţer on rolled;
Kerchofes of ţat on wyth mony cler perle3
[J] Hir brest & hir bry3t ţrote bare displayed,
956 Schon schyrer ţen snawe, ţat scheder[2] on hille3;
Ţat oţer wyth a gorger wat3 gered ouer ţe swyre,
Chymbled ouer hir blake chyn with mylk-quyte vayles,
[K] Hir frount folden in sylk, enfoubled ay quere,
960 Toret & treieted with tryfle3 aboute,
[L] Ţat no3t wat3 bare of ţat burde bot ţe blake bro3es. [Fol. 104.]
Ţe tweyne y3en, & ţe nase, ţe naked lyppe3,
& ţose were soure to se, & sellyly blered;
964 A mensk lady on molde mon may hir calle,
for gode;
[M] Hir body wat3 schort & ţik.
[N] Hir buttoke3 bay & brode,
968 More lykker-wys on to lyk,
Wat3 ţat scho hade on lode.

[Sidenote A: After dinner the company go to the chapel,]
[Sidenote B: to hear the evensong of the great season.]
[Sidenote C: The lord of the castle and Sir Gawayne sit together during
service.]
[Sidenote D: His wife, accompanied by her maids, leaves her seat.]
[Sidenote E: S

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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