e door is safely closed.]
[Sidenote L: Since I have him in house that every one likes, I shall use my
time well while it lasts.]
[Sidenote M: Ye are welcome to my body.]
[Sidenote N: I shall be your servant."]
[Footnote 1: This word is illegible in the MS.]

V.

"In god fayth," quod Gawayn, "gayn hit me ţynkke3,
[A] Ţa3 I be not now he ţat 3e of speken;
To reche to such reuerence as 3e reherce here
1244 I am wy3e vn-worţy, I wot wel my-seluen;
Bi God, I were glad, & yow god ţo3t,
[B] At sa3e oţer at seruyce ţat I sette my3t
To ţe plesaunce of your prys, hit were a pure ioye."
1248 "In god fayth, sir Gawayn," quod ţe gay lady,
"Ţe prys & ţe prowes ţat plese3 al oţer,
If I hit lakked, oţer set at ly3t, hit were littel daynte;
[C] Bot hit ar ladyes in-no3e, ţat leuer wer nowţe
1252 Haf ţe hende in hor holde, as I ţe habbe here,
To daly witt derely your daynte worde3,
Keuer hem comfort, & colen her care3,
[D] Ţen much of ţe garysourn oţer golde ţat[1] ţay hauen;
1256 Bot I louue[2] ţat ilk lorde ţat ţe lyfte halde3,
I haf hit holly in my honde ţat al desyres,
ţur3e grace."
Scho made hym so gret chere,
1260 Ţat wat3 so fayr of face, [Fol. 108.]
[E] Ţe kny3t with speches skere,
A[n]swared to vche a cace.

[Sidenote A: "I am unworthy," says Sir Gawayne, "to reach to such reverence
as ye rehearse.]
[Sidenote B: I shall be glad, however, to please you by word, or service."]
[Sidenote C: "There are ladies," says his visitor, "who would prefer thy
company]
[Sidenote D: to much of the gold that they possess."]
[Sidenote E: The knight answers the lady's questions.]
[Footnote 1: MS. ţat ţat.]
[Footnote 2: louie or loune (?).]

VI.

[A] "Madame," quod ţe myry mon, "Mary yow 3elde,
1264 For I haf founden, in god fayth, yowre fraunchis nobele,
& oţer

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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