in ţe worlde, wounded in hert,
[C] Bot if 3e haf a lemman, a leuer, ţat yow lyke3 better,
& folden fayth to ţat fre, festned so harde,
1784 Ţat yow lausen ne lyst, & ţat I leue nouţe; [Fol. 115.]
And ţat 3e telle me ţat, now trwly I pray yow,
For alle ţe lufe3 vpon lyue, layne not ţe soţe,
for gile."
1788 [D] Ţe kny3t sayde, "be sayn Ion,"
& smeţely con he smyle,
"In fayth I welde ri3t non,
Ne non wil welde ţe quile."

[Sidenote A: The knight is sorely pressed.]
[Sidenote B: He fears lest he should become a traitor to his host.]
[Sidenote C: The lady inquire whether he has a mistress that he loves
better than her.]
[Sidenote D: Sir Gawayne swears by St. John that he neither has nor desires
one.]

XXVII.

1792 "Ţat is a worde," quod ţat wy3t, "ţat worst is of alle,
Bot I am swared for soţe, ţat sore me ţinkke3;
[A] Kysse me now coraly, & I schal cach heţen,
I may bot mourne vpon molde, as may ţat much louyes."
1796 Sykande ho swe3e doun, & semly hym kyssed,
& siţen ho seueres hym fro, & says as ho stondes,
"Now, dere, at ţis de-partyng, do me ţis ese,
[B] Gif me sumquat of ţy gifte, ţi gloue if[1] hit were,
1800 [C] Ţat I may mynne on ţe mon, my mournyng to lassen."
"Now Iwysse," quod ţat wy3e, "I wolde I hade here
Ţe leuest ţing for ţy luf, ţat I in londe welde,
[D] For 3e haf deserued, forsoţe, sellyly ofte
1804 More rewarde bi resoun, ţen I reche my3t,
Bot to dele yow for drurye, ţat dawed bot neked;
Hit is not your honour to haf at ţis tyme
A gloue for a garysoun, of Gawayne3 gifte3,
1808 & I am here [on] an erande in erde3 vncouţe,
[E] & haue no men wyth no male3, with menskful ţinge3;
Ţat mislyke3 me, lade, for luf at ţis tyme,[2]
Iche tolke mon do as he is tan, tas to non ille,
1812 ne pine."
[F]

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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