"Nay, hende of hy3e honours,"
Quod ţat lufsum vnder lyne,
[G] "Ţa3 I hade o3t[3] of youre3,
1816 3et schulde 3e haue of myne."

[Sidenote A: She then kisses him, sighing for sorrow.]
[Sidenote B: She desires some gift,]
[Sidenote C: by which to remember him.]
[Sidenote D: Gawayne tells her that she is worthy of a better gift than he
can bestow.]
[Sidenote E: He has no men with mails containing precious things.]
[Sidenote F: Then says that lovesome,]
[Sidenote G: "Though I had nought of yours, yet should ye have of mine."]
[Footnote 1: of, in MS.]
[Footnote 2: tyne, in MS.]
[Footnote 3: no3t (?).]

XXVIII.

[A] Ho ra3t hym a riche rynk[1] of red golde werke3,
Wyth a starande ston, stondande alofte,
Ţat bere blusschande beme3 as ţe bry3t sunne;
1820 Wyt 3e wel, hit wat3 worth wele ful hoge.
[B] Bot ţe renk hit renayed, & redyly he sayde,
"I wil no gifte3 for gode, my gay, at ţis tyme; [Fol. 115b.]
[C] I haf none yow to norne, ne no3t wyl I take."
1824 Ho bede hit hym ful bysily, & he hir bode wernes,
& swere swyftel[y] his sothe, ţat he hit sese nolde;
[D] & ho sore ţat he forsoke, & sayde ţer-after,
"If 3e renay my rynk, to ryche for hit seme3,
1828 3e wolde not so hy3ly halden be to me,
I schal gif yow my girdel, ţat gaynes yow lasse."
Ho la3t a lace ly3tly, ţat[2] leke vmbe hir syde3,
[E] Knit vpon hir kyrtel, vnder ţe clere mantyle,
1832 Gered hit wat3 with grene sylke, & with golde schaped,
No3t bot arounde brayden, beten with fyngre3;
& ţat ho bede to ţe burne, & blyţely bi-so3t
[F] Ţa3 hit vn-worţi were, ţat he hit take wolde.
1836 & he nay ţat he nolde neghe in no wyse,
[G] Nauţer golde ne garysoun, er God hym grace sende,
To acheue to ţe chaunce ţat he hade chosen ţere.
"& ţerfore, I pray yow, displese yow no3t,
1840 & lette3 be your bisinesse, for I bayţe hit yow ne

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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