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THE MARRIAGE OF SIR GAWAIN |
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' Ffror when I came to Tearne Wadling,
A bold barron there I fand, With a great club upon his backe,
Standing stiflfe and strong.
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' And he asked me wether I wo'ld fight
Or from him I shold begone, Or else I must him a ransome pay,
And soe depart him from.
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' To fight with him I saw noe cause;
Methought it was not meet; For he was stiffe and strong with-all, His strokes were nothing sweete.
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' Therefor this is my ransome, Gawaine,
I ought to him to pay ; I must come againe, as I am sworne,
Upon the New Yeer's day;
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' And I must bring him word what thing it is
[That a woman will most desire].
Arthur, having collected and written down many answers to the baron's riddle, was true to his promise, thus—
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Then king Arthur drest him for to ryde,
In one soe rich array, Toward the fore-said Tearne Wadling,
That he might keepe his day. 90 |
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