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Online texts of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a Middle English Arthurian romance of the knights of the round table.
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The Green Knight, resting on his axe, looks on Sir Gawayne, as bold and fearless he there stood, and then with a loud voice thus addresses the knight: "Bold knight, be not so wroth, no man here has wronged thee (ll. 2305-2339); I promised thee a stroke, and thou hast it, so hold thee well pleased.
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The poem of which the following pagesoffer a prose rendering is contained in aMS., believed to be unique, of the CottonianCollection, Nero A. X., preservedin the British Museum. The MS. is ofthe end of the fourteenth century, but itis possible that the composition of thepoem is somewhat earlier; the subjectmatter is certainly of very old date.There...
1. Of the making of Britain1 2. How Arthur held high feast at Camelot2 3. New Year’s Day3 4. Of the noble knights there present4 5. The coming of the Green Knight5 6. The fashion of the knight5 7. Of the knight’s steed6 8. The arming of the knight7 9. Of the knight’s challenge9 10. The silence of the knights11 11. How Sir Gawain dared the venture12 12. The making of the covenant13 13. The giving of the blow15 14. The marvel of the Green Knight16
1. The waning of the year19 2. Sir Gawain bethinks him of his covenant21 3. The arming of Sir Gawain22 4. Wherefore Sir Gawain bare the pentangle24 5. How Sir Gawain went forth25 6. Of Sir Gawain’s journey26 7. How Sir Gawain came to a fair castle on Christmas Eve29 8. How Sir Gawain was welcomed31 9. Sir Gawain tells his name34 10. The lady of the castle35 11. Of the Christmas feast37 12. How the feast came to an end but Gawain abode at the castle38 13. Sir Gawain makes a covenant with his h...
1. The first day’s hunting43 2. How the lady of the castle came to Sir Gawain45 3. How the lady kissed Sir Gawain49 4. How the covenant was kept51 5. Of the second day’s hunting52 6. Of the lady and Sir Gawain54 7. How the lady strove to beguile Sir Gawain with words of love55 8. How the boar was slain57 9. The keeping of the covenant59 10. Of the third day’s hunting61 11. How the lady came for the third time to Sir Gawain62 12. The lady would fain have a parting gift from Gawain64 13. She wo...
This beginning of adventureshad Arthur atthe New Year, for heyearned to hear gallanttales, though his words were few whenhe sat at the feast. But now had theystern work on hand. Gawain was gladto begin the jest in the hall, but ye needhave no marvel if the end be heavy. Forthough a man be merry in mind whenhe has well drunk, yet a year runs fullswi...
The first day’s hunting
Full early, ere daylight,the folk rose up; theguests who would departcalled their grooms, andthey made them ready, and saddled thesteeds, tightened up the girths, and trussedup their mails. The knights, all arrayedfor riding, leapt up lightly, and took theirbridles, and each rode his way as pleasedhim best. The lord of the land was not the last.Ready for the chase, with many of hismen, he ate a sop hastily when he hadheard Mass, and then with blast of the buglefared forth to the field.He and...
How the lady of the castle came to Sir Gawain
So the lord roamed the woods, andGawain, that good knight, lay ever a-bed,curtained about, under the costly coverlet,while the daylight gleamed on the walls.And as he lay half slumbering, he heard alittle sound at the door, and he raised hishead, and caught back a corner of thecurtain, and waited to see what it mightbe. It was the lovely lady, the lord’s wife;she shut the door softly behind her, andturned towards the bed; and Gawain laidhim down softly and made as if he slept.And she came lig...
How the lady kissed Sir Gawain
Then quoth Gawain, “I wot I will doeven as it may please ye, and kiss at yourcommandment, as a true knight shouldwho forbears to ask for fear of displeasure.” At that she came near and bent downand kissed the knight, and each commendedthe other to Christ, and she wentforth from the chamber softly. Then Sir Gawain arose and called hischamberlain and chose his garments, and50when he was ready he gat him forth toMass, and then went to meat, and mademerry all day till the rising of the moon,and n...
Now the New Year drewnigh, and the nightpassed, and the day chasedthe darkness, as is God’swill; but wild weather wakened therewith.The clouds cast the cold to theearth, with enough of the north to slaythem that lacked clothing. The snowdrave smartly, and the whistling wind blewfrom the heights, and made great driftsin the valleys. The knight, lyin...
Silently corrected a few typos.Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.Created a Table of Contents based on the sidenotes.Read the full text of the medieval romance Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, translated by W. A. Neilson. The story follows the adventures of King Arthur's nephew Gawain, who encounters a mysterious knight who challenges him to a beheading game.
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Introduction. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the finest representative of a great cycle of verse romances devoted wholly or principally to the adventures of Gawain.
Right gaily was the knight bedecked, all green his weed, The hair upon his head, the mane of his good steed, Fair floating locks enfold his shoulders broad and strong,
There good Gawain was set at Guinevere’s side, with Agravain a la Dure Main on the other side seated, 110 both their lord’s sister-sons, loyal-hearted knights.
