THE MARRIAGE OF SIR GAWAINE
1.
1.4 ‘blee,’ complexion.
Kinge Arthur liues in merry Carleile,
& seemely is to see,
& there he hath with him Queene Genever,
That bride soe bright of blee.
2.
2.4 Perhaps we should read ‘stiff in stowre,’ a constant expression in ballads, ‘sturdy in fight.’
And there he hath with [him] Queene Genever,