As the manuscript is fast fading, I am glad that the existence of the Early English Text Society has enabled us to secure a wider diffusion of its contents before the original shall be no longer legible.
We want nothing but an increased supply of members to enable us to give to a large circle of readers many an equally interesting record of Early English minds.
SYR GAWAYN AND THE GRENE KNYȜT.
[FYTTE THE FIRST.]
I.
[Fol. 91a.]
After the siege of Troy
Siþen þe sege & þe assaut watȝ sesed at Troye,
Þe borȝ brittened & brent to brondeȝ & askeȝ,
Þe tulk þat þe trammes of tresoun þer wroȝt,