[187] gleede = live coal.
[19. The Marriage of Sir Gawain]
[A Fragment]
I
Kinge Arthur lives in merry Carleile,
And seemely is to see,
And there he hath with him Queene Genever,
That bride soe bright of blee[188].
II
And there he hath with him Queene Genever,
That bride soe bright in bower,
And all his barons about him stoode,
That were both stiffe and stowre[189].
III
The king kept a royall Christmasse,
Of mirth and great honor.