"J.R.R. Tolkien - Sir Gawain And The Green Knight" - читать интересную книгу автора (Tolkien J.R.R)

And al grayes the gres that grene wat3 ere;
Thenne al rype3 and rotez that ros vpon fyrst,
And thus 3irne3 the yghere in yghisterdayez mony,
And wynter wynde3 a3ayn, as the worlde askez,
no fage,
Til Me3elmas mone
Wat3 cumen wyth wynter wage;
Then thenkke3 Gawan ful sone
Of his anious uyage.
Yghet quyl Al-hal-day with Arther he lenges;
And he made a fare on that fest for the freke3 sake,
With much reuel and ryche of the Rounde Table.

Kny3te3 ful cortays and comlych ladies
Al for luf of that lede in longynge thay were,
Bot neuer the lece ne the later thay neuened bot merthe:
Mony ioyle3 for that ientyle iapez ther maden.
For aftter mete with mournyng he mele3 to his eme,
And speke3 of his passage, and pertly he sayde,
"Now, lege lorde of my lyf, leue I yow ask;
Yghe knowe the cost of this cace, kepe I no more
To telle yow tene3 therof neuer bot trifel;
Bot I am boun to the bur barely to-morne
To sech the gome of the grene, as God wyl me wysse."
Thenne the best of the bur3 boyghed togeder,
Aywan, and Errik, and other ful mony,
Sir Doddinaual de Sauage, the duk of Clarence,
Launcelot, and Lyonel, and Lucan the gode,
Sir Boos, and Sir Byduer, big men bothe,
And mony other menskful, with Mador de la Port.
Alle this compayny of court com the kyng nerre
For to counseyl the kny3t, with care at her hert.
There wat3 much derue doel driuen in the sale
That so worthe as Wawan schulde wende on that ernde,
To dry3e a delful dynt, and dele no more
wyth bronde.
The kny3t mad ay god chere,
And sayde, "Quat schuld I wonde?
Of destines derf and dere
What may mon do bot fonde?"
He dowelle3 ther al that day, and dressez on the morn,
Aske3 erly hys armez, and alle were thay bro3t.
Fyrst a tule tapit ty3t ouer the flet,
And miche wat3 the gyld gere that glent theralofte;
The stif mon steppe3 theron, and the stel hondelez,
Dubbed in a dublet of a dere tars,
And sythen a crafty capados, closed aloft,
That wyth a bry3t blaunner was bounden withinne.
Thenne set thay the sabatoun3 vpon the segge fotez,
His lege3 lapped in stel with luflych greuez,