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

Of sum auenturus thyng an vncouthe tale,
Of sum mayn meruayle, that he my3t trawe,
Of alderes, of armes, of other auenturus,
Other sum segg hym biso3t of sum siker knyyght
To joyne wyth hym in iustyng, in joparde to lay,
Lede, lif for lyf, leue vchon other,

As fortune wolde fulsun hom, the fayrer to haue.
This wat3 the kynges countenaunce where he in court were,
At vch farand fest among his fre meny
in halle.
Therfore of face so fere
He sti3tle3 stif in stalle,
Ful 3ep in that Nw Yghere
Much mirthe he mas withalle.
Thus ther stondes in stale the stif kyng hisseluen,
Talkkande bifore the hy3e table of trifles ful hende.
There gode Gawan wat3 graythed Gwenore bisyde,
And Agrauayn a la dure mayn on that other syde sittes,
Bothe the kynges sistersunes and ful siker kni3tes;
Bischop Bawdewyn abof bigine3 the table,
And Ywan, Vryn son, ette with hymseluen.
Thise were di3t on the des and derworthly serued,
And sithen mony siker segge at the sidborde3.
Then the first cors come with crakkyng of trumpes,
Wyth mony baner ful bry3t that therbi henged;
Nwe nakryn noyse with the noble pipes,
Wylde werbles and wy3t wakned lote,
That mony hert ful hi3e hef at her towches.
Dayntes dryuen therwyth of ful dere metes,
Foysoun of the fresche, and on so fele disches
That pine to fynde the place the peple biforne
For to sette the sylueren that sere sewes halden
on clothe.
Iche lede as he loued hymselue
Ther laght withouten lothe;
Ay two had disches twelue,
Good ber and bry3t wyn bothe.
Now wyl I of hor seruise say yow no more,
For vch wy3e may wel wit no wont that ther were.
An other noyse ful newe ne3ed biliue,
That the lude my3t haf leue liflode to cach;

For vnethe wat3 the noyce not a whyle sesed,
And the fyrst cource in the court kyndely serued,
Ther hales in at the halle dor an aghlich mayster,
On the most on the molde on mesure h3e;
Fro the swyre to the swange so sware and so thik,
And his lyndes and his lymes so longe and so grete,
Half etayn in erde I hope that he were,