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<T Sir Gawain and the Green Knight>
<E "Tolkien, Gordon, Davis">
[[<UL>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</UL>. Ed. J. R. R. Tolkien and
E. V. Gordon. 2nd ed., ed. Norman Davis. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967.]]
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<F 91r> <P 1> SI<uc-thorn>EN <lc-thorn>e sege and <lc-thorn>e assaut watz sesed at Troye,
<uc-thorn>e bor<lc-yogh> brittened and brent to bronde<lc-yogh> and askez,
<uc-thorn>e tulk <lc-thorn>at <lc-thorn>e trammes of tresoun <lc-thorn>er wro<lc-yogh>t
Watz tried for his tricherie, <lc-thorn>e trewest on er<lc-thorn>e:
Hit watz Ennias <lc-thorn>e athel, and his highe kynde,
<uc-thorn>at si<lc-thorn>en depreced prouinces, and patrounes bicome
Welne<lc-yogh>e of al <lc-thorn>e wele in <lc-thorn>e west iles.
Fro riche Romulus to Rome ricchis hym swy<lc-thorn>e,
With gret bobbaunce <lc-thorn>at bur<lc-yogh>e he biges vpon fyrst,
And neuenes hit his aune nome, as hit now hat;
Tirius to Tuskan and teldes bigynnes,
Langaberde in Lumbardie lyftes vp homes,
And fer ouer <lc-thorn> . . .
