The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

[THE SPURIOUS TALE OF GAMELYN.] [Tale.]

And þere-fore listeneþ. and herkeneþ þis tale ariht. Line 1 And ȝe schullen here of a douhte knyht Sir Iohn of Boundys was his name He couþe of nortur and muchel of game þre sonnes þe knyht had and wiþ his body he hem wanne The eldest was a muche schrewe and sone he beganne His breþerne loued wele here fader and of him were agast The eldest deserued his fader curs and had it att þe last Line 8 The good knyht his fadere leuede so ȝore That deþe was commen him to and handeled him sore The goode knyht cared sore seke þer he leye How his children schold leuen after his deye Line 12 He had bue wide where bot no husbonde he was All þe londe þat he [[he later]] had was verrey purchas Fayne he wolde it were y-dressed a-monge hem al That iche of hem miht have his parte as it wald fal Line 16 Tho sente he in-to Contre after wise knyhtes To helpen delen his londes and drisse hem to rihtes He sent hem worde by lettres þei scholden hihe belyue If þei wolde speke wiþ him if þei were on lyue Line 20

Line 20 Tho þe knyhtes herden seek þat he laye Had þei no reste neyþer nyht nor daye Til þei cam to hime þere he lay stille On his deþ bede to abide goddes wille Line 24 Than seide þe good knyhte seke þere he lay Lordes .I. ȝowe warne soþe wiþ-owten nay .I. may no longer leue here on þis stonde ffor þorwhe goddes will deþ draueþ me to grounde. Line 28 Ther nas none of hem all þat herde him a-riht That þei hadden rewþe of þat ilke knyht And seid sir for goddes loue ne dismay ȝowe nouht God maye done bote of bale þat is nowe ywrouht Line 32 Than spake þe good knyht seeke þere he [[he later]] laie Bote of bale god may sende .I. wote it is no naye Bot .I. be seke ȝow knyhtes for þe loue of me Goþ and dresseþ my londes amonge myne sonnes þre Line 36 And for þe loue of God deleþ hem nouht a-mys And for-ȝete nouht Gamelyn my yonge son þat i Takeþ hede to þat one as wele as to þe toþer [folio 55a] Selde ȝe see any heire helpen his broþer Line 40 Tho lete þei þe knyht lyen þat was nouht in hele And wenten in to counseil his londes for to dele ffor to delen hem al to one þat was here þouhte And for gamelin was ȝongest he schold haue nouht Line 44 All þe londe þat þere was þei dalten it in tuo And leten Gamelyn þe ȝonge wiþ-owten lande go And iche of hem seide to oþere ful loude His breþerne mow ȝeuen him londe whan he goode coude Whan þei hadde deled þe lond att þeire will Line 49 They comen to þe knyht þere he laie ful still And tolde him a-none howe þei had wrouht And þe knyht þere he laie liked it riht nouht Line 52 ¶ Than seide þe knyht be seinte Martine ffor al þat ȝe haue done ȝit is þe londe myne ffor goddes loue neyboures stondeþ al still And .I. will delen my londe riht after my will Line 56

Line 56 Iohn myne eldest son schal haue ploues fiue þat was my faders heritage while he was on lyue And my Meddelest son fiue plowhes of londe That .I. helpe for to geten wiþ my riht honde Line 60 And al myn oþere purchas of londes and of ledes That .I. be-quethe Gamelyne and al my goode stedes And .I. be-seeke ȝowe good men þat lawe conne of londe ffor Gamelyn loue þat my quest stonde Line 64 ¶ Thus dalte þe knyht his londe be his daye Riht on his deþe bed seke þere he laye And sone afterward he laye stone still And deide whan time came as it was cristes will Line 68 Anone as he was dede and vnder gars graue Sone þe alder broþer giled þe ȝonge knaue And toke in-to his honde his londe and his lede And Gamelin him selfe to cle and to fede Line 72 He cloþed him and fedde yuel. and eke wroþe And lete his for fare and his houseȝ bothe His Parkes and his wodes and dide no þinge wel And seþþen he it abouhte on his faire fel Line 76 So longe was Gamelin in his broþers hall ffor þe strongest of good will þei douten him all Ne was þere none þer-inne ȝonge ne olde That wold wreþþe ware he neuer so bolde Line 80 ¶ Gamelyn stode vp on a daie in his broþere ȝerde [folio 55b] And be-gan wiþ his honde to handel his berde He þouhte on his londes þat layen vnsawe And his faire Okes þat doune were drawe Line 84 His parkes were broken and his dere reuede Of all his goode stedes was none him be-leuede His howses weren vnhelde and ful yuel y-diht Tho þouht Gamelyn it wente nouht a-riht Line 88 Afterwarde cam his broþer walkinge þere And seide to Gamelin is oure mete ȝere þo him wreþþed Gamelyn and suore be goddes boke Thou schalt go bake þi selfe .I. wil nouȝt be þi koke Line 92

Line 92 Howe broþer Gamelyn howe answeres þou nowe Thou spak neuer suche a worde as þou dost nowe Be my faiþe seide Gamelin now me þenkeþ nede Of al þe harmes that .I. haue .I. toke neuer are hede Line 96 My parkes bene broken and myn dere be reuede Of myne armoure and my stedes nouht is me be-leued Al þat my ffader me be-quathe al goþe to schame And þer-for haue þou goddes curse broþer be þi name Line 100 ¶ Than be-spakke his broþer þat rape was of rees Stond still gedelinge and hold riht þi pes Thou schalt be faine for to haue þi mete and þi wede What spekest þou gamelin of londe or of lede Line 104 Than seide Gameline þe childe þat was ȝinge Cristes curs mot he haue þat clepeþ m[e] gedelinge .I. am no wers gadelyn ne no wers whyght Bot borne of lady and geten of a knyht Line 108 Ne dorste he nouht to Gamelyin neere a fote go Bot cleped to him his men and seide to hem þo Goþe and bete þis boye and reueþ him his witte And lat him leren a-noþer time to answere me bitte Line 112 Than seide þe childe ȝonge Gamelyn Cristes curs most þou haue broþer art þou myne. And if schal algate be beten a-none Cristes curs must þou haue bot þou be þat one Line 116 And anon his broþer in þat grete hete Made his men to fet staues Gamelin for to bete Whan euery of hem had a staf ynome Gamely was war þoo he sey hem comen Line 120 Tho Gamelyn seye hem com he loked ouere all And was ware of a pestel stondeinge vnder a wall Gamelyn was liht and þeder gan he lepe [folio 56a] And droue al his breþes men riht on an hepe Line 124 He loked as wilde lyon and leide on good wone Tho his broþer sawhe þat þei be-gan to gone He fleyhe vpe in-til a lofte and schotte þe dore fast Thus Gamelyn with his pestel made hem al a-gast Line 128

Line 128 Som for for Gamelines loue and somme for his eye Al þei drouhe be halues whan he be-gan to pleye What nowe seide Gamelin yeuel mot ȝe þe Wil ȝe beginne contik and so sone flye Line 132 Gamelin souht his broþere whider he was flowe And sawh where þat he loked oute at a windowe Broþer seide Gamelyn come a litel nere And .I. wil teche a pleie att þe bokelere Line 136 His broþer him ansewarde and swore be seint Richere While þe pestel is in þi honde .y. come þe no nere Broþer .I. wil make þi pees .I. swere be goddes ore Cast awaie þi Pestel and wraþþe þe nomore Line 140 .I. mot nede seide Gamelyne wraþþe me att ones ffor þou wolde make þi men breke my bones Ne had .I. had maine and miht in boþe myn armes To fende hem from me þei wolde haue done me armes Line 144 Gamelin seide his broþere be þou nouht wroþe ffor to seen þe haue harme me were riht loþe .I. ne dide it nouht broþer but for a fondeinge ffor to loken if þoue were stronge and art so ȝynge Line 148 Come a-doune þan to me and graunt me my bone Of þinge .I. will þe axen and we schal sauhte sone ¶ Doune þan cam his broþer þat fikel was and fel And was riht sore agast of þe pestel Line 152 He seide broþer Gameline ax me þi bone And loke þou me blame bot .I. it graunt þe sone Than seide Gamelyin broþe ywis And we schol bene att one þou most me graunt þis Line 156 All þat my fader me bequaþe while he was on lyue Þou most do me it haue if we scholl nouht striue That schalt þou haue Gamelyn .I. swere be goddes ore Al þat þi fader þe be-quaþe þouhe þou woldest haue more Line 160 Thi londe þat lieþ ley wele it schal be sowe And þin house reised vpe þat ben leide so lowe Thus seide þe knyht to Gameline be mowþe And þouht of falsenes as he wele couþe Line 164

Line 164 The knyht þouht on treson and Gamelin þouht none [folio 56b] And went and kissed his broþer And whan þei weren att one Alas ȝonge Gamelyne no þinge he ne wiste With suche false treson his broþer him kyst Line 168 Lysten and lythes and holdeþ ȝoure tonge. And ȝe schal here talkeinge of Gamelin þe ȝonge Ther was þere be-side cride a wrastlinge And þer for þere was sette a rame and a ringe Line 172 And Gamelyn was in wil to wende þer to ffor to prouen his myht what he couþe do Broþere seide Gameline be seint Richere Thou moste lene me to nyht a litel coursere Line 176 þat is frische to þe spores on for to ride .I. moste on an herande a litel here be-side Be god seide his br[o]þer of stedes in my stal Go and chese þe þe best and spare none of al Line 180 Of stedes or of couurseres þat stoden hem be-side And tel me good broþer wheder þou wilt ride Here be-side broþer is cried a warstelinge And þer for schal be sett a ram and a rynge Line 184 Meche worschipe it were broþe to us alle Might .I. þe ramme and þe ringe bringe home to þis halle A stede þere was sadeled smerly and skete Gamelin dide a paire of spores faire on his fete Line 188 He sete fote in þe sterep þe stede he be-strode And to-warde þe wrastelinge þe ȝin childe rode Tho Gamelin þe ȝonge was reden oute att þe gate The false knyht his broþer lokked it after þate Line 192 And be-souht Ihesu crist þat is heuen kinge He myht breke his neke in þat wrestlinge As sone as Gamelin cam þer þis place was He liht doune of his stede and stode on þe gras Line 196 And þere herde a frankelein walawaie singe And be-gan bitterly his hondes to wringe Gode man seide Gamelin. whi makes þou þis fare Is þer no man þat maie ȝow helpen oute of þis care Line 200

Line 200 Alas seide þis frankelein þat euer was .I. bore ffor twey stalworþ sonnes .I. wene þat .I. haue lore A champion is in þe place þat me haþ wrowht sorwe ffor he haþ sleine my twey sonnes bot if god hem borwe Line 204 .I. wil ȝeue ten pounde be ihesu crist and more Wiþe þe nones .I. fand a man to halden him sore Gode man seide Gamelin wilt þou wele done [folio 57a] Hold myn hors while my man draweþ of my schone Line 208 And help my man to kepe my cloþes and m[y] stede And .I. wil in-to þe place gone to loke if .I. mai spede Be god seide þe frankelein it schal be wele done .I. wil my self be þi man to drawen of þi schone Line 212 And wende þou in-to þe place ihesu crist þe spede And drede nouȝt of þi cloþes ne of þi goode stede Barfor and vngert Gamelin inne cam All þat were in þe place hede of him þei name Line 216 Howe he dorste auntre him on him to done his myht That was so dowhti a champion in wrastelinge and in fiht Vp stert þe Champion rapely anone To-ward ȝonge Gamelin he be-gan to gone Line 220 And seide who his fader and who is þi sire For soþe þou arte a grete fole þat þou com hire Gamelione ansewarde þe champion þoo Thow knewe wele my fader while he couþe goo Line 224 Whiles he was on live be seint Martine Sir Iohōn of Boundes was his name and .I. Gamelyne ffelaw seide þe champion so mot .I. þriue .I. knewe wele þi fader while he was on lyue Line 228 And þi selfe gamelyne .I. wil þat þou it here While þoue were a ȝonge boye a muche schrewe þu were Than seide Gamelyn and swore be cristes ore Now .I. am alder wax þou schalt finde me a more Line 232 Be god seide þe champion welcom mot þou be Come þou ones in myne honde schalt þou neuer þe It was wele wiþ-inne þe nyht and þe mone schone Whan Gameline and þe champion to-geder gonne gone Line 236

Line 236 The Champion kast tornes to Gamelin þat was prest And Gamelin stode stil and bad him done his best Than seide Gamelin to þe Champeoun Thou ert fast a-boute to bringe me doune Line 240 Nowe haue I prouede many tornes of þine Þou mot he seide fele on or tuo of myne Gamelyn to þe champeon ȝed smartly anone Of al þe turne þat he couþe he schewde him bot one Line 244 And kest on þe left side þat þre ribbes to-brake And þere-to his one harme þat ȝaf a grete crake Than seide Gamely smertly a-none Schal it be hold for cast or elles for none. Line 248 Be god saide þe champion weþer þat it be [folio 57b] He þat comes ones in þine hande schal he neuer þe Than seide þe frankelein þat had his son þere Blissed be þu Gamelin þat euer þou borne were Line 252 The frankeleine seide to þe champion on him stode him none eye This is ȝonge Gamelyn þat tauht þe þis. pleie Aȝeine anseward þe champion þat liked no þinge well He is alþer maister and his pleie is riht fell Line 256 Seþþe .I. wrasteled first it is go ȝore Bot was neuer my lif handeled so sore Gamelin stode in þe place alone wiþ-outen serk And seide if þere be mo let hem come to werk Line 260 The Champioun þat payned him to wirche so sore It semeþ be his countenance þat he wil no more . . . . . . . . . . Line 264 . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] ffor he handeled þe champion so wonderly sore Two gentil men ȝemed þe place Cam to gamelin god ȝeue him gode grace Line 268 And seide to him do on þin hosen and þin schone ffor soþe att þis time þe faire is done And þan seid Gamelin so mot .I. wele fare .I. haue nouȝt ȝit haluendel solde my ware Line 272

Line 272 Tho seide þe Champion so brouke .I. my swere He is a foole þat þer-of byeþ þou selles it so dere Tho seide þe frankelen þat was in muche care ffelawe he saide whi lakkes þou his ware Line 276 Be seinte Iame in Galeys þat mony man haþ souht Ȝit it is to goode chepe þat þou hast bought Tho þat wardeins were of þe warstelinge Come and brouht Gamelin þe Ram and þe ringe Line 280 And seide haue Gamelin þe ringe and þe Ram ffor þe best warstelier þat euer here cam Thus whanne Gamelin þe ramme and þe Ringe And went wiþ muche Ioy home in þe Morneinge Line 284 ¶ His Broþer seyhe where he came wiþ þe grete route And bad schette þe gate and holde him wiþ-oute Te porter of his lorde was sore agast And stert a-none to þe gate and lokked it fast Line 288 Now liþeþ and listeneþ boþ ȝonge and olde And ȝe schal her gamen of Gameline þe bolde Gamelin cam to þe gate for to haue commen in And þan was it schot fast wiþ a pin Line 292 Than seide Gamelin. Portier vndo þe gate ffor mony goode mannes son stonden þer-ate Than anseward þe portier and swore be goddes berd [folio 58a] Þou ne schalt Gamelin com in to þis ȝerde Line 296 Thou lixt said Gamelin so brouke I my chinne He smote þe wiket wiþe his fote and brak awaie þe pinne The portier sauhe þo it myht no beter bee He sette foote on erþe and gan for to flee Line 300 Be my faiþe seid Gamelin þat trauel is lorene ffor .I. am as liht on fote as þou if þat þou haddest it sworne Gamely ouer toke þe portere and his teen wrake And girt him in þe neke þat he began to brake Line 304 And toke him be þat on arme and þrewe him in a welle .Vij. faþem it was depe as .I. haue herd telle Whan Gamelin the ȝonge þus had plaide his plaie All þat in þe ȝerde were drowen hem awaie Line 308

Line 308 They dreden him ful sore for þe werke þat he wrouht An þe faire compaignie þat he þeder brouht Gameline ȝede to þe ȝate and lete it vp wide He lete in al þat gone wolde or ride Line 312 And seide ȝe be welcom withe-outen any greue ffor we will bue Maistres here and aske noman leue Ȝisterdaic I. left seide ȝonge gamelyne In my broþer seler. five tun of wyne Line 316 .I. wil nouȝt þis company parten a twynne And ȝe wil done after me whan any sope is þere-inne And if my broþer gruche or make foul chiere Line 319 Othere for spence of mete and drink þat we spende here .I. am oure Catur and bereþ oure aller purse He schal haue for his grucheinge seint Maries curse Mi broþer is a negon .I. swere be cristes ore And we wil spende largely þat we haue spent ȝore Line 324 And who þat makeþ grucchinge þat we here duelle He schal vnto þe drawe welle .Vij. daies and seuen nyht Gamelin helde his fest Wiþþe muche solas was þer and none chest Line 328 In a litul ture turet his broþer steke And sawehe him waste his goode bot dorst he nouȝt spek Erly on a morneynge on þe .viij. daie The gestes cam to Gamelin and wolde gone here waie Line 332 Lorde seide Gamelin wil ȝe soo hihe All þe wyne is nouht ȝit dronken so brouke .I. myn eye Gamelin in his hert was ful woo Whan his gestes toke here leue fro him for to goo. Line 336 He wolde þei had duelled longer and þei seide naye [folio 58b] Bot be-tauht Gamelyn god and goode daye Thus made Gamelin his fest and brouht wele to ende And after his gestes had take leue to wende Line 340 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] Line 344

Line 344 ¶ And all þe while þat Gamelyne helde his mangeri His broþere þouht on him be wreke wiþ his trecheri Whan Gamelin gestes were reden and gone Gamelyne stode þan alone frende had he none Line 348 Tho after-warde ful sone wiþ-inne a litel stonde Gamelin was taken and ful harde ybounde fforþe cam þe false knyht oute of selere To gamelin his broþer he ȝode ful nere Line 352 And seide to Gamelin who maade þe so bolde ffor streye my store of myn housolde Broþer seide Gamelin wraþþe þe riht nouht ffor it is mony day gone seþþe it was bouht Line 356 ffor broþer þou hast had be seint Richere Of .xv. plowhes of londe þis .xvj. ȝere And of al þe bestes þou hast forþe bredde Þat my fader me quaþe on his dede bedde Line 360 Of al þis .xvj. ȝere .I. ȝeue þe prowe ffor þe mete and þe drinke þat we han spende nowe Than seide þe false knyhte þere yuel mot he þe Herken broþer Gamelin what .I. wil ȝeue þe Line 364 ffor of my body broþer geten here haue .I. none .I. will make þe my eire .I. swere be seint Iohn Par ma faye seide Gamelin and it so be And þou þinke as þou seiste god ȝelde it þe Line 368 No thinge wist Gamelin of his broþers gile There-for he was be-gilede in a litel while Gamelyn seide he o þinge .I. þe tell Tho þou þrewe my porter in to þe drawe well Line 372 .I. swore in þat wraþþe and in þat grete mote That scholdest be bounden boþe honde and fote Ther-fore .I. þe be-seche broþe Gameline Lat me nouȝt be for-sworne broþer art þou myne Line 376 Lat me binde þe boþ honde and foote ffor to holden myne avowe as .I. þe be-hote Brother seide Gamelin so mot .I. þe Þou schalt not be for-sworne for þe loue of me Line 380

Line 380 Tho maad þei Game to sitte myht he nouht stonde Til þei hadde him bowden boþe fote and honde The false knyht his broþer of Gamelin was a-gast [folio 59a] And sent affeter fetters to fetterne him fast Line 384 His broþer maade lesinges on him þer he stode And tolden hem þat comen inne þat Gamelin was woode Gamelin sto' a post bounden in þe hall Þo þat comen In . loked on him all Line 388 Euer stode Gamelin euen vp-riht Bot mete and drinke hadde ne none neyþer daye ne nyht Than seide Gameline broþer be my halse Nowe .I. haue aspyede þou ert a party false Line 392 Had .I. wist þat treson þat þou hast founde .I. wolde haue ȝeue strokes ar .I. hadde be bounde Gamelin stoode bounden still as any stone Two daies and two nyhtes mete hade he none Line 396 Þan seide Gamelin þat stode y-bounde stronge Adam spenser me þinke .I. fast to longe Adam spenser now .I. be-seche þe ffor þe muche loue my fader loued þe Line 400 If þou maie come to cayes lesse me oute of bonde And .I. wil parte wiþe þe of my fre londe Than seide Adam þat was þe spensere .I. haue serued þi broþer [[? booþer]] þis .xvj. ȝere Line 404 If .I. lete gone oute of his boure He wolde sei af[te]rward .I. were a traitoure Adam seide Gamelin so brouke .I. myn hals Thou schalt finde my broþe att last riht fals Line 408 There-fore Adam broþer lese oute of bondes And .I. will part wiþ þe of my fre londes Vp suche forwarde Adam .I.-wisse .I. wil do þer-to al þat me is Line 412 Adam seide Gamelin as mot .I. þe .I. wil halde þe couenant and þou wil me Anone as Adam lorde to bed was gone Adam toke þe kaye and lete Gamelin oute anone Line 416

Line 416 He vn-lokked Gamelin boþe hondes and fete In hope of avauncement þat he him be-hete Than seide Gamelin þonkede be goddes sonde Now .I. am louse boþe fote and honde Line 420 Had .I. nowe eten and dronken a-riht Þere is none in þis hous schold binde me þis nyht Adam toke Gamelin stil as any stone And ladde him into þe spence rapeli a-none Line 424 And set him to soper riht in a priue stede [folio 59b] And badd him do gladly . and Gamelin so dede Anone as Gameline had ete wel and fine Therto he dronke wele of þe rede wine Line 428 Adam seide Gamelin what is nowe þi rede Where .I. go to my broþer and gerde of his hede Gamelyn seide Adam it schal nouhte be so .I. kan teche þe a rede þat is worþe tuo Line 432 .I. wote wele for soþe þat þis is no naie We schal haue a maungeri riht on sonondaye Abbotes and priours mony her schal be And oþer men of holy cherche as .I. tell þe Line 436 Þou schalt stonde vp be þe post as þu were bounde fast And .I. schal leue þeim vnloke þat awaye þou maie hem cast Whan þat þei haue eten and wasschen her hondes Line 439 Thou schalt be-seke hem al to bringe þe oute of bondes And if þei will borwe þe þat were good gamme Þan were oute of prison . and .I. owte of blame And if iche of hem seie to vs naie .I. schal do anoþer .I. swer be þis daie Line 444 Thou schalt haue a goode staf and .I. wil haue a-noþer And cristes curs þat on haue þat faileþ þe tother Ȝe for god seid Gamelin .I. saie it for me If .I. faile on my side yuel mot .I. þe Line 448 .If. we schol algate assoile hem of her sinne Warne me broþe Adam whan we schal be-ginne Gamelin seide Adam be seinte charité .I. wil warne þe be-forne whan it schal be Line 452

Line 452 Whan .I. twynke on þe loke for to gone And cast awaie þi fetters and com to me anone Adam seide Gamelin blissed be þi bones That is a good counsel ȝiuen for þe nones Line 456 If þei werne me to bringe me oute of bendes .I. wil sett good strokes riht on here lendes Tho þe sondaie was comen and folk to þe feste ffaire þei were welcome boþe lest and meste Line 460 And euer as þei att þe hall dore cam inne Thei keste þeire eye on ȝonge Gameline The false knyht his broþer and ful of trecherie Al þe gestes þat þer were att þe Mangerie Line 464 Of Gamelyn his broþer he tolde hem be mouþe Al þe harme and þe schame þat he telle couþe Whan þei were serued of mete iche mese after oþe [folio 60a] Than seid Gamelin howe serue ȝe me þat am ȝoure broþe It is nouht wele serued be god þat al maade Þat .I. schal sitt fastinge and oþer men maak glade Þe false knyht his broþer þer þat he stode Told al his gestes þat Gamelyne was woode Line 472 And Gamelin stode still and anseward nouht Bot Adames wordes he held in his þouht Tho Gamelin gan spek dolfoly wiþ all To þe grete lordes þat saten in þe hall Line 476 Lordes he seide for cristes passione Helpe to bringe Gamelin oute of prisone ¶ Than seide Abbote sorwe on his cheke He schall haue cristes curse and seint Maries eke Line 480 That þe oute of prison beggeþ oþer borwe Bot euer worþe him wele þat doþ þe muche sorwe Affter þat Abbot þan spak a-noþer .I. wolde þin hede wer of þouh þou were my broþer Line 484 Al þat þe borwe foul mote þaym fall Thus þei seiden al þat weren in þe all Than seide A prioure yuel mote he þriue It is muche sorwe and scaþe boþe þat þou art a liue Line 488

Line 488 ¶ Nowe seide Gamelin so brouke .I. my bone Nowe .I. haue aspied þat frendes haue .I. none Cursed mot he worþe boþe flesche and blode Þat euere doþe Priour or Abbot any goode Line 492 Adam þe spencer toke vp þe cloþe And loked vpon Gamelin . and sawhe þat he was wroþe Adam on þe Pantri litel he þouht Bot tuo goode staues to hall dore he brouht Line 496 Adam loked on gamelin . and he was war anone And keste awaye þe fetteres and be-gan to gone Tho he cam to Adam he toke þe toke þe to staf And be-gan to wirche and goode strokes ȝaf Line 500 Gameline cam into þe hall and þe spenser boþe And loked hem aboute as þei had be riht wroþe Gamelin sprengeþ holy water with an oken spire Than sum þat stod vp right ffellen in þe fire Line 504 Ther was no lewe man þat in þe hall stode That wolde do Gamelin any þinge bot gode Bot stoden be side and lete boþe worche ffor þei had no rewþe of men of holy cherche. Line 508 Abbot or priour Monke or Chanoune [folio 60b] That Gamelin ouere toke a-none þei ȝeden downe Thar was none of hem al þat wiþ his staf mette Line 511 Þat he ne maade hem ouer þrowe . and qwite hem his dette Gamelin seide Adam for seint Charité Pay good liuere for þe loue of me And .I. kepe þe dore so euer her .y. masse Er þei bene assoiled schal þer non passe Line 516 Dowte þe nouht seide Gamelin while we ben in fere Kepe þou wel þe dore and .I. wirche here Stere goode Adam and latt þere none fle And we schol tel largely hou mony þer be Line 520 Gamelin seide Adam do hem bot goode Thei bue men of holy cherche drawe of hem no blode Saue wele þe croune . and done hem none harmes Bot breke boþe here legges and sithen here armes Line 524

Line 524 Thus Gamelin and Adam wrouht riht fast And pleiden wiþe þe monkes and made hem agast Theder þei cam rideinge Ioly with swaynes Line 527 And home a-ȝeine þei weren ledde in cartes and in waynes Tho þei hadden al y-do þo saide a graie frere Alas sir Abbot what did we nowe here Tho þat we comen hider it was a colde rede Vs had be better att home wiþ water and brede Line 532 While Gamelin gaf ordres to monk and to frere Euer stod his broþer and mad foul chere Gamelin vp wiþþe his staf þat he wel knewe And gerd him in þe nekke þat he ouer þrewe Line 536 A litel aboue þe gardel þe rigge bot to-brast And in þe fetters sette him þer he satt arst Sitt þer broþer broþer seide Gameline ffor to coly þi bodi as .I. dide myne Line 540 As swyþe as þei had wroken hem on her fone The asked water and wissen anone What som for her loue and sum for awe Al þe seruantȝ serued ham of þe best lawe Line 544 The schirreue was þen bot .v. mile And al þis was tolde him in a litel while Howe Gamelin and Adam had done a sori res Bounden and wounden men aȝein þe kinges pes Line 548 Tho be-gan son striff for to wake And þe scherref aboute gameline for to take ¶ Nowe lyþes and listeneþ so god gif ȝow good fine [folio 61a] And ȝe schall here good game of ȝonge Gameline Line 552 ffoure and twenty ȝongemen þat helde hem full bolde Cam to þe scherreue and seide þat he wold Gameline and Adam for to fette a-waye The scherref ȝaue hem leue soþe as .I. ȝowe saye Line 556 Thei hiden fast wolde þei nouht linne To þei cam to þe gate þer Gamelin was inne Thei knokken on þe gate þe porter was nyhe And loked out att an hole as a man þat was slyhe: Line 560

Line 560 The porter had be-holde hem a litel while He loued wele Gamelin an was drad of gile: An lete þe wyket stonde ful still And asked hem þer-out what was here will Line 564 ffor al þe grete Compaigny þan spak bot one Vndo þe gate Portier and latt vs inn goone Then seide þe porter so brouke .I. my chinne Ȝe schal sei ȝoure erant er þat ȝe comme inne Line 568 Sei to Gamelin and to Adam . if þeire will be We wolde speke withe hem tuo wordes or þre ffelaw saide þe portier stonde þer still An .I. wil wende to Gamelin to weten his will Line 572 In wente þe portier to Gamelin a-none And seide sire .I. warne ȝowe here be commen ȝoure fone The scherrefs men ben att gate ffor to take ȝoue boþe schal ȝe nouht skape Line 576 Portier seide Gamelin . So mot .I. wel þe .I. will allowe þe þi wordes whan .I. mi time see Go aȝein to gate and dwel wiþ hem a while And þou schal see riht sone porter a gile Line 580 Adam seide Gamelin loke þe to gone We haue fomen att gate and frendes neuer one It buen þe schirreues men þa hider bue come Þei be sworre to-geder þat we schal be nomme Line 584 Gameline seide Adam hie þe riht be liue And if .I. faile þe þis daie yuel mot .I. þriue And we schol so wel-come þe scherreues men That som of hem shal make here beddes in þe fen Line 588 A good Cart staf in his honde he hent Gamelin and att postern gate oute he wente Adam hent sone a-noþer good staf ffor to helpen gamelin and goode strokes ȝaf Line 592 Adam felde tweine and Gameline felled þre Þe toþer sett fete on erþe and gan to fle What saide Adam so euer here .I. masse [folio 61b] .I. haue riht goode wyne drinke ar ȝe passe Line 596

Line 596 Naie be god seide þei þi drinke is not goode It wold make mannes brayne to lye in his hode Gamelin stoode still and loked him aboute And sawhe þe scherreue come wiþ a grete route Line 600 Adam seide Gameline whate be nowe þi redes Here comeþ þe scherreue and wil haue oure hedes Adam seide to Gamelin my rede is nowe þis Abide we no longer lest we fare a mys Line 604 .I rede þat we to woode gone ar þat we be founde Better is þer louse þan in toune bounde Adam toke be þe honde ȝonge gamelin And eyþer of hem dranke a drauht of wyne Line 608 And after token her cours and wenten her waie Tho fonde þe scherref nest bot no naie Þe scherref lyht doune And went in to þe hall And fonde þe lorde fetterd fast wiþ all Line 612 The scherreve vnfetterd him riht sone anone And sent after a leche to helen his rigge bone Late we nowe þe false knyht lyhe in his care And talke we of Gamelin and loke howe he fare Line 616 Gamelin in to þe wode stalkeþ still And Adam spencer loked riht ill Adam swore to Gamelin be seinte Richere Nowe .I. se it is mery to be a spensere Line 620 That me were leuer kaye to bere Than walken in þis wilde wode my cloþe to tere Adam seide Gameline dismaie ȝe riht nouht Many good mannes childe in care is brouht Line 624 As þei stode talkinge boþe in fere Adam herde talkinge of men and nyhe hem þouht he were Tho Gamelin vnder wode loked ariht .Vij. score of ȝonge men he sawe wele a-diht Line 628 All satt att mete compas aboute Adam seide Gamelin nowe haue ȝe no doute After bale comes bote þoruht goddes myht Me þe þinkeþ þat of mete and drinke .I. haue a siht Line 632

Line 632 Adam loked þo vnder wode bouhe And þo he sauhe mete he was glade y-nowhe ffor he hope to god for to haue his dele And he was sore alonged after a goode mele Line 636 As he had seide þat word þe Maister outelawe [folio 62a] Sawe Gamelin and Adam vnder wode schawe Ȝonge men seide þe maister be þe goode rode .I. am war of gestes god send vs goode Line 640 Ȝonde bene two ȝon[g]e men riht wele adiht And parauentur þer bene mo who so loked ariht Ariseþ vp ȝonge men and fette hem to me It is good þat we weten what men þei be Line 644 Vpe þer sterten .vij. fro þe denere And Metten wiþ Gamelin . and Adam spensere Whan þei were nyhe hem þan seide þat one Ȝeldeþ vp ȝonge men ȝoure bowes and ȝoure flone Line 648 Than seid Gamelin þat ȝonge was of elde Muche sorwe mot he haue þat to ȝowe hem ȝelde .I. curs none oþer bot riht my selue Þough ȝe fette to ȝow .v. þat be ȝe tuelue Line 652 Tho þei herde be his worde þat myht was in his arme Ther was none of hem þat wolde do him harme Bot seide to Gamelin Mildely and still Com a-for oure maister and seie to him þi will Line 656 Ȝonge men seide Gamelin be ȝoure leute What man is ȝoure Maister þat ȝe wiþ be Al þei ansewerd wiþ-oute lesinge Oure maister his crouned of owtelawes þe kenge Line 660 Adam seide Gamelin go we in cristes name He maye neyþer mete ne drinke warne vs for schame If þat he be hende and come of gentil blode He will ȝeue vs mete and drinke and do vs sum goode Line 664 Be seinte Iame seid Adam what harme þat .I. gete .I. wil auentur me to þe dore þat .I. hade mete Gamelin and Adam wenten forþe in fere And þei grete þe maister þat þei fonde þere Line 668

Line 668 Than seide þe maister kinge of owtelauwes What seke ȝe ȝongmen vnder wodee schawes Gamelin ansewarde þe kinge wiþ his croune He moste nedes walke in wode þat maye nouht walke in toune Sire we walke nouht here men harme to do Line 673 Bot if wee mete a dere to schete þer to As men þat bene hungri and maie no mete finde And bene harde bestade vnder wode linde Line 676 Of Gamelyne wordes þe maister had reuþe He seide sche schal haue .I.-nouhe haue god my treuþe He bad hem sette doune for to take rest [folio 62b] And bad ete and dringe and þat of þe best Line 680 As þei eten and dronken wele and fine Than seide þe tone to þe toþer þis is Gameline Tho was þe Maister owtelawe into counseile nome And tolde howe it was Gamelin was þeder come Line 684 Anone as he herde howe it was be-fal He maade him maister vnder him ouere hem al Wiþ-inne þe þred weke him cam tidynge Tho þe maister owtlawe þat was here kinge Line 688 Þat he scholde come home his pes was made And of þe goode tiþinge he was ful glade Tho seide he to his ȝonge men soþe to tell Me be commen tiþinges .I. maie no longer duel. Line 692 Tho was Gameline anone wiþ-oute taryinge Maade Maister owteley . and crouned here kinge Tho was Gamelin crounede kinge of outelawes And walked a while vnder wode schawes Line 696 The false knyht his broþer was scherreue of þe schire And lete his broþer endite for hate and for ire Tho were his bondemen sori and nouht gladde Whan Gamelin her lorde was cried wolueshed and maade And sent oute of his men wher þei myht him finde Line 701 ffor to seke Gamelin vnder wode linde To tel him tiþinge þe winde was went And al his goode reued and his men schent Line 704

Line 704 Whan þe hadden him founde on knees þei hem setten And a-doune wiþ here hode and here lorde gretten. Sir wraþþe ȝou nouht for þe goode rode ffor we haue brouhte ȝowe tiþinges bot þei be nouȝt goode Nowe is þi broþe scherreue and haþe þe baille Line 709 And haþe enditede þe and wolues-hed doþe þe crie Allas seide Gamelin þat euer .I. was so slakke Þat .I. ne hadde broke his nekke . þo .I. his rigge brakke Go greteþ wele myne husbondes and wif Line 713 .I. wil bene att þe next schire haue god my lif Gamelyn cam wel redy to þe next schire And þer was his broþer boþe lorde and sire Line 716 Gamelin cam boldely in to þe mote hall And put adoune his hode a-monge þe lordes all God saue ȝowe lordeinges þat nowe here be Bot brokebakke scherreue yuel most þou þe Line 720 Whi haste þou do me þat schame and velanye [folio 63a] ffor to late endite me and wolues-hede do me crye Tho þouht þe fals knyht for to be awreke And lete take Gameline most he nomore speke Line 724 Miht þere be no grace bot Gamelin att þe last Was cast in to prison and fetterd fast Gameline haþe a broþer þat hiht sir Ote A goode knyht and hende as miht gone on fote Line 728 Anone ȝede a messagier to þat good knyht And tolde hem al togeder howe Gameline was diht . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] He was riht sorie was he noþinge liht Line 732 . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] And to his tweine breþer ful sone he came Sir seide sir Ote to þe Scherref þoo We bene bot þree breþern schal we neuer be mo Line 736 And þou hast prisoned þe best of all Suche a-noþer Iuel mot him befall Sire Ote, seide þe false knyht lat be þi curs Be god for þi wordes he schal fare þe wurs Line 740

Line 740 To þe kinges prison he his ynomme And þere he schal abide vnto þe iustice come Pardie seide sire Ote Better it schall be .I. bidde him to mainprise þat þou graunt to me Line 744 Til þe next siteinge of deliuerance And lat þat Gamelin stonde to his chaunce Broþe in suche a forward .I. take him to þe And be þi faderes soule þat be-ȝate þe and me Line 748 Bot he be redi whan þe Iustice sitte Þou schalt bere þe Iuggement for all þi grete witte .I. graunt wele quod sire ote þat it so be Lat do liuer him a-none and tak him to me Line 752 Tho was Gameline deliuerde to sir Ote his broþer And þat nyht dwelden þe tone wiþ þe toþere On þe morwe seide Gamelin to sir Ote þe hende Broþe he seide .I. mot for soþe fro þe wende Line 756 To loke how my ȝonge men leden here lif Wheþer þei leuen in ioye or elles in strif Be gode seide sir hote þat is a colde rede Now .I. see þat al þe carke schal fal on myne hede Line 760 ffor whan þe Iustice sitte and þou be nouht yfounde .I. schal anone be taken and in þi stede ybounde Broþer seide Gamelin dismaie þe nouht ffor be seint Iame in Galeis þat mony men haþ souht Line 764 If þat god almyhty holde me my lif and witte [folio 63b] .I. wil be þere redy whan þe Iustice sitte Than seide sir Ote til gamelin god schelde þe fro schame Com whan þou seest time and bringe vs oute of blame Line 768 . . . . . . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] ¶ Gamelin went þo vnder wode rise And fonde þere playinge men of prise Line 772 Tho was ȝonge Gamelin riht glad ynouhe Whanne he fonde his men vnder woode bouhe Gamelin and his men talken in fere And þei had good Game here maister to here Line 776

Line 776 His men tolden him of aventures þat þei had founde And Gamelin hem tolde aȝein howe he was fast bounde Whan Gamelin was outelawe he hadde no cors Ther was no man þat for him ferde þe wors Line 780 Bot Abbotes and priours and monke and chanone On hem left he nouht whan he myht hem nome While Gamelin and his men made merþes rive The fals knyht his broþer yuel most he þriue Line 784 ffor he was fast aboute boþe daie and oþer ffor to hire þe queste for to honge his broþer ¶ Gamelin stode vpon a daie and he be-helde Þe wode and þe schawes in þe wilde felde Line 788 He þouht on his broþer howe him be-hette Þat he wolde be redy whan þe Iustice sette He þouht wele þat he wolde wiþ-oute delaie Com afor þe Iustice to kepen his daye Line 792 And seide to his ȝonge men diht ȝowe ȝare ffor whan þe Iustice sitte we mot be þare ffor .I. am vnder borwe til þat .I. come And my broþer for me to prison schal be nomme Line 796 Be seint Iame seide his ȝonge men and þou reede þerto Ordeigne howe it schal be and it schal be do While Gameline was cominge þer þe Iustice satt The false knyht his broþe for-ȝate he nouȝt þatt Line 800 To hire men on his queste to hangen his broþer Þouhe þei had nouht þe tone he wolde haue þat oþere Tho cam Gamelin fro vnder wode rise And brouht wiþe hem ȝonge men of prise Line 804 I se wele saide Gamelin þe Iustice is sette Go a-forne Adam and loke how it spette Adam went in to þe hall and loke al aboute He sawhe þere stand lordes grete and stoute Line 808 And sir Ote his broþere fetterd ful faste [folio 64a] Tho went Adam oute as he were agaste Adam seide to Gamelin and to his felawes all Sire Ote stant fetterd in þe mote hall Line 812

Line 812 Ȝonge men seide Gamelin þis here ȝe alle Howe sir Ote stant fetterd in þe mote halle If god ȝife vs grace wele for to do He schal it a-bigge þat brouht it þer-to Line 816 Than seide Adam þot lokkes had hore Cristes curs mot he haue þat him bonde so sore And þou wilte Gamelin do after my rede Þare is none in þe hall schal bere awaie his hede Line 820 Adam seide Gamelin we wil nouht do soo We wil sle þe Giltif and late þe oþere goo .I. wil into þe hall and wiþ þe Iustice speke On hem þat ben Giltif .I. wil bene awreke Line 824 Lat none scape att þe dore takeþ ȝonge men ȝeme ffor .I. wil be Iustice þis daie domes to deme God spede me þis daye att my newe werke Adam Com þou wiþ me for þou schal be my clerke Line 828 His men Anseward him and bad him done his best And if þou to vs haue ne le þou schal finde vs preste We wil stand wiþ þe while þat we maie dure And bot we wirken manly paie vs non hire Line 832 Ȝonge men seide Gameline so mote .I. wel þe As trusti a maister schal ȝe finde on me Riht þere þe Iustice satte in þe hall In went Gamelin a-monge hem all Line 836 Gamelin lete vn-fetter his broþer oute of bende Than seide sir Oke his broþer þat was hende Thou haddest al-most gamelin dwelled to longe ffor þe quest is oute for me þat .I. scholde be honge Line 840 Broþer seide Gamelin so god gif me gode rest Þis daie þei schal be hongede þat bene on þi queste And þe Iustice boþe þat is þe Iugge man And þe scherreue boþe þoruh him it be-ganne Line 844 Than seide Gamelin to þe Iustice Nowe is þi power done þou most nedes a-rise Thou hast ȝeue domes þat bene yuel diht .I. wil sitten in þi sette and dressen hem a-riht Line 848

Line 848 The Iustice satt still and rose nouht anone And Gamelin cleue his cheke bone. Gamelin toke him in his armes and no more spak [folio 64b] Bot þroue him ouer þe barre and his arme to-brak Line 852 Dorst none to Gameline seie bot gode ffor ferde of þe compaignie þat wiþ-oute stode Gamelin set him doune in þe Iustice sete And sir Ote his broþer by him and Adam att his fete Line 856 Herke of bourde þat Gamelin dede He þouht for to make hem riht sore adrede ¶ He lete fetter þe Iustice and his false broþer And lete hem come to þe barre þe tone wiþ þe toþer Line 860 Tho Gamelin had þus done he no rest To he had enquered who was on þe quost ffor to demen his broþer sir Ote for to honge Or he wiste whiche þei were he þouht ful longe Line 864 Bot as son as Gamelin wist where þei were He dide hem euery-chon fetter in fere And bringe hem to þe barre and sett hem on rewe Be my faiþe seide Iustice þe scherreue is a schrewe Line 868 Than seide Gamelin to þe Iustice Thou hast ȝeue domes of þe werst assise And þe .xij. sisours þat weren on þe queste Thei schal ben an-hanged þis daie so haue .I. goode reste Than seide þe scherreue to ȝonge Gameline Line 873 Lorde .I. crie þe Mercye broþe art þou myne Ther-fore seide Gamelin haue þou goddes curs ffor and þou were Meister ȝit .I. scholde haue wors Line 876 ffor to make schort tale and nouht to longe He ordeyned him a queste of his men so stronge The Iustice and þe scherreve boþ hongede hihe To veyven wiþe þe ropes . and wiþ þe wynde drye Line 880 And þe .xij. sisours sorwe haue þei þat rekke All þei were hanged fast be þe nekke Thus endeþ þe false knyht wiþ his trecherie That euer hade ladde his lif in falsnes and in folye Line 884

Line 884 He was hongede be þe nekke. and nouht be þe purce Þat was þe mede þat he had for his fader curs Sire Ote was eldest and Gamelin was ȝinge Wente wiþ here frendes and pesed wiþ þe kinge Line 888 Thei made pes wiþ þe kinge of þe best sise The kinge louede wele sir Ote and maade him Iustice And after þe kinge maade Gamelin boþe in est and weste Chief Iustice of his fre forest. Line 892 All his whight ȝonge men þe kinke for-ȝaue here gelte [folio 65a] And siþen in good Office he haþe hem al pelte Thus wan Gamelin his londe and his lede And wrake him of his enemys and quyte hem here mede And sir Ote his Broþer maade him hi[s] heire Line 897 And seþþe wede Gameline a wif a goode and a feire Thei leueden to-geder while þat crist wolde An syþen was Gamelin Grauen vnder molde Line 900 And so schal we al maie þere none fle God bringe vs to þat Ioye þa euer schal be AmeN. [[No gap in the MS.]]

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