The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

APPENDIX TO GROUP A.

[THE SPURIOUS TALE OF GAMELYN.]

LItheth and lestneþ and herkneþ aright [folio 59a] Line 1 And ȝe schul heere a talkyng of a doughty knight Sire Iohn of Boundys was his right name he cowde of/ norture ynough & mochil of game Line 4 Thre sones þe knight · þat with his body he wan The eldest was a moche schrewe / and sone he bygan his breþeren loued wel here fader / and of him were agast / The eldest deserued his fadres curs / and had it at þe last / Line 8 The goode kniȝt his fader lyuede so ȝore That deth was comen him to and handled him ful sore The goode knight cared sore . sik þer he lay how his children scholde lyuen after his day Line 12 he hadde ben wyde wher . but non housbond he was Al þe lond þat he had / it was verrey purchas Fayn he wold it were dressed / amonges hem alle That ech of hem had his part / as it might falle / Line 16 Tho sent he in to cuntre after wise knightes To helpe delen his londes / and dressen hem to rightes he sent hem word by lettres / þey schulden hye blyue yf þey wolde speke with him whil he was on lyue / Line 20

Line 20 ¶ Tho þe knyghtes herden / sik þer he lay hadde þey no reste noþer night ne day Til þey comen to him þer he lay stille / On his deþ bedde . to abyde goddes wille Line 24 Þan seyde þe goode knight syk þer he lay lordes I ȝou warne for soþ wiþoute nay I may no lengere lyuen heer in þis stounde For þurgh goddes wille deþ draweth me to grounde Line 28 Ther nas non of hem alle . þat herd him aright Þat þey hadden reuþe of þat ilke knight And seyde sir for goddes loue ne dismay ȝou nought God may do bote of bale þat is now I-wrought Line 32 ¶ Than spak þe goode knight sik þer he lay Boote of bale god may sende I wot it is no nay But I byseke ȝou kniȝtes for þe loue of me Goþ and dresseþ my lond among my sones þre Line 36 And sires for þe loue of god deleþ hem nat amys And forgetiþ nat Gamelyn my ȝonge sone þat is Takeþ heed to þat on as wel as to þat oþer [folio 59b] Selde ȝe see ony Eyr helpen his broþer Line 40 ¶ þo leete þey þe knight lyen þat was nought in hele / And wenten in to counseil his londes for to dele / For to delen hem alle /. to oon þat was her þought And for Gamelyn was ȝongest / he schuld haue nouȝt Line 44 Al þe lond þat þer was þey dalten it in two And leeten Gamelyn þe ȝonge wiþoute lond go And ech of hem seyde to oþer ful lowde His breþeren might ȝeue him lond whan he good cowde Line 48 whan þey hadde deled þe lond at here wille þey come aȝein to þe knight þer he lay ful stille And tolden him anon-right / how þey hadden wrought And þe knight þere he lay liked it right nought Line 52 Than seyde þe knight / by seynt Martyn For al þat ȝe haue y-doon ȝit is the lond myn For goddes loue neyhebours stondeþ alle stille And I wil dele my lond / after my wille Line 56

Line 56 Iohan myn eldeste sone / schal haue plowes fyue That was my fadres heritage whil he was on lyue And my myddeleste sone / fyf plowes of lond That I halp for to gete wiþ my right hond Line 60 And al myn other purchas / of londes and leedes Þat I byqueþe gamelyn / and alle my goode steedes And I byseke ȝow goode men þat lawe conne of londe For Gamelynes loue þat my queste stonde Line 64 Thus dalte þe knight his lond by his day Right on his deþ bed / sik þer he lay And sone aftirward he lay stoon stille / And deyde whan tyme com / as it was cristes wille Line 68 And anon as he was deed and vnder gras I-graue / Sone þe elder broþer gyled þe ȝonge knaue He took in to his hond / his lond as his leede And Gamelyn himselfe / to clothen and to feede Line 72 He clothed him and fed him yuel and eek wroþe And leet his londes forfare and his houses boþe his parkes and his woodes / and dede noþing wel And seþþen he it abought on his faire fel Line 76 So longe was Gamelyn in his broþeres halle [folio 60a] For þe strengest of good wil þey doutiden him alle / Þer was non þer Inne nowþer ȝong ne olde That wolde wraþþe Gamelyn were he neuer so bolde / Line 80 Gamelyn stood on a day in his broþeres ȝerde And bygan wiþ his hond to handlen his berde he þought on his londes þat layen vnsawe And his faire Okes þat doun were I-drawe Line 84 his parkes were I-broken / and his deer byreeued Of alle his goode steedes noon was him byleued his howses were vnhiled / and ful yuel dight Tho þoughte Gamelyn it wente nought aright Line 88 Afterward cam his broþer walkynge þare And seyde to Gamelyn is our mete ȝare / Tho wraþþed him gamelyn and swor by goddes book Thou schalt go bake þi self / I wil nouȝt be þy cook Line 92

Line 92 how broþer Gamelyn / how answerest þou now / þou spake neuer such a word as þou dost now / By my faith seyde Gamelyn now me þinkeþ neede / Of alle þe harmes þat I haue I tok neuer ar heede Line 96 My parkes ben tobroken and my deer byreued Of myn armure and my steedes nought is me bileued Al þat my fader me byquaþ al goþ to schame / And þerfor haue þou goddes curs broþer by þy name Line 100 Than byspak his broþer þat rape was of rees / Stond stille gadelyng / and hold right þy pees / Thou schalt be fayn for to haue þy mete and þy wede / what spekest þou Gamelyn of lond oþer of leede Line 104 Thanne seyde Gamelyn þe child þat was ying Cristes curs mot he haue þat clepeþ me gadelyng I am no worse gadelyng ne no worse wight But born of a lady and geten of a knight Line 108 Ne durst he nat to Gamelyn ner a foote go But clepide to him his men and seyde to hem þo Goþ and beteþ þis boy and reueþ him his wyt / And lat him leren anoþer tyme to answere me bet Line 112 Thanne seyde þe child ȝonge Gamelyn Cristes curs mot þou haue broþer art þou myn And if I schal algate be beten anon [folio 60b] Cristes curs mot þou haue but þou be þat oon Line 116 And anon his broþer in þag grete hete Made his men to fette staues Gamelyn to bete whan þat euerich of hem / a staf had I-nome Gamelyn was war anon þo he seigh hem come Line 120 þo gamelyn seyh hem come / he loked ouer al And was war of a pestel stood vnder a wal Gamelyn was light of foot / and þider gan he lepe And drof alle his broþeres men right on an hepe Line 124 he loked as a wilde lyoun and leyde on good woon Tho his broþer say þat he bigan to goon · he fley vp in til a loft and schette þe dore fast Thus Gamelyn wiþ þe pestel made hem alle agast Line 128

Line 128 Some for Gamelynes loue / and some for his eyȝe / Alle þey drowe by halues // þo he gan to pleyȝe / what how now seyde Gamelyn euel mot ȝe thee wil ȝe bygynne contek and so sone flee / Line 132 Gamelyn sought his broþer / whider he was flowe And saugh wher he loked out / at a wyndowe / Broþer sayde Gamelyn com a litel ner And I wil teche þe a play atte bokeler Line 136 his broþer him answerde and swor by seynt Rycher whil þe pestel is in þin hond I wil come no neer Broþer I wil make þy pees / I swere by cristes ore Cast away þe pestel and wraþþe þe nomore / Line 140 I mot neede sayde Gamelyn wraþþe me at oones For thou wolde make þy men to breke myne boones Ne had I hadde mayn and might in myn armes To haue I-put hem fro me he wolde haue do me harmes Line 144 Gamelyn sayde his broþer be þou nought wroþ For to seen þe haue harm it were me right loþ I ne dide it nouȝt broþer but for a fondyng For to loken or þou were strong and art so ying Line 148 Com a doun þan to me and graunte me my bone Of þing I wil þe aske / and we schul saughte sone Doun þan cam his broþer þat fykil was and felle And was swiþe sore agast of þe pestelle Line 152 he seyde broþer Gamelyn aske me þy boone [folio 61a] And loke þou me blame but I graunte sone Thanne seyde Gamelyn broþer I-wys And we schulle ben at oon þou most me graunte þis Line 156 Al þat my fader me byquath whil he was on lyue / Þou most do me it haue ȝif we schul nat stryue / That schalt þou haue Gamelyn I swere by cristes ore Al þat þi fader the byquaþ þough þou woldest haue more Line 160 Thy lond þat lyþ laye ful wel it schal be sowe And þyn howses reysed vp þat ben leyd so lowe Thus seyde þ^e knight to Gamelyn wiþ mowthe / And þought eek of falsnes / as he wel couþe / Line 164

Line 164 The king þought on tresoun / and Gamelyn on noon And went and kist his broþer / and whan þey were at oon Allas ȝonge Gamelyn noþing he ne wiste / wiþ which a false tresoun his broþer him kiste / Line 168

LIþeth and lestneþ and holdeþ ȝour tonge And ȝe schul heere talkyng of Gamelyn þe yonge Ther was þer bysiden cryed a wrastlyng And þerfor þer was sette vp a Ram and a Ryng Line 172 And Gamelyn was in good wil/ to wende þerto / For to preuen his might what he cowþe do Broþer seyde Gamelyn by seynt Richer Thou most lene me to nyȝt // a litel Courser Line 176 That is freisch to the spore on for to ryde I most on an Erande a litel her byside By god seyd his brother of steedes in my stalle Go and chese þe þe best and spare non of alle Line 180 Of steedes or of course þat stonden hem bisyde And tel me goode broþer whider þou wolt ryde ¶ her byside broþer is cryed a wrastlyng And þerfor schal be set vp a Ram and a Ryng Line 184 Moche worschip it were broþer to vs alle Might I þe Ram and þe Ryng bryng home to þis halle A steede þer was sadeled smertely and skeet Gamelyn did a paire spores fast on his feet Line 188 he set his foot in styrop / þe steede he bystrood And toward þe wrastelyng þe ȝonge child rood Tho Gamelyn þe yonge was ride out at þe gate [folio 61b] The fals kniȝt his broþer lokked it after þate Line 192 And bysoughte ihū crist þat is heuen kyng he mighte breke his nekke in þat wrastlyng As sone as Gamelyn com þer þe place was / he lighte doun of his steede and stood on þe gras / Line 196 And þer he herd a Frankeleyn wayloway syng And bigan bitterly his hondes for to wryng Goode man seyde Gamelyn why makestow þis fare Is þer no man þat may ȝou helpe out of þis care Line 200

Line 200 Allas seyde þis Frankeleyn þat euer was I bore For tweye stalworþe sones / I wene þat I haue lore A Champioun is in þe place / þat haþ I-wrought me sorwe For he haþ slayn my two sones / but if god hem borwe / Line 204 I wold ȝeue ten pound by ihū crist and more wiþ þe nones I fand a man to handil him sore Goode man seyde Gamelyn wilt þou wel doon hold myn hors whil my man draweþ of my schoon · Line 208 And help my man to kepe my cloþes and my steede / And I wil in to place go / to loke if I may speede / By god sayde þe Frankeleyn anon it schal be doon I wil my self be þy man / and drawen of þy schoon Line 212 And wende þou in to þe place / ihū crist þe speede / And drede not of þy cloþes nor of þy goode steede /

BArfoot and vngert . Gamelyn in cam Alle þat weren in þe place heede of him þey nam Line 216 how he durst auntre him of him to doon his might That was so doughty champioun in wrastlyng and in fight vp sterte þe Champioun raply and anoon Toward ȝonge Gamelyn / he bigan to goon Line 220 And sayde who is þy fader and who is þy sire For soþe þou art a gret fool þat þou come hire Gamelyn answerde þe champioun tho þou knewe wel my fader / whil he couþe go Line 224 whiles he was on lyue / by seint martyn Sir Iohn of Boundys was his name and I gamelyn Felaw seyde þe champioun al so mot I þryue I knew wel þy fader whil he was on lyue Line 228 And þiself Gamelyn I wil þat þou it heere [folio 62a] whil þou were a ȝong boy a moche schrewe þou were þan seyde Gamelyn and swor by cristes ore Now I am older woxe þou schalt me fynd a more Line 232 By god sayde þe Champioun welcome mote þou be Come þou ones in myn hond schalt þou neuer þe It was wel wiþinne þe night and þe moone schon whan Gamelyn and þe Champioun to-gider gon to goon Line 236

Line 236 The champioun caste tornes to Gamelyn þat was prest And Gamelyn stood stille and bad him doon his best Thanne seyde Gamelyn to þe Champioun Thou art fast aboute to brynge me a doun Line 240 Now I haue I-proued many tornes of þyne Thow most he seyde prouen on or tuo of myne Gamelyn to þe Champioun ȝede smartly anon Of alle þe tornes þat he cowþe he schewed him but oon Line 244 And kast him on þe left syde þat þre ribbes tobrak And þerto his oon arm þat ȝaf a gret crak Thanne seyde Gamelyn smertly anoon Schal it be holde for a cast or elles for noon. Line 248 By god seyd þe Champioun wheþer þat it bee he þat comes ones in þin hand schal he neuer þee Than seyde þe Frankeleyn / þat had his sones þere Blessed be þou gamelyn þat euer þou bore were Line 252 The Frankleyn seyd to þe Champioun of him stood him noon eye This is yonge Gamelyn þat taughte þe þis pleye Aȝein answerd the Champioun þat liked no þing well he is a liþer mayster and his pley is riȝt fell Line 256 Siþ I wrastled first / it is I-go ful ȝore But I was neuere my lyf handled so sore Gamelyn stood in þe place allone wiþoute serk And seyd if þer be eny mo lat hem come to werk Line 260 The Champioun þat peyned him to werke so sore It semeþ by his continaunce þat he wil nomore Gamelyn in þe place / stood as stille as stoon· For to abyde wrastelyng but þer com noon Line 264 Ther was noon with Gamelyn wolde wrastle more / For he handled þe Champioun so wonderly sore / Two gentil men þer were þat yemede þe place [folio 62b] Comen to Gamelyn god ȝeue him goode grace Line 268 And sayde to him do on / þyn hosen and þy schoon For soþe at þis tyme þis feire is I-doon· And þan seyde Gamelyn so mot I wel fare / I haue nought ȝet haluendel sold vp my ware / Line 272

Line 272 Tho seyde þe Champioun so brouk I my sweere he is a fool þat þer of beyeþ / þou sellest it so deere Tho sayde þe Frankeleyn þat was in moche care Felaw he seyde / why lakkest þou his ware / Line 276 By seynt Iame in Galys þat many man haþ sought Ȝet it is to good cheep þat þou hast I-bought Tho þat wardeynes were of þat wrastlyng Come and broughte Gamelyn þe Ram and þe Ryng Line 280 And seyden haue Gamelyn þe Ryng and þe Ram For þe best wrasteler þat euer here cam· Thus wan Gamelyn þe Ram and þe Ryng And wente wiþ moche ioye home in þe mornyng Line 284 His broþer seih wher he cam with þe grete rowte / And bad schitte þe gate and holde him wiþoute The porter of his lord was ful sore agast And stert anon to þe gate and lokked it fast Line 288

NOw litheþ and lestneþ boþe ȝong and olde And ȝe schul heere gamen of Gamelyn þe bolde Gamelyn com þerto for to haue comen In. And þanne was it I-schet faste wiþ a pyn Line 292 Than seyde Gamelyn porter vndo þe yate For many good mannes sone stondeþ þer-ate Than answerd þe porter and swor by goddes berd Thow ne schalt Gamelyn come in to þis ȝerde Line 296 Thow lixt sayde Gamelyn so browke I my chyn he smot þe wyket wiþ his foot and brak awey þe pyn The porter seyh þo it might no better be He sette foot on erþe he bigan to flee Line 300 By my faiþ seyde Gamelyn þat trauail is I-lore For I am of foot as light as þou þough þou haddest swore Gamelyn ouertook þe porter and his teene wrak And gert him in þe nekke þat þe bon tobrak Line 304 And took him by þat oon arm and þrew him in a welle [folio 63a] Seuen fadmen it was deep . as I haue herd telle / whan Gamelyn þe yonge þus hadde pleyd his play Alle þat in þe ȝerde were drewen hem a way Line 308

Line 308 Þey dredden him ful sore for werkes þat he wrouȝte And for þe faire company þat he þider broughte Gamelyn ȝede to þe gate / and leet it vp wyde he leet in alle maner men þat gon in wold or ryde Line 312 And seyde ȝe be welcome wiþouten eny greeue / For we wiln be maistres heer / and aske no man leue / Ȝestirday I lefte / seyde ȝonge Gamelyn· In my broþer Seller .v. tonne of wyn Line 316 I wil not þat þis compaignye parten a-twynne / And ȝe wil doon after me while eny sope is þrynne And if my broþer grucche or make foul cheere Line 319 Oþer for spense of mete or drynk þat we spenden heere / I am oure catour / and bere oure aller purs / he schal haue for his grucchyng seint maries curs My broþer is a nyggoun / I swer by cristes ore And we wil spende largely þat he haþ spared ȝore / Line 324 And who þat makeþ grucchyng / þat we here dwelle he schal to þe porter in to þe draw-welle vij. dayes and .vij. nyght Gamelyn held his feste with moche myrþ and solas / þat was þer and no cheste / Line 328 In a litel toret his brother lay I-steke And sey hem wasten his good but durst he not speke Erly on a mornyng on þe viij.^e day The gestes come to Gamelyn and wolde gon here way Line 332 Lordes seyde Gamelyn / wil ȝe so hye Al þe wyn is not ȝet y-dronke so brouk I myn ye Gamelyn in his herte was he ful wo whan his gestes took her leue from him for to go Line 336 he wold þey had lenger abide / and þey seyde nay But bitaughte Gamelyn god and good day Thus made Gamelyn his fest / and brought it wel to ende And after his gestys took leue to wende Line 340

LItheþ and lestneþ and holdeþ ȝoure tonge And ȝe schul heere gamen of Gamelyn þe ȝonge / herkneþ lordynges and lesteneþ aright [folio 63b] whan alle gestes were goon how Gamelyn was dight Line 344

Line 344 Al þe whil þat Gamelyn heeld his mangerye his broþer þought on him be wreke / wiþ his treccherie Tho Gamelyns gestes were riden and I-goon Gamelyn stood allone frendes had he noon Line 348 Tho after ful soone wiþinne a litel stounde Gamelyn was I-take and ful hard I-bounde Forþ com þe fals knight out of þe selleer To Gamelyn his broþer he ȝede ful neer Line 352 And sayde to Gamelyn who made þe so bold For to stroye my stoor of myn houshold Broþer seyde Gamelyn wraþþe þe right nouȝt For it is many day I-gon siþþen it was bouȝt Line 356 For broþer þou hast I-had by seynt richer Of xv. plowes of lond þis .xvj. ȝer And of alle þe beestes þou hast forþ bred That my fader me biquath on his deth bed Line 360 Of al þis xvj. ȝeer I ȝeue þe þe prow For þe mete and þe drynk þat we haue spended now / Thanne seyde þe fals knyȝt euel mot he the Herkne broþer Gamelyn what I wol ȝeue þe Line 364 For of my body broþer geten heir haue I noon I wil make þe myn heir I swere by seint Iohn Par ma foy sayd Gamelyn and if it so be And þou þenke as þou seyst god ȝelde it þe Line 368 No þing wiste Gamelyn of his broþeres gyle Therfore he him bigyled in a litel while Gamelyn seyde he o thing/ I þe telle Tho þou þrewe my porter in þe draw-welle Line 372 I swor in þat wraþþe and in þat grete moot That þou schuldest be bounde boþe hand and foot Therfore I þe biseche brother Gamelyn Lat me nought be forsworn broþer art þou myn Line 376 lat me bynde þe now boþe hand and feet For to holde myn avow as I þe biheet Broþer sayde Gamelyn also mot I þe Thou schalt not be forsworen for þe loue of me Line 380

Line 380 Tho made þey Gamelyn to sitte might he nat stonde [folio 64a] Til þey had him bounde boþe foot and honde / The fals knight his broþer of Gamelyn was agast And sent aftir feteres to feteren him fast Line 384 His broþer made lesynges on him þer he stood And told hem þat comen In þat Gamelyn was wood Gamelyn stood to a post bounden in þe halle / Tho þat comen in þer loked on him alle / Line 388 Euer stood Gamelyn euen vpright But mete ne drynk had he non neiþer day ne night Than seyde Gamelyn broþer by myn hals Now I haue aspied þou art a party fals / Line 392 had I wist þat tresoun þat þou haddest y-founde I wolde haue ȝeue þe strokes or I had be bounde / Gamelyn stood bounden stille as eny stoon· Two dayes and two nightes mete had he noon Line 396 Thanne seyde Gamelyn þat stood y-bounde stronge / Adam Spencer me þinkþ I faste to longe Adam Spencer now I byseche þe For þe mochel loue my fader loued þe/ Line 400 yf þou may come to þe keyes lese me out of bond And I wil parte wiþ þe of my free lond Thanne seyde adam þat was þe Spencer I haue serued þy broþer þis xvj. ȝeer Line 404 If I leete þe goon out of his bour he wolde say afterward I were a traytour Adam sayde Gamelyn so brouk I myn hals þou schalt fynde my broþer atte laste fals Line 408 Therfor broþer adam louse me out of bond And I wil parte wiþ þe of my free lond vp swich a forward seyde adam I-wys I wil do þerto al þat in me is Line 412 Adam seyde Gamelyn al so mot I þe I wol hold þe couenaunt and þou wil me Anon as adames lord to bedde was I-goon Adam took þe keyes and leet gamelyn out anoon Line 416

Line 416 He vnlokked Gamelyn boþe hand and feet In hope of auauncement þat he him byheet Than seyde Gamelyn þanked be goddes sonde [folio 64b] Now I am loosed boþe foot and honde / Line 420 had I now eten and dronken aright Ther is noon in þis hous schulde bynde me þis night Adam took Gamelyn as stille as ony stoon And ladde him into spence rapely and anon Line 424 And sette him to soper right in a priue stede he bad him do gladly and Gamelyn so dede Anon as gamelyn hadde eten wel & fyn And þerto y-dronke wel of þe rede wyn Line 428 Adam seyde Gamelyn what is now þy reed wher I go to my broþer and girde of his heed Gamelyn seyde adam it schal not be so I can teche þe a reed þat is worþ þe two Line 432 I wot wel for soþe þat þis is no nay we schul haue a mangery right on sonday Abbotes and priours many heer schal be And oþer men of holy chirche as I telle þe / Line 436 Thow schalt stonde vp by þe post as þou were hond-fast/ And I schal leue hem vnloke awey þou may hem cast whan þat þey haue eten and waisschen here hondes Thou schalt biseke hem alle to bryng þe out of bondes Line 440 And if þey wille borwe þe þat were good game Then were þou out of prisoun and I out of blame And if euerich of hem say vnto vs nay I schal do anoþer I swere by þis day Line 444 Thou schalt haue a good staf and I wil haue anoþer And cristes curs haue þat oon þat faileþ þat oþer Ȝe for gode sayde Gamelyn I say it for me If I fayle on my syde yuel mot I þe Line 448 If we schul algate assoile hem of here synne warne me broþer adam whan I schal bygynne Gamelyn seyde adam by seynte charite I wil warne þe byforn whan þat it schal be Line 452

Line 452 whan I twynk on þe loke for to goon And cast awey þe feteres and com to me anoon· Adam seide Gamelyn blessed be þy bones That is a good counseil ȝeuyng for þe nones Line 456 If þey werne me þanne to brynge me out of bendes [folio 65a] I wol sette goode strokes right on here lendes Tho þe sonday was I-come and folk to þe feste / Faire þey were welcomed boþe lest and meste Line 460 And euer as þey atte halle/ dore comen In· They caste þeir eye on ȝonge Gamelyn The fals knight his broþer ful of trechery Alle þe gestes þat þer wer atte mangery Line 464 Of Gamelyn his broþer he tolde hem with mouþe Al þe harm and þe schame þat he telle couþe Tho þey were serued Of messes tuo oþer þre Than seyde Gamelyn how serue ȝe me Line 468 It is nouȝt wel serued by god þat al made That I sytte fastyng and oþer men make glade The fals knight his broþer þer þat he stood Tolde alle his gestes þat Gamelyn was wood Line 472 And Gamelyn stood stille and answerde nought But adames wordes he held in his þought / Tho Gamelyn gan speke dolfully wiþ alle / To þe grete lordes þat saten in þe halle Line 476 lordes he seyde for cristes passioun helpeþ brynge Gamelyn out of prisoun Than seyde an abbot sorwe on his cheeke he schal haue cristes curs and seynte maries eeke Line 480 That þe out of prisoun beggeþ oþer borwe But euer worthe hem wel þat doþ þe moche sorwe After þat abbot þan spak anoþer I wold þin heed were of þough þou were my broþer Line 484 Alle þat þe borwe / foule mot hem falle Thus þey seyde alle þat were in þe halle Than seyde a priour yuel mot he þryue It is moche skaþe boy þat þou art on lyue Line 488

Line 488 Ow . seyde Gamelyn so brouk I my bon Now I haue aspyed þat freendes haue I non Cursed mot he worþe boþe fleisch and blood That euer do Priour or abbot ony good Line 492 Adam þe Spencer took vp þe cloþ And loked on Gamelyn and say þat he was wroth Adam on þe pantrye litel he þought / [folio 65b] But tuo goode staues to hall dore he brouȝt Line 496 Adam loked on Gamelyn and he was war anoon And cast awey þe feteres and he bigan to goon Tho he com to adam he took þat oo staf And bygan to worche and goode strokes ȝaf Line 500 Gamelyn cam into þe halle and þe spencer boþe And loked hem aboute as þey had be wroþe Gamelyn sprengeþ holywater wiþ an Oken spire ./ That some þat stoode vpright fel in þe fire Line 504 Ther was no lewede man þat in þe halle stood That wolde do Gamelyn eny þing but good But stood besyde and leet hem boþe werche For þey hadde no rewþe of men of holy cherche Line 508 Abbot or priour monk or Chanoun That Gamelyn ouertok anon þey ȝeeden doun Ther was non of hem alle þat wiþ his staf mette That he made him ouerþrowe and quyt him his dette Line 512 Gamelyn seyde adam for seynte charite Pay large lyuerey for þe loue of me And I wil kepe þe dore so euer here I masse / Er þey ben assoyled þere schan noon passe Line 516 Dowt þe nought seyde Gamelyn whil we ben in feere kep þou wel þe dore / and I wol werche heere Stere þe good adam and lat þer noon flee And we schul telle largely how many þer be Line 520 Gamelyn seyde adam do hem but good Þey ben men of holy chirche / draw of hem no blood Saue wel þe croune and do hem non harmes But brek boþe her legges and siþþen here armes Line 524

Line 524 Thus Gamelyn and adam wroughte right fast And pleyden wiþ þe monkes and made hem agast Thider þey come rydyng iolily wiþ swaynes And hom aȝen þey were I-lad in cartes and in waynes Line 528 Tho þey hadden al y-don þan seyde a gray frere Allas sire abbot what dide we now heere Tho þat comen hider it was a cold reed vs hadde ben better at home wiþ water and breed Line 532 Whil Gamelyn made ordres of monkes and frere / [folio 66a] Euer stood his broþer and made foul chere / Gamelyn vp wiþ his staf þat he wel knew And gert/ him in þe nekke þat he ouerþrew Line 536 Alitel aboue þe girdel þe Riggebon tobarst/ And sette him in þe feteres þer he sat arst Sitte þer broþer sayde Gamelyn· For to colyn þy blood as I dide myn Line 540 As swiþe as þey hadde / I-wroken hem on here foon They askeden watir and wisschen anoon. what some for here loue and some for awe / Alle þe seruantȝ serued hem of þe beste lawe / Line 544 The scherreue was þennes but a fyue myle And al was y-told him in a litel while How Gamelyn and adam had doon a sory rees Bounden and I-wounded men aȝein þe kinges pees Line 548 Tho bigan sone strif for to wake / And þe scherref aboute Gamelyn for to take /

NOw lytheþ and lestneþ so god ȝif ȝou goode fyn And ȝe schul heere good game of ȝonge Gamelyn Line 552 Four and twenty ȝonge men þat heelden hem ful bolde Come to þe schirref and seyde þat þey wolde / Gamelyn and adam fetten away The scherref ȝaf hem leue soþ as I ȝou say Line 556 They hyeden faste wold þey nought bylynne / Til þey come to þe ȝate þer Gamelyn was Inne They knokked on þe gate þe porter was ny And loked out at an hol as man þat was sly Line 560

Line 560 The porter hadde byholde hem a litel while / he loued wel Gamelyn and was adrad of gyle And leet þe wyket stonden y-steke ful stylle And asked hem wiþoute what was here wille Line 564 For al þe grete company þanne spak but oon Vndo þe gate porter and lat vs in goon Than seyde þe porter so brouke I my chyn ȝe schul sey ȝour erand er ȝe comen In Line 568 Sey to Gamelyn and adam if here wille be we wil speke wiþ hem wordes two or þre Felaw seyde þe porter stond þere stille [folio 66b] And I wil wende to Gamelyn to witen his wille Line 572 In went þe porter to Gamelyn anoon And seyde sir I warne ȝou her ben come ȝour foon The scherreues meyne ben atte gate / For to take ȝou boþe schul ȝe na skape / Line 576 Porter seyde Gamelyn so moot I wel þe / I wil allowe þe þy wordes whan I my tyme se Go agayn to þe ȝate and dwel wiþ hem a while And þou schalt se right sone porter a gyle Line 580 Adam sayde Gamelyn looke þe to goon we haue foomen atte gate and frendes neuer oon It ben þe schirrefes men þat hider ben I-come / They ben swore to-gidere þat we schul be nome / Line 584 Gamelyn seyde adam hye þe right blyue / And if I faile þe þis day euel mot I þryue And we schul so welcome þe scherreues men That som of hem schul make here beddes in þe den Line 588 Atte posterne gate Gamelyn out went / And a good cart staf in his hand he hente Adam hente sone anoþer gret staf For to helpe Gamelyn and goode strokes ȝaf Line 592 Adam felde tweyne and Gamelyn felde þre The oþer setten feet on erþe and bygonne fle what seyde adam so euer here I masse I haue a draught of good wyn / drynk er ȝe passe / Line 596

Line 596 Nay by god sayde þay / þy drynk is not good It wolde make mannes brayn to lien in his hood Gamelyn stood stille and loked him aboute And seih þe scherreue come with a gret route / Line 600 Adam seyde Gamelyn what be now þy reedes Here comþ þe scherreue and wil haue oure heedes Adam sayde Gamelyn my reed is now þis Abide we no lenger lest we fare amys Line 604 I rede þat we to wode goon ar þat we be founde Better is vs þer loos þan in town y-bounde / Adam took by þe hond ȝonge Gamelyn And euerich of hem tuo drank a draught of wyn Line 608 And after took her coursers and wenten her way [folio 67a] Tho fond þe scherreue nest but non ay The scherreue lighte a-doun and went in to þe halle / And fond þe lord y-fetered faste wiþ alle/ Line 612 The scherreue vnfetered him sone and þat anoon And sent after a leche to hele his rigge boon

LEte we now þis fals knight . lyen in his care And talke we of Gamelyn and loke how he fare Line 616 Gamelyn in to þe woode stalkede stille And adam þe Spenser liked ful ylle / Adam swor to Gamelyn by seynt Richer Now I see it is mery to be a Spencer Line 620 That leuer me were / keyes for to bere / Than walken in þis wilde woode my clothes to tere / Adam seyde Gamelyn dismaye þe right nought Many good mannes child in care is I-brought Line 624 And as þey stoode talkyng boþen in feere / Adam herd talkyng of men and neyh him þought þei were Tho Gamelyn vnder þe woode loked aright vij. score of ȝonge men he saugh wel a dight Line 628 Alle satte atte mete compas aboute / Adam seyde Gamelyn now haue we no doute After bale comeþ boote þurgh grace of god almight Me þynkeþ of mete and drynk þat I haue a sight Line 632

Line 632 Adam lokede þo vnder woode bowȝ And whan he seyh mete he was glad ynough For he hopede to god for to haue his deel And he was sore alonged after a good meel Line 636 As he seyde þat word þe mayster outlawe Saugh Gamelyn and adam vnder woode schawe / Ȝonge men seyde þe maister by þe goode roode I am war of gestes / god send vs non but goode Line 640 Ȝonder ben tuo ȝonge men wonder wel adight And parauenture þer ben mo / who-so loked aright Ariseþ vp ȝe ȝonge men and fetteþ hem to me / It is good þat we witen what men þey bee / Line 644 Vp þer sterten seuene / fro þe dyner And metten with Gamelyn and adam Spenser whan þey were neyh hem þan seyde þat oon [folio 67b] Ȝeldeth vp ȝonge men ȝour bowes and ȝour floon · Line 648 Thanne seyde Gamelyn þat yong was of elde Moche sorwe mot he haue þat to ȝou hem ȝelde / I curse non oþer but right my selue Þey ȝe fette to ȝow fyue þanne ȝe be twelue / Line 652 Tho þey herde by his word þat might was in his arm Ther was non of hem alle / þat wolde do him harm. But sayd vnto gamelyn myldely and stille Com afore our maister and sey to him þy wille Line 656 yonge men sayde Gamelyn by ȝour lewte what man is ȝour maister þat ȝe wiþ be Alle þey answerde wiþoute lesyng Oure maister is I-crouned of outlawes kyng Line 660 Adam seyde Gamelyn gowe in cristes name / he may neyþer mete ne drynk werne vs for schame / If þat he be heende and come of gentil blood he wol ȝeue vs mete an drynk and doon vs som good Line 664 By seynt Iame seyd adam / what harm þat I gete / I wil auntre to þe dore þat I hadde mete Gamelyn and adam wente forþ in feere And þey grette þe maister þat þey founde þere Line 668

Line 668 Than seide þe maister kyng of outlawes what seeke ȝe ȝonge men vnder woode schawes Gamelyn answerde þe kyng wiþ his croune / he moste needes walke in woode þat may not walke in towne / Sire we walke not heer noon harm for to do Line 673 But if we meete wiþ a deer to scheete þerto / As men þat ben hungry and mow no mete fynde And ben harde bystad vnder woode lynde Line 676 Of Gamelynes wordes þe maister hadde rouþe / And seyde ȝe schal haue ynough haue god my trouþe / he bad hem sitte þer adoun for to take reste / And bad hem [[? MS. eite]] ete and drynke and þat of þe beste / Line 680 As þey sete and eeten and dronke wel and fyn · Than seyd þat oon to þat oþer / þis is Gamelyn. Tho was þe maister outlawe in to counseil nome And told how it was Gamelyn þat þider was I-come / Line 684 Anon as he herde how it was bifalle [folio 68a] he made him maister vnder him ouer hem alle / wiþin þe þridde wyke him com tydyng To þe maister outlawe þat þo was her kyng Line 688 That he schulde come hom his pees was I-made And of þat goode tydyng he was þo ful glad Tho seyde he to his ȝonge men soþ for to telle / Me ben comen tydynges I may no lenger dwelle / Line 692 Tho was Gamelyn anon wiþoute taryyng Made maister outlawe and crouned her kyng ¶ Tho was Gamelyn crouned kyng of outlawes And walked a while vnder woode schawes Line 696 The fals knight his broþer was scherreue and sire And leet his broþer endite for hate and for Ire / Tho were his bonde-men sory and noþing glade whan Gamelyn her lord wolues-heed was cryed & made Line 700 And sente out of his men wher þey might him fynde For to seke Gamelyn vnder woode lynde / To telle him tydynges how þe wynd was went And al his good reued and his men schent Line 704

Line 704 ¶ whan þey had him founde on knees þey hem sette / And a-doun wiþ here hood and here lord grette / Sire wraþþe ȝou nought for þe goode roode / For we haue brought ȝou tydynges but þey be nat goode Line 708 Now is þy broþer scherreue and haþ þe baillye And he haþ endited þe and wolues-heed doþ þe crie ¶ Allas seyde Gamelyn þat euer I was so slak Þat I ne hadde broke his nekke þo his Rigge brak Line 712 Goþ greteþ hem wel myn housbondes and wyf I wol ben atte nexte schire haue god my lyf Gamelyn came wel redy to þe nexte schire/ And þer was his broþer boþe lord and sire / Line 716 Gamelyn com boldelych in to þe moot halle And put a doun his hood among þe lordes alle God saue ȝou alle lordynges þat now here be But Brokebak Scherreue euel mot þou þe / Line 720 why hast þou do me þat schame and vilonye / For to late endite me and woluesheed me crye Tho þought þe fals knight for to ben awreke [folio 68b] And leet take Gamelyn most he nomore speke Line 724 Might þer be nomore grace but Gamelyn atte last was cast in to prisoun and fetered ful fast Gamelyn haþ a broþer þat highte sir Ote As good a knight and heende as mighte gon on foote Line 728 Anon þer ȝede a messager to þat goode knight And told him altogidere how Gamelyn was dight Anon as sire Ote herde how Gamelyn was a dight he was wonder sory was he no þing light Line 732 And leet sadle a steede and þe way he nam And to his tweyne breþeren anon right he cam Sire seyde sire Ote to þe scherreue þo / we ben but thre breþeren schul we neuer be mo Line 736 And þou hast y-prisoned þe best of vs alle / Swich anoþer broþer yuel mot him bifalle Sire Ote seide þe fals knight lat be þi curs / By god for þy wordes he schal fare þe wurs Line 740

Line 740 To þe kynges prisoun anon he is y-nome And þer he schal abyde til þe Iustice come / Par de seyde sir Ote better it schal be I bidde him to maympris þat þou graunt him me Line 744 Til þe nexte sittyng of delyueraunce And þanne lat Gamelyn stande to his chaunce Broþer in swich a forthward I take him to the / And by þi fader soule þat þe bygat and me Line 748 But if he be redy whan þe Iustice sitte / Thou schalt bere þe Iuggement for al þi grete witte I graunte wel seide sir Ote þat it so be Let delyuer him anon and tak him to me / Line 752 Tho was Gamelyn delyuered to sire Ote his broþer And þat night dwelleden þat on wiþ þat oþer On þe morn seyde Gamelyn to sir Ote þe heende Broþer he seide I moot / forsothe fro þe wende Line 756 To loke how my ȝonge men leden here lyf whether þey lyuen in Ioie or elles in stryf By god seyde sire Ote / þat is a cold reed Now I see þat al þe cark schall fallen on myn heed Line 760 For whan þe Iustice sitte and þou be nought I-founde I schal anon be take and in þy stede I-bounde / [folio 69a] Broþer sayde Gamelyn dismaye þe nought For by seint Iame in gales þat many man haþ sought Line 764 If þat god almighty hold my lyf and witt I wil be þer redy whan þe Iustice sitt Than seide sir Ote to Gamelyn god schilde þe fro schame Com whan þou seest tyme / and bring vs out of blame / Line 768

LItheþ and lestneþ and holdeþ ȝou stille / And ȝe schul here how Gamelyn had al his wille / Gamelyn wente aȝein vnder woode Rys And fond þere pleying ȝonge men of prys Line 772 Tho was ȝonge Gamelyn glad & bliþe ynough whan he fond his mery men vnder woode bough Gamelyn and his men talked in feere / And þey hadde good game here maister to heere Line 776

Line 776 They tolden him of auentures þat þey hadde founde / And Gamelyn hem tolde aȝein how he was fast I-bounde whil Gamelyn was outlawed had he no cors There was no man þat for him ferde þe wors Line 780 But abbotes and priours monk and Chanoun On hem left he no þing whan he might hem nom whil Gamelyn and his men made merþes ryue The fals knight his broþer yuel mot he þryue / Line 784 For he was fast about boþe day and oþer For to hyre þe quest to hangen his broþer Gamelyn stood on a day and as he biheeld The woodes and þe schawes in þe wilde feeld Line 788 he þought on his broþer how he him beheet That he wolde be redy whan þe Iustice seet he þoughte wel þat he wolde wiþoute delay Come afore þe Iustice to kepen his day Line 792 And seide to his ȝonge men dighteþ ȝou ȝare / For whan þe Iustice sitt we moote be þare / For I am vnder borwe til þat I come / And my broþer for me to prisoun schal be nome / Line 796 By seint Iame seyde his ȝonge men and þou rede þerto Ordeyne how it schal be and it schal be do / whil Gamelyn was comyng þer þe Iustice sat/ The fals knight his broþer forȝat he nat þat [folio 69b] Line 800 To huyre þe men on his quest to hangen his broþer Though he hadde nought þat oon he wolde haue þat oþer Tho cam Gamelyn fro vnder woode Rys And broughte wiþ him / his ȝonge men of prys Line 804 ¶ I se wel seyde Gamelyn þe Iustice is sette Go aforn adam and loke how it spette / Adam went in to þe halle and loked al aboute he seyh þere stonde lordes gret and stoute / Line 808 And sir Ote his broþer fetered wel fast Þo went adam out of halle as he were agast Adam said to Gamelyn and to his felaws alle Sir Ote stant I-fetered in þe moot halle Line 812

Line 812 Ȝonge men seide Gamelyn þis ȝe heeren alle Sir Ote stant I-fetered in þe moot halle If God ȝif vs grace wel for to doo he schal it abegge þat broughte þertoo Line 816 Thanne sayde adam þat lokkes hadde hore / Cristes curs most he haue þat him bond so sore And þou wilt Gamelyn do after my red Ther is noon in þe halle schal bere a-wey his heed Line 820 Adam seyde Gamelyn we wilne nought don so / we wil slee þe giltyf and lat þe oþer go I wil in to þe halle /and wiþ þe Iustice speke / On hem þat ben gultyf I wil ben a-wreke Line 824 lat non skape at þe dore take ȝonge men ȝeme / For I wil be Iustice þis day domes to deme God spede me þis day at my newe werk Adam com on with me / for þou schalt be my clerk Line 828 His men answereden him and bad him doon his best And if þou to vs haue neede þou schalt fynde vs prest we wiln stande with þe whil þat we may dure And but we werke manly pay vs non hure / Line 832 yonge men seyde Gamelyn so mot I wel þe As trusty a maister ȝe schal fynde of me / Right þere þe justice sat in þe halle In wente Gamelyn amonges hem alle Line 836 ¶ Gamelyn leet/ vnfetere his broþer out of beende Thanne seyde sir Ote his broþer þat was heende [folio 70a] Thou haddest almost Gamelyn dwelled to longe For þe quest is oute on me þat I schulde honge Line 840 Broþer seyde Gamelyn so god ȝif me good rest This day þey schuln ben hanged þat ben on þy quest And þe Iustice boþe þat is Iugges man And þe scherreue boþe þurgh him it bigan Line 844 Than seyde Gamelyn to þe Iustise Now is þy power y-don þou most nedes arise Thow hast ȝeuen domes þat ben yuel dight I wil sitten in þy sete an dressen hem aright Line 848

Line 848 The Iustice sat stille and roos nought anoon And Gamelyn cleuede his cheeke boon Gamelyn took him in his arm and no more spak But þrew him ouer þe barre and his arm tobrak Line 852 Durste non to Gamelyn seye but good For fered of þe company þat wiþoute stood Gamelyn sette him doun in þe Iustices sete / And sire Ote his broþer by him / and adam at his feet Line 856 whan Gamelyn was I-set in þe Iustices sete herkneþ of a bourde þat Gamelyn dede / he leet fetre þe Iustice and his fals broþer And dede hem come to þe barre þat oon wiþ þat oþer Line 860 Tho Gamelyn hadde þus y-doon had he no rest Til he had enquered who was on þe quest For to deme his broþer sir Ote for to honge / Er he wiste which þey were he þoughte ful longe Line 864 But as sone as Gamelyn wiste wher þey were he dede hem euerichone fetere in feere / And bringen hem to þe barre and sette hem in rewe / By my faiþ seyde þe Iustice þe Scherreue is a schrewe Line 868 Than seyde Gamelyn to þe Iustise Thou hast y-ȝeue domes of þe wors assise And þe .xij. sisours þat weren of þe queste / They schul ben hanged þis day so haue I reste Line 872 Thanne seide þe scherreue to ȝonge Gamelyn · Lord I crie þe mercy broþer art þou myn Therfore seyde Gamely haue þou cristes curs For and þou were maister ȝit I schulde haue wors [folio 70b] Line 876 For to make schort tale and nouȝt to tarie longe he ordeyned him a queste of his men so stronge The Iustice and þe scherreue boþe honged hye To weyuen wiþ ropes and wiþ þe wynd drye Line 880 And þe .xij. sisours sorwe haue þat rekke Alle þey were hanged faste by þe nekke / Thus ended þe fals knight wiþ his treccherie That euer had I-lad his lyf in falsnes and folye Line 884

Line 884 He was hanged by þe nek and nouȝt by þe purs That was þe meede þat he had for his fadres curs Sir Ote was eldest and Gamelyn was ȝing þey wenten wiþ here freendes euen to þe kyng Line 888 They made pees wiþ þe kyng of þe best assise The kyng loued wel sir Ote and made him Iustise And after þe kyng made Gamelyn boþe in Est and west Chef Iustice of al his fre forest Line 892 Alle his wighte ȝonge men þe kyng forȝaf here gilt And sitthen in good office þe kyng hem hath I-pilt Thus wan Gamelyn his lond and his leede Line 895 And wrak him of his enemys and quyt hem here meede And sire Ote his broþer made him his heir And siþþen wedded Gamelyn a wyf boþe good and feyr They lyueden to-gidere / whil þat crist wolde And siþen was Gamelyn grauen vnder molde Line 900 And so schal we alle may þer no man fle God bryng vs to þe Ioye þat euer schal be / AMEN [[The rest of the page, eleven lines, is blank in the MS.]]