And held after his gestes ay his pas; And aftir swiche answeres as he hadde, 1350 So were his dayes sory outher gladde.
O deeth, sin with this sorwe I am a-fyre, Thou outher do me anoon yn teres drenche, 510 Or with thy colde strook myn hete quenche!
And outher lat hir out of toune fare, Or hold hir stille, and leve thy nyce fare.
And zif a schipp passed be tho marches, that hadde outher iren bondes or iren nayles, anon he scholde ben perisscht.
Also it befallethe sumtyme, that Cristene men becomen Sarazines, outher for povertee, or for symplenesse, or else for here owne wykkednesse.
For fro what partie of the erthe, that men duelle, outher aboven or benethen, it semethe alweys to hem that duellen, that thei gon more righte than ony other folk.
And witethe wel, that the kyng of that yle is so myghty, that he hathe many tymes overcomen the grete Cane of Cathay in bataylle, that is the most gret emperour that is undre the firmament, outher bezonde the see or on this half.
And alle the vesselle, that men ben served with, in the halle or in chambres, ben of precious stones; and specially at grete tables; outher of jaspre or of cristalle or of amatystez or of fyn gold.
Unto womman, and deme her honurable, 170 Whether his shap beouther thikke or slendre, Or be he bad or good; this is no fable.
Than art thou a fole that reason to abuse He that is fre outher in subieccion.
That he ne wolde aske after his, And outher while coveite Thyng that neded hym noght, 9940 And nyme it, if he myghte.
He kan portreye wel the paternoster, And peynte it with aves; And outher while he is woned To wenden on pilgrymages, Ther poore men and prisons liggeth, Hir pardon to have.
I ete there unthende fisshe, And feble ale drynke; Ac outher while whan wyn cometh, Thanne I drynke wyn at eve, And have a flux of a foul mouth Wel fyve dayes after.
He warnede Watte His wif was to blame, For hire heed was worth half marc, And his hood noght worth a grote; And bad Bette kutte A bough outher tweye, And bete Beton therwith, But if she wolde werche.
Couthe I lye to do men laughe, {260} Thanne lacchen I sholde Outher mantel or moneie Amonges lordes or mynstrals.
I am ocupied eche day, Haly-day and oother, With ydel tales at the ale, And outher while at chirche; Goddes peyne and his passion Ful selde thenke I on it.
Ergo he nys noght alwey Amonges yow freres; He is outher while ellis where 4950 To wisse the peple.
First I lerned to lye, A leef outher tweyne; Wikkedly to weye Was my firste lesson; 2880 To Wy and to Wynchestre I wente to the feyre, With many manere marchaundise, As my maister me highte.
I have herd you say howe he speketh as good Gascon as outher you or I.
So this spyrite Orthone loved so the knight, that oftentymes he wold come and vysyte hym, while he lay in his bedde aslepe, and outher pull him by the eare, or els stryke at his chambre dore or windowe.
Whan I say the fortunes and the richesses of the poeple of the provinces ben harmed or 50 amenused, outher by privee ravynes or by comune tributes or cariages, as sory was I as they that suffreden the harm.
And dide also his othere observaunces 1345 That to a lovere longeth in this cas; And, after that these dees turnede on chaunces, So was he outher glad or seyde 'allas!
O deeth, sin with this sorwe I am a-fyre, Thou outher do me anoon in teres drenche, 510 Or with thy colde strook myn hete quenche!
And then they yode both on foot to them, and bade them yield them, and tell their names outher they should die.
Never so hard, said Sir Gawaine, unless that ye help me, for so God me help, without ye rescue me I know no knight that may, but outher you or Sir Tristram.
Then for very pure joy La Beale Isoud swooned; and when she might speak she said: Gentle knight Seneschal, help that I might speak with him, outher my heart will brast.
Certes, the goodes of nature stonden outher in goodes of body or in goodes of soule.
Outher it is thestaat of innocence, as was thestaat of Adam biforn that he fil into sinne; in which estaat he was holden to wirche, as in heryinge and adouringe of god.
For sothe, sinne is in two maneres; outher it is venial, or deedly sinne.
For certes, Iesu Crist is entierly al good; in him nis noon inperfeccioun; and therfore outher he foryeveth al parfitly or never a deel.
Eek som men han seyd, that "the [207] conseillinge of wommen isouther to dere, or elles to litel of prys.
And therfore there passen no schippes, that han outher bondes or nayles of iren with in hem: and zif there do, anon the roches of the adamantes drawen hem to hem, that never thei may go thens.
For he myghten not seye no thing of newe, in the whiche the hereres myghten haven outher solace or desport or lust or lykynge in the herynge.
I rax in ane raipe[267], And thow get this tyll outher kyng or duke!
Young David was far les than I Quhen with Golias manfullie, Withouttin outherspeir or scheild, He faucht, and slew him in the feild.
Dinna think, howanabee, that I care for outheryou or it.
I think it was outher God or the deil, but whilk o' them, I coudna say.
I marveyll what causeth hym to write so now; outher she hath displeased hym, or ell[es] he hath takyn her with diffaught.
So to make short tale, they were all consented that for better outher for worse, if so were that the queen were on that morn brought to the fire, shortly they all would rescue her.
So these twelve knights were with Sir Mordred and Sir Agravaine, and all they were of Scotland, outher of Sir Gawaine's kin, either well-willers to his brethren.
Sir, said they, it is told us that within this place is a shield that no man may bear about his neck but he be mischieved outher dead within three days, or maimed for ever.
Also Sir Launcelot knew not Sir Gareth for an Sir Tristram de Liones, outher Sir Lamorak de Galis had been alive, Sir Launcelot would have deemed he had been one of them twain.
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