Francis James Child

“ And all his other rayment was vnto the same:
‘Now, by my faith,’ saies noble King Arthur,
‘Yonder is a minion swaine.’
Then bespake noble King Arthur,
These were the words says hee:
‘Come hither, thou proud porter,
I pray thee come hither to me.
‘I haue two poore rings of my finger,
The better of them Ile giue to thee;
Tell who may be lord of this castle,’ he sayes,
‘Or who is lord in this cuntry?’
‘Cornewall King,’ the porter sayes,
‘There is none soe rich as hee ”

“ And when King Arthur in his bed was laid,
These were the words said hee:
‘Ile make mine avow to God,
And alsoe to the Trinity,
That Ile be the bane of Cornwall Kinge,
Litle Brittaine or euer I see!’
‘It is an vnaduised vow,’ saies Gawaine the gay,
‘As ever king hard make I ”

“ Saies, ‘I coniure thee, thou Burlow-beanie,
That
thou feitch me the sword that I see.’
Then forth is gone Burlow-beanie,
As fast as he cold hie,
And feitch he did that faire sword,
And came againe by and by.
Then bespake him Sir Bredbeddle,
To the king these words said he:
‘Take this sword in thy hand, thou noble King Arthur,
For the vowes sake that thou made Ile giue it th [ee,]
And goe strike off King Cornewalls head,
In bed were he doth lye.’
Then forth is gone noble King Arthur,
As fast as he cold hye,
And strucken he hath off King Cornwalls head,
And came againe by and by. ”