Manuscript C
FOLIO 47r IMAGE
COLUMN a
5249 ∥ tot ont la nouele an&q-vbar;&s;e
5250 M e&s; nen ont nule uoire a&p-vbar;&s;e
5251 &N3; an trouerent point &s;i &s;an torn&et-hbar;
5252 L a ou li ch&apost;r. &s;eiornent
5253 .G. &et1; kex. &et1; tuit li autre
5254 &Q1-vbar; dient &q-hbar; lance &s;or fautre
5255 T re&s;tuit arme &q-hbar;rre liront
5256 J a autrui ni anuoieront
5257 .J. ior a&p-hbar;&s; mangier e&s;toient
5258 T uit an la &s;ale ou il &s;armoient
5259 S e&s;toit uenu ale&s;touoir
5260 &Q1-vbar; l ni auoit &q-hbar; del mouoir
5261 &Q1; &nt-alpha; un&s; ua&s;lez leanz antra
5262 &et1; ∥mi au&s; oltre pa&s;&s;a
5263 T ant &q-vbar;l uint deu&at-hbar; la reine
5264 &Q1-vbar; nauoit pa&s; color ro&s;ine
5265 &Q1-hbar; por lancelot duel auoit
5266 T el d&o-hbar; nouele&s; ne &s;auoit
5267 &Q1-hbar; la color en a muee
5268 &et1; li ua&s;lez la &s;aluee
5269 &et1; le roi &q-vbar; de li fu pre&s;
5270 &et1; pui&s; le&s; autre&s; toz apre&s;
5271 &et1; queu&s; &et1; m&o-hbar; &s;eignor Gauu&aj-hbar;
5272 V ne&s; letre&s; tint an &s;a m&aj-hbar;
5273 S e&s; tant le roi &et1; il le&s; prant
5274 A tel &q-vbar; de rien ni me&s;prant
5275 L e&s; fi&s;t li roi&s; oiant toz lire
5276 C il &q-vbar; le&s; lut lor &s;ot b&ie-hbar; dire
5277 C e &q-vbar;l uit e&s;crit an la lue
5278 &et1; dit &q-hbar; lanceloz &s;alue
5279 L e roi come &s;on boen &s;eignor
5280 S i le mercie de lenor
5281 &Q1-vbar; l li a fet &et1; del &s;erui&s;e
5282 C ome cil &q-vbar; e&s;t a deui&s;e
5283 T re&s;toz an &s;on comande&mt-hbar;
5284 &et1; sachiez bien cert&ai-hbar;nemant
5285 &Q1-vbar; l e&s;t auoec le roi artu
5286 P lain&s; de &s;ante &et1; de uertu
5287 &et1; dit qua la reine mande
5288 C or &s;an uaigne &s;ele comande
5289 &et1; me&s; &s;ire .G. &et1; ques
5290 &et1; &s;i a entre&s;aigne&s; tes
5291 &Q1-vbar; l durent croire &et1; b&ie-hbar; le crurent
5292 M l&apost;t lie &et1; ml&apost;t ioiant an furent
COLUMN b
5293 D e ioie bruit tote la corz
5294 &et1; landem&ai-hbar; q&nt-alpha; il ert iorz
5295 D ient &q-vbar;l &s;an uoldront torner
5296 &et1; q&nt-alpha; ce uint alaiorner
5297 S i &s;a paroillent &et1; atorn&et-hbar;
5298 L ieuent &et1; m&o-hbar;tent &s;i &s;an torn&et-hbar;
5299 &et1; li roi&s; le&s; &s;ilt &et1; conduit
5300 A g&nt-alpha; ioie &et1; ag&nt-alpha; deduit
5301 V ne g&nt-alpha; piece de la uoie
5302 F or&s; de &s;a terre le&s; conuoie
5303 &et1; q&nt-alpha; il le&s; en ot for&s; mi&s;
5304 A la reine acongie pri&s;
5305 &et1; pui&s; atoz comune&mt-hbar;
5306 L a reine ml&apost;t &s;agemant
5307 A u congie prandre le mercie
5308 D e ce &q-hbar; il la tant &s;eruie
5309 &et1; &s;e&s; .ij. braz au col li met
5310 S e li offre &et1; &s;i li promet
5311 S on &s;erui&s;e &et1; le &s;on &s;eignor
5312 &N3; e li puet prometre graignor
5313 &et1; me&s; &s;ire .G. au&s;i
5314 C om a &s;eignor &et1; a amj
5315 &et1; .K&apost;. au&s;i tuit li prometent
5316 T anto&s;t ala uoie &s;e metent
5317 S i le&s; comande a deu liroi&s;
5318 T oz le&s; autre&s; apre&s; ce&s; troi&s;
5319 S alue &et1; pui&s; &s;i &s;an retorne
5320 &et1; la reine ne &s;eiorne
5321 &N2; ul ior de tote la&s;em&ai-hbar;ne
5322 &N3; e la rote &q-hbar; ele anm&ai-hbar;ne
5323 T ant &q-alpha; la cort uient la nouele
5324 &Q1-vbar; au roi ar&t-nine; fu ml&apost;t bele
5325 D e lareine &q-vbar; aproiche
5326 &et1; de &s;on neueu li retoiche
5327 G rant ioie au cuer &et1; g&nt-alpha; lee&s;ce
5328 &Q1-vbar; l cuidoit &q-hbar; par &s;a proe&s;ce
5329 S oit la reine reuenue
5330 &et1; kex &et1; lautre genz menue
5331 M e&s; autre&mt-hbar; e&s;t &q-vbar;l ne cuident
5332 &P-til; au&s; tote la uile uuident
5333 S i lor uont tre&s;tuit alencontre
5334 &et1; dit cha&s;cun&s; &q-vbar; le&s; ancontre
5335 O u &s;oit ch&apost;r&s;. ou uilains
5336 B ien u&ai-hbar;gne me&s; &s;ire Gauu&ai-hbar;s
COLUMN c
5337 &Q1-vbar; la reine aramenee
5338 &et1; m&ai-hbar;te dame e&s;cheitiuee
5339 &et1; m&ai-hbar;t pri&s;&o-hbar; no&s; a randu
5340 &et1; .G. lor a re&s;pondu
5341 S eignor de neant ma lo&s;ez
5342 D el dire huime&s; &u-nine; repo&s;ez
5343 &Q1-alpha; moi nule cho&s;e n&a-hbar; m&o-hbar;te
5344 C e&s;te enor&s; me fet une h&o-hbar;te
5345 &Q1-hbar; ie ni uing na tan&s; na ore
5346 F ailli iai ∥ ma demore
5347 M e&s; lanceloz a tan&s; iuint
5348 C ui &s;i granz enor&s; iauint
5349 &Q1-alpha; inz not &s;i g&nt-alpha; nu&s; ch&apost;rs
5350 O u e&s;t il donc biax &s;ire chiers
5351 &Q1; &nt-alpha; no&s; nel ueon&s; ci elues
5352 O u. fet me&s; &s;ire .G. lue&s;
5353 A la cort m&o-hbar; &s;eignor le roj
5354 D on ni e&s;t il .ne nil ∥foj
5355 &N3; e an tote ce&s;te contree
5356 P ui&s; &q-hbar; ma dame an fu menee
5357 &N3; ule nouele nan oimes
5358 &et1; me&s; &s;ire .G. lor&s; primes
5359 S ot &q-hbar; le&s; letre&s; fau&s;&s;e&s; furent
5360 &Q1-vbar; le&s; trairent &et1; decurent
5361 ∥ le&s; le&s; letre&s; &s;ont deceu
5362 L or&s; re&s;ont a duel e&s;meu
5363 A cort uienent lor duel men&at-hbar;
5364 &et1; li roi&s; tre&s;tot m&ai-hbar;tenant
5365 A n&q-vbar;ert nouele&s; de lafaire
5366 A &s;&s;ez fu &q-vbar; li &s;ot retraire
5367 C omant lanceloz aoure
5368 C omant ∥ lui &s;ont recoure
5369 L a reine &et1; tuit &s;i pri&s;on
5370 C omant &et1; par &q-hbar;l trai&s;on
5371 L i nain&s; lor anbla &et1;fortre&s;t
5372 C e&s;te cho&s;e le roi de&s;ple&s;t
5373 &et1; ml&apost;t lan poi&s;e &et1; ml&apost;t lan grieue
5374 M e&s; ioie le cuer li &s;oz lieue
5375 &Q1-vbar; l a &s;i g&nt-alpha; de la reine
5376 &Q1-hbar; li diax por la ioie fine
5377 &Q1; &nt-alpha; la rien a &q-hbar; il plu&s; uialt
5378 D el remenant petit &s;e dialt
5379 D emantre&s; &q-hbar; for&s; del pai&s;
5380 F u la reine ce me&s;t uis