THE AWNTYRS OFF ARTHUR: FOOTNOTES 1 Thriving because of the close season in the woods and hillsĢ With rich strands of material reversed to show their colors, whoever takes proper noticeģ Lines 18-19: Her hood a shade of aqua, anyone who pays attention to her head, / With fur, rich cloth, and jewels most pleasingly arrangedĤ Who was born in Burgundy, by book and by bellĥ To assign them to their hunting stations, to tell the truthĦ And at their hiding places the hounds set on the deerħ There appeared a fire in the lake - not to conceal a wordĨ It grieved, it murmered, it groaned as a mad personĩ To account the toads clinging to her would be too tedious for my tongueġ0 The knight pulls out his sword and the corpse stands stillġ1 that you tell me the truth where you intend to goġ2 Have pity on the poor - you have the power ġ3 Then little wish to comfort you, who now will flatter youġ4 According to what you distribute at your gateġ5 All blanches (i.e., whitens) my countenance - your skeleton is so blackġ6 May the hero who redeemed you on the Cross bring you to blissġ7 Achieve renown in warfare through prowess of armsġ8 No man may overthrow him by force while Fortune holds him high on her wheelġ9 Then shall the treacherous Tiber (Rome) cause you woeĢ0 Overcome by a subject (i.e., one of the King's retainers): he bears a black coat of armsĢ1 Lines 340-42: Under a canopy of silk, daintily wrought / With distinction and splendor, up against the wall, / birds embroidered and displayed on its brilliant panelsĢ2 Decorated and crisscrossed with love-knots in a rowĢ3 She was the most worthy person that anyone might wish to have governance ofĢ4 Embroidered with burnished gold and fashioned most attractivelyĢ5 Lines 372-73: Her head-scarves were remarkable with many noble brooches, / Her clothing was admired by renowned warriorsĢ6 Lines 395-97: And his handsome greaves (shin guards), that were sharp for slashing, / His knee guards with gems were pleasingly spangled.
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