Colgrevance
The queen overheard Colgrevance's tale after secretly opening the chamber door
Colgrevance began telling his companions of an adventure (Ywain and Gawain, Ywain and Gawain > Lines 1-150)
The queen overheard Colgrevance's tale after secretly opening the chamber door (Ywain and Gawain, Ywain and Gawain > Lines 1-150)
Colgrevance rode alone seeking adventures, well armed (Ywain and Gawain, Ywain and Gawain > Lines 151-300)
Colgrevance found a castle with a knight on the drawbridge holding a falcon (Ywain and Gawain, Ywain and Gawain > Lines 151-300)
A beautiful damsel at the castle unlaced Colgrevance's armor and clothed him in a purple mantle with ermine lining (Ywain and Gawain, Ywain and Gawain > Lines 151-300)
Ywain and Gawain
- attestation: Colgrevance began telling his companions of an adventure (Ywain and Gawain > Lines 1-150)
"Þis knight, þat hight Colgrevance, Tald his felows of a chance And of a stowre, he had in bene"
- attestation: The queen overheard Colgrevance's tale after secretly opening the chamber door (Ywain and Gawain > Lines 1-150)
"al his tale herd þe quene: Pe chamber -dore sho has unshet, And down omang þam scho hir set"
- attestation: Colgrevance rode alone seeking adventures, well armed (Ywain and Gawain > Lines 151-300)
"I rade allane, als ȝe sal here, Obout forto seke aventurs, Wele armid in gude armurs"
- attestation: Colgrevance found a castle with a knight on the drawbridge holding a falcon (Ywain and Gawain > Lines 151-300)
"on þe drawbrig saw I stand A knight with fawkon on his hand"
- attestation: A beautiful damsel at the castle unlaced Colgrevance's armor and clothed him in a purple mantle with ermine lining (Ywain and Gawain > Lines 151-300)
"A damisel come unto me, Þe semeliest, þat ever I se"
- attestation: Colgrevance encountered a monstrous wild herdsman in the forest who controlled beasts with his bare hands (Ywain and Gawain > Lines 151-300)
"I saw sjine, whare a man sat On a (lawndȝ þe fowlest wight, þat euer git man saw in syght"
- attestation: The castle host thanked God seven times for Colgrevance's arrival (Ywain and Gawain > Lines 151-300)
"He thanked God, þat gude man, Sevyn-sithes, or ever he blan"
- attestation: The wild herdsman directed Colgrevance to a magical well under the fairest tree, with a gold basin on a chain (Ywain and Gawain > Lines 301-450)
"herebisyde es a well. Wend þeder and do, als I say"
- attestation: A knight came riding in anger after the storm and defeated Colgrevance, taking his horse (Ywain and Gawain > Lines 301-450)
"Mi shaft brae out in þe felde; And þan he bare me sone bi strenkith Out of my sadel my speres lenkith"
- attestation: The defending knight took Colgrevance's horse and left without speaking a word (Ywain and Gawain > Lines 301-450)
"A worde to me wald he noght say, Bot toke my stede and went his way"
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