winfax download

clerk that carried the other vessel of gold, and saith unto him: "Fair Sir, speak to me." "What is your pleasure?" saith the clerk. "Whither carry you this golden vessel and that which is therein?" "To the hermits," saith he, "that are in this forest, and to the Good knight that lieth sick in the house of his uncle King Hermit." "Is it far from hence?" saith Messire Gawain. "Yea, Sir," saith the clerk, "to yourself. But I shall be there sooner than will you." "By God," saith Messire Gawain, "I would fain I were there now, so that I might see him and speak to him." "That believe I well," saith the clerk, "But now is the place not here." Messire Gawain taketh leave and goeth his way and rideth until he findeth a hermitage and seeth the hermit therewithout. He was old and bald and of good life. "Sir," saith he to Messire Gawain, "Whither go you?" "To the land of King Gurgalain, Sir; is this the way?" "Yea," saith the hermit, "But many knights have passed hereby that hither have never returned." "Is it far?" saith he. "He and his land are hard by, but far away is the castle wherein is the sword." Messire Gawain lay the night therewithin. On the morrow when he had heard mass, he departed and rode until he cometh to the land of King Gurgalain, and heareth the folk of the land making dole right sore. And he meeteth a knight that cometh a great pace to a castle. IV.