The Pearl

Perle plesaunte, to prynces paye
To clanly clos in golde so clere:
Oute of oryent, I hardyly saye,
Ne proued I neuer her precios pere.
So rounde, so reken in vche araye,
So smal, so smoþe her sydez were;
Queresoeuer I jugged gemmez gaye
I sette hyr sengeley in singlure.
Allas! I leste hyr in on erbere;
Þurh gresse to grounde hit fro me yot.
(Vv. 1-10)

Cleanness

Clannesse whoso kyndly cowþe comende,
And rekken vp alle resounz þat ho by riht askez,
Fayre formez myht he fynde in forþering his speche,
And in þe contraré kark and combraunce huge.
(Vv. 1-4)

Patience

Pacience is a poynt, þah hit displese ofte.
When heuy herttes ben hurt wyth heþyng oþer elles,
Suffraunce may aswagen hem and þe swelme leþe,
For ho quelles vche a qued and quenches malyce;
For quoso suffer cowþe syt, sele wolde folge,
And qho for þro may noþat siþen depreced prouinces,
and patrounes bicomet þole, þe þikker he sufferes.
(Vv. 1-8)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Siþen þe sege and þe assaut watz sesed at Troye,
Þe borg brittened and brent to brondez and askez,
Þe tulk þat þe trammes of tresoun þer wroht
Watz tried for his tricherie, þe trewest on erþe.
Hit watz Ennias þe athel, and his highe kynde,
Þat siþen depreced prouinces, and patrounes bicome
Welneghe of al þe wele in þe West iles.
(Vv. 1-8)

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