Note 242 — 29 THE BOY AND THE MANTLE
Reading edition
Gawain had failed in the earlier trial, though he had no fault in mind or body, except that he rated his favor with women too high: 1996-2000.
In the first two probations a false heart is the corpus delicti; something is said of carnal offences, but not very distinctly.
The scope of the glove is of the widest. It takes cognizance of rede und gedanc in maids, werc und gedanc in wives, tugent und manheit, unzuht und zageheit, in men. One must have known as little what one was convicted of as if one had been in the hands of the Holy Office.