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Minstrels CarlisleSir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle Add article description Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle is a Middle English tail-rhyme romance of 660 lines, composed in about 1400.[1][2] A similar story is told in a 17th-century minstrel piece found in the Percy Folio and known as The Carle of Carlisle. These are two of a number of early English poems that feature the Arthurian hero Sir Gawain, the nephew of King Arthur, in his English role as a knight of the Round Table renowned for his valour and, particularly, for his courtesy.[3] This is taken to comic lengths when, during a hunting expedition, Sir Gawain arrives with his hunting companions Sir… (Source: Wikipedia)
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