CONTENTS
[I] 1 [Of the making of Britain] 1 [How Arthur held high feast at Camelot] 2 [New Year’s Day] 3 [Of the noble knights there present] 4 [The coming of the Green Knight] 5 [The fashion of the knight] 5 [Of the knight’s steed] 6 [The arming of the knight] 7 [Of the knight’s challenge] 9 [The silence of the knights] 11 [How Sir Gawain dared the venture] 12 [The making of the covenant] 13 [The giving of the blow] 15 [The marvel of the Green Knight] 16 [II] 19 [The waning of the year] 19 [Sir Gawain bethinks him of his covenant] 21 [The arming of Sir Gawain] 22 [Wherefore Sir Gawain bare the pentangle] 24 [How Sir Gawain went forth] 25 [Of Sir Gawain’s journey] 26 [How Sir Gawain came to a fair castle on Christmas Eve] 29 [How Sir Gawain was welcomed] 31 [Sir Gawain tells his name] 34 [The lady of the castle] 35 [Of the Christmas feast] 37 [How the feast came to an end but Gawain abode at the castle] 38 [Sir Gawain makes a covenant with his host] 41 [III] 43 [The first day’s hunting] 43 [How the lady of the castle came to Sir Gawain] 45 [How the lady kissed Sir Gawain] 49 [How the covenant was kept] 51 [Of the second day’s hunting] 52 [Of the lady and Sir Gawain] 54 [How the lady strove to beguile Sir Gawain with words of love] 55 [How the boar was slain] 57 [The keeping of the covenant] 59 [Of the third day’s hunting] 61 [How the lady came for the third time to Sir Gawain] 62 [The lady would fain have a parting gift from Gawain] 64 [She would give him her ring] 65 [Or her girdle] 65 [The virtue of the girdle] 66 [How Sir Gawain took the girdle] 67 [The death of the fox] 68 [How Sir Gawain kept not all the covenant] 69 [How Sir Gawain took leave of his host] 71 [IV] 72 [The robing of Sir Gawain] 73 [How Sir Gawain went forth from the castle] 74 [The squire’s warning] 75 [Of the knight of the Green Chapel] 76 [Sir Gawain is none dismayed] 77 [The finding of the chapel] 79 [The coming of the Green Knight] 80 [How Sir Gawain failed to stand the blow] 81 [Of the Green Knight’s reproaches] 82 [How the Green Knight dealt the blow] 83 [Of the three covenants] 84 [The shame of Sir Gawain] 85 [How Sir Gawain would keep the girdle] 87 [How the marvel was wrought] 88 [How Sir Gawain came again to Camelot] 89 [Sir Gawain makes confession of his fault] 90 [The knights wear the lace in honour of Gawain] 90 [The end of the tale] 91 [Notes] 93