And soe depart him from.
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"To fight with him I saw noe cause,
Me thought it was not meet;
For he was stiffe and strong with all;
His strokes were nothing sweete.
"Therefor this is my ransome, Gawaine,
I ought to him to pay;
I must come againe, as I am sworne,
Vpon the Newyeers day.