Munt as maȝtyly as marre hym he wolde:
Hade hit dryuen adoun as dreȝ as he atled, 195
Þer hade ben ded of his dynt þat doȝty watȝ euer.
Bot Gawayn on þat giserne glyfte hym bysyde,
As hit com glydande adoun on glode hym to schende,
And schranke a lytel with þe schulderes for þe scharp yrne.
Þat oþer schalk wyth a schunt þe schene wythhaldeȝ, 200
And þenne repreued he þe prynce with mony prowde wordeȝ:
'Þou art not Gawayn,' quod þe gome, 'þat is so goud halden,
Þat neuer arȝed for no here, by hylle ne be vale,