Gawayn grayþely hit bydeȝ, and glent with no membre,
Bot stode stylle as þe ston, oþer a stubbe auþer 225
Þat raþeled is in roché grounde with roteȝ a hundreth.
Þen muryly efte con he mele, þe mon in þe grene:
'So now þou hatȝ þi hert holle, hitte me bihou<e>s.
Halde þe now þe hyȝe hode þat Arþur þe raȝt,
And kepe þy kanel at þis kest, ȝif hit keuer may.'230
Gawayn ful gryndelly with greme þenne sayde:
'Wy! þresch on, þou þro mon, þou þreteȝ to longe.
I hope þat þi hert arȝe wyth þyn awen seluen.'