And hatȝ þe penaunce apert of þe poynt of myn egge,

I halde þe polysed of þat plyȝt, and pured as clene 325

As þou hadeȝ neuer forfeted syþen þou watȝ fyrst borne;

And I gif þe, sir, þe gurdel þat is golde-hemmed,

For hit is grene as my goune. Sir Gawayne, ȝe maye

Þenk vpon þis ilke þrepe, þer þou forth þryngeȝ

Among prynces of prys; and þis a pure token330

Of þe chaunce [at] þe grene chapel of cheualrous knyȝteȝ.

And ȝe schal in þis nwe ȝer aȝayn to my woneȝ,

And we schyn reuel þe remnaunt of þis ryche fest