His folk are paſſit atour the furdis ilkon,
Towart ther bretis and to ther luges gon;
Whar he and many worthy knyght alſo
[876] Of arthuris houß endurit mekill wo,
That neuer men mar in to armys vroght
Of manhed, ȝit was It al for noght.
[Fol. 12.]
Thar was the ſtrenth, ther was the paſing myght
Gawane fights alone till night,
[880] Of gawan, wich that whill the dirk nyght