The king to fall in to o hewynes,

[2164] Right ate his table ſiting at the meß;

Gawan rebukes him.

And ſir gawan cummyth hyme before,

And ſaid hyme, “ſir, yhour thoght is al to ſore,

Conſidering the diuerß knychtis ſere

[2168] Ar of wncouth and ſtrang landis here.”

The king answers in “matalent,”

The king anſuert, as in to matalent,

“Sir, of my thocht, or ȝhit of myne entent,