In gret deſyre on the feld is gon
Before his folk, and haldith furth his way;
[3236] Don goith his ſper, and ewyne before ſir kay
So hard o knycht he ſtrykith in his ten
That horß and he lay boith apone the gren.
Sir gawan ſaw the counter that he maad,
[3240] And leuch for al the ſarues that he had:
and proves himself a better warrior than might have been expected of one so old.
That day ſir harwy prewyt in the feld
Of armys more than longith to his eld,