Þer fayre fyre vpon flet fersly brenned.
Þenne þe lorde of þe lede loute3 fro his chambre,
For to mete wyth menske þe mon on þe flor;
He sayde, "3e ar welcum to welde as yow lyke3,
Þat here is, al is yowre awen, to haue at yowre wylle
& welde."
"Graunt mercy," quod Gawayn,
"Þer Kryst hit yow for-3elde,"
As freke3 þat semed fayn,
Ayþer oþer in arme3 con felde.