as hende;

"Þis penaunce now 3e take,

& eft hit schal amende;"

Þat mon much merþe con make.

For wyn in his hed þat wende.

1 MS. cefly. 2 swete (?). 3 sewes (?).

XVII.

Sir Gawayne, in answer to questions put to him,

Þenne wat3 spyed & spured vpon spare wyse.

Bi preue poynte3 of þat prynce, put to hym-seluen,