"Goud moroun g[aye],"1 quod Gawayn þe blyþe,
"Me schal worþe at your wille, & þat me wel lyke3,
For I 3elde me 3ederly, & 3e3e after grace,
& þat is þe best, be my dome, for me by-houe3 nede;"
& þus he bourded a-3ayn with mony a blyþe la3ter.
"Bot wolde 3e, lady louely, þen leue me grante,
& de-prece your prysoun, & pray hym to ryse,
I wolde bo3e of þis bed, & busk me better,
I schulde keuer þe more comfort to karp yow wyth."
"Nay, for soþe, beau sir," sayd þat swete,