Þe kny3t with speches skere,
A[n]swared to vche a cace.
1 MS. þat þat. 2 louie or loune (?).
VI.
Gawayne tells her that he prefers her conversation before that of all others.
"Madame," quod þe myry mon, "Mary yow 3elde,
For I haf founden, in god fayth, yowre fraunchis nobele,
& oþer ful much of oþer folk fongen hor dede3;
Bot þe daynté þat þay delen for my disert nysen,
Hit is þe worchyp of your-self, þat no3t hot wel conne3."