II.

While he clothed himself in his rich weeds,

Whyle þe wlonkest wedes he warp on hym-seluen;

His cote, wyth be conysaunce of þe clere werke3,

Ennurned vpon veluet vertuuus1 stone3,

Aboute beten, & bounden, enbrauded seme3,

& fayre furred with-inne wyth fayre pelures.

3et laft he not þe lace, þe ladie3 gifte,

Þat for-gat not Gawayn, for gode of hym-seluen;

Bi he hade belted þe bronde vpon his bal3e haunche3,