[Þ]e dele his matynnes telle!"
1 skayned (?). 2 wel (?).
IX.
"Truly," says Sir Gawayne, "a desert is here,
"Now i-wysse," quod Wowayn, "wysty is here;
Þis oritore is vgly, with erbe3 ouer-growen;
Wel biseme3 þe wy3e wruxled in grene
Dele here his deuocioun, on þe deuele3 wyse;
Now I fele hit is þe fende, in my fyue wytte3,
Þat hat3 stoken me þis steuen, to strye me here;