Þenne "bi Godde," quod Gawayn, "þat gere as1 I trowe,

Is ryched at þe reuerence, me renk to mete,

bi rote;

Let God worche we loo,

Hit helppe3 me not a mote,

My lif þa3 I for-goo,

Drede dot3 me no lote."

1 at, in MS.

X.

Then cried he aloud, 2212