Thenne þe kny3t con calle ful hy3e,
"Who sti3tle3 in þis sted, me steuen to holde?
For now is gode Gawayn goande ry3t here,
If any wy3e o3t wyl wynne hider fast,
Oþer now, oþer neuer, his nede3 to spede."
"Abyde," quod on on þe bonke, abouen ouer his hede,
"& þou schal haf al in hast, þat I þe hy3t ones."
3et he rusched on þat rurde, rapely a þrowe,
& wyth quettyng a-wharf, er he wolde ly3t;
& syþen he keuere3 bi a cragge, & come3 of a hole,