& schranke a lytel with þe schulderes, for þe scharp yrne.
Þat oþer schalk wyth a schunt þe schene wythhalde3,
& þenne repreued he þe prynce with mony prowde worde3:
"Þou art not Gawayn," quod þe gome, "þat is so goud halden,
Þat neuer ar3ed for no here, by hylle ne be vale,
& now þou fles for ferde, er þou fele harme3;
Such cowardise of þat kny3t cowþe I neuer here.
Nawþer fyked I, ne fla3e, freke, quen þou myntest,
Ne kest no kauelacion, in kynge3 hous Arthor,
My hede fla3 to my fote, & 3et fla3 I neuer;