Ful ȝep in þat nw ȝere,
Much mirthe he mas with alle.
1 Of of, in MS.
VI.
The king talks with his knights.
Thus þer stondes in stale þe stif kyng his-seluen,
Talkkande bifore þe hyȝe table of trifles ful hende
There gode Gawan watȝ grayþed, Gwenore bisyde
& Agrauayn a la dure mayn on þat oþer syde sittes
Boþe þe kynges sister sunes, & ful siker kniȝtes;