Gawan, þat sate bi þe quene,

To þe kyng he can enclyne,

"I be-seche now with saȝeȝ sene,

Þis melly mot be myne."

1 chere (?).

XVI.

"Wolde ȝe, worþilych lorde," quod Gawan to þe kyng,

"Bid me boȝe fro þis benche, & stonde by yow þere,

Þat I wyth-oute vylanye myȝt voyde þis table,

& þat my legge lady lyked not ille,