Gawan gotȝ to þe gome, with giserne in honde,
& he baldly hym bydeȝ, he bayst neuer þe helder
Þen carppeȝ to sir Gawan þe knyȝt in þe grene,
"Refourme we oure for-wardes, er we fyrre passe.
Fyrst I eþe þe, haþel, how þat þou hattes,
Þat þou me telle truly, as I tryst may?"
"In god fayth," quod þe goode knyȝt, "Gawan I hatte,
Þat bede þe þis buffet, quat-so bi-falleȝ after,
& at þis tyme twelmonyth take at þe anoþer,
Wyth what weppen so1 þou wylt, & wyth no wyȝ elleȝ,