& meled þus much with his muthe, as ȝe may now here.

"Loke, Gawan, þou be grayþe to go as þou hetteȝ,

& layte as lelly til þou me, lude, fynde,

As þou hatȝ hette in þis halle, herande þise knyȝtes;

To þe grene chapel þou chose, I charge þe to fotte,

Such a dunt as þou hatȝ dalt disserued þou habbeȝ,

To be ȝederly ȝolden on nw ȝeres morn;

Þe knyȝt of þe grene chapel men knowen me mony;

For-þi me forto fynde if þou fraysteȝ, fayleȝ þou neuer,

Þer-fore com, oþer recreaunt be calde þe be-houeus."