bi riȝt."
Þe lorde fast can hym payne,
To holde lenger þe knyȝt,
To hym answreȝ Gawayn,
Bi non way þat he myȝt.
1 þat (?). 2 nerci, in MS.
XXII.
He desires to know what had driven Sir Gawayne from Arthur's court before the end of the Christmas holidays.
Then frayned þe freke ful fayre at him-seluen,
Quat derne1 dede had hym dryuen, at þat dere tyme,