Thus to þe derk nyȝt.

1 meue (?).

III.

All this time Gawayne lies a-bed.

Þus laykeȝ þis lorde by lynde wodeȝ eueȝ,

& G. þe god mon, in gay bed lygeȝ,

Lurkkeȝ quyl þe day-lyȝt lemed on þe wowes,

Vnder couertour ful clere, cortyned aboute;

& as in slomeryng he slode, sleȝly he herde

A littel dyn at his dor, & derfly vpon;