I schal bynde yow in your bedde, þat be ȝe trayst:"

Al laȝande þe lady lanced þo bourdeȝ.

"Goud moroun g[aye],"1 quod Gawayn þe blyþe,

"Me schal worþe at your wille, & þat me wel lykeȝ,

For I ȝelde me ȝederly, & ȝeȝe after grace,

& þat is þe best, be my dome, for me by-houeȝ nede;"

& þus he bourded a-ȝayn with mony a blyþe laȝter.

"Bot wolde ȝe, lady louely, þen leue me grante,

& de-prece your prysoun, & pray hym to ryse,

I wolde boȝe of þis bed, & busk me better,