Scho made hym so gret chere,
Þat watȝ so fayr of face,
Þe knyȝt with speches skere,
A[n]swared to vche a cace.
1 MS. þat þat. 2 louie or loune (?).
VI.
Gawayne tells her that he prefers her conversation before that of all others.
"Madame," quod þe myry mon, "Mary yow ȝelde,
For I haf founden, in god fayth, yowre fraunchis nobele,
& oþer ful much of oþer folk fongen hor dedeȝ;