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;