Bot þat ȝe be Gawan, hit gotȝ in mynde."
"Quer-fore?" quod þe freke, & freschly he askeȝ,
Ferde lest he hade fayled in fourme of his castes;
Bot þe burde hym blessed, & bi þis skyl sayde,
"So god as Gawayn gaynly is halden,
& cortaysye is closed so clene in hym-seluen,
Couth not lyȝtly haf lenged so long wyth a lady,
Bot he had craued a cosse, bi his courtaysye,
Bi sum towch of summe tryfle, at sum taleȝ ende."
Þen quod Wowen, "I-wysse, worþe as yow lykeȝ,