He gef hit ay god chaunce!"

IV.

The gates are soon opened.

The brygge watȝ brayde doun, & þe brode ȝateȝ

Vnbarred, & born open, vpon boþe halue;

Þe burne blessed hym bilyue, & þe bredeȝ passed;

Prayses þe porter, bifore þe prynce kneled,

Gef hym God & goud day, þat Gawayn he saue;

& went on his way, with his wyȝe one,

Þat schulde teche hym to tourne to þat tene place,