& I schal hyȝ me hom aȝayn, & hete yow fyrre,
Þat I schal swere bi God, & alle his gode halȝeȝ,
As help me God & þe halydam, & oþeȝ in-noghe,
Þat I schal lelly yow layne, & lance neuer tale,
Þat euer ȝe fondet to fle, for freke þat I wyst."
"Grant merci;" quod Gawayn, & gruchyng he sayde,
"Wel worth þe wyȝe, þat woldeȝ my gode,
& þat lelly me layne, I leue wel þou woldeȝ!
Bot helde þou hit neuer so holde, & I here passed,
Founded for ferde for to fle, in fourme þat þou telleȝ,