"Wheþer þis be þe grene chapelle;

He myȝt aboute myd-nyȝt,

[Þ]e dele his matynnes telle!"

1 skayned (?). 2 wel (?).

IX.

"Truly," says Sir Gawayne, "a desert is here,

"Now i-wysse," quod Wowayn, "wysty is here;

Þis oritore is vgly, with erbeȝ ouer-growen;

Wel bisemeȝ þe wyȝe wruxled in grene

Dele here his deuocioun, on þe deueleȝ wyse;