Bot Gawayn on þat giserne glyfte hym bysyde,
As hit com glydande adoun, on glode hym to schende,
& schranke a lytel with þe schulderes, for þe scharp yrne.
Þat oþer schalk wyth a schunt þe schene wythhaldeȝ,
& þenne repreued he þe prynce with mony prowde wordeȝ:
"Þou art not Gawayn," quod þe gome, "þat is so goud halden,
Þat neuer arȝed for no here, by hylle ne be vale,
& now þou fles for ferde, er þou fele harmeȝ;
Such cowardise of þat knyȝt cowþe I neuer here.
Nawþer fyked I, ne flaȝe, freke, quen þou myntest,