Bot stode stylle as þe ston, oþer a stubbe auþer,
Þat raþeled is in roche grounde, with roteȝ a hundreth.
Þen muryly efte con he mele, þe mon in þe grene,
"So now þou hatȝ þi hert holle, hitte me bihou[e]s;
Halde þe now þe hyȝe hode, þat Arþur þe raȝt,
& kepe þy kanel at þis kest, ȝif hit keuer may."
G: ful gryndelly with greme þenne sayde,
"Wy þresch on, þou þro mon, þou þreteȝ to longe,
I hope þat þi hert arȝe wyth þyn awen seluen."
"For soþe," quod þat oþer freke, "so felly þou spekeȝ,