ful bene."

Þer laþed hym fast þe lorde,

& sayde, "with my wyf, I wene,

We schal yow wel acorde,

Þat watȝ your enmy kene."

1 hardilyly, in MS.

XVIII.

"Nay, forsooth," says Gawayne,

"Nay, for soþe," quod þe segge, & sesed hys helme,

& hatȝ hit of hendely, & þe haþel þonkkeȝ,