Aboute his kne3 knaged wyth knote3 of golde;
[F] Queme quyssewes þen, þat coyntlych closed
His thik þrawen þy3e3 with þwonges to-tachched;
580 [G] & syþen þe brawden bryne of bry3t stel rynge3,
Vmbe-weued þat wy3, vpon wlonk stuffe;
[H] & wel bornyst brace vpon his boþe armes,
With gode cowters & gay, & gloue3 of plate,
584 & alle þe godlych gere þat hym gayn schulde
Þat tyde;
[I] Wyth ryche cote armure,
[J] His gold spore3 spend with pryde,
588 [K] Gurde wyth a bront ful sure,
With silk sayn vmbe his syde.

[Sidenote A:  On the morn he asks for his arms.] [Sidenote B:  A carpet is spread on the floor,] [Sidenote C:  and he steps thereon.] [Sidenote D:  He is dubbed in a doublet of Tarsic silk, and a well-made
  hood.]
[Sidenote E:  They set steel slices on his feet, and lap his legs in steel
  greaves.]
[Sidenote F:  Fair cuisses enclose his thighs,] [Sidenote G:  and afterwards they put on the steel habergeon,] [Sidenote H:  well-burnished braces, elbow pieces, and gloves of plate.] [Sidenote I:  Over all this is placed the coat armour.] [Sidenote J:  His spurs are then fixed,] [Sidenote K:  and his sword is attached to his side by a silken girdle.]

V.

[A] When he wat3 hasped in armes, his harnays wat3 ryche, [Fol. 99a.]
Þe lest lachet ou[þ]er loupe lemed of golde;
592 So harnayst as he wat3 he herkne3 his masse,
Offred & honoured at þe he3e auter;
[B] Syþen he come3 to þe kyng & to his cort fere3,
Lache3 lufly his leue at lorde3 & ladye3;
596 & þay hym kyst & conueyed, bikende hym to kryst.
[C] Bi þat wat3 Gryngolet grayth, & gurde with a sadel,
Þat glemed ful gayly with mony golde frenges,
Ay quere naylet ful nwe for þat note ryched;
600 Þe brydel barred aboute, with bry3t golde bounden;
[D] Þe apparayl of þe payttrure, & of þe proude skyrte3,
Þe cropore, & þe couertor, acorded wyth þe arsoune3;
& al wat3 rayled on red ryche golde nayle3,
604 Þat al glytered & glent as glem of þe sunne.
[E] Þenne hentes he þe holme, & hastily hit kysses,
Þat wat3 stapled stifly, & stoffed wyth-inne: 
Hit wat3 hy3e on his hede, hasped bihynde,
608 [F] Wyth a ly3tli vrysoun ouer þe auentayle,
[G] Enbrawden & bounden wyth þe best gemme3,
On brode sylkyn borde, & brydde3 on seme3,
As papiaye3 paynted pernyng bitwene,
612 Tortors & trulofe3 entayled so þyk,
As mony burde þer aboute had ben seuen wynter
in toune;
[H] Þe cercle wat3 more o prys,
616 Þat vmbe-clypped hys croun,
Of diamaunte3 a deuys,
Þat boþe were bry3t & broun.

[Sidenote A:  Thus arrayed the knight hears mass,] [Sidenote B:  and afterwards takes leave of Arthur and his court.] [Sidenote C:  By that time his horse Gringolet was ready,] [Sidenote D:  the harness of which glittered like the “gleam of the sun.”] [Sidenote E:  Then Sir Gawayne sets his helmet upon his head,] [Sidenote F:  fastened behind with a “urisoun,”] [Sidenote G:  richly embroidered with gems.] [Sidenote H:  The circle around the helmet was decked with diamonds.]