[Sidenote A:  He was found faultless in his five wits.] [Sidenote B:  His trust was in the five wounds.] [Sidenote C:  The image of the Virgin was depicted upon his shield.] [Sidenote D:  In cleanness and courtesy he was never found wanting,] [Sidenote E:  therefore was the endless knot fastened on his shield.] [Sidenote F:  Sir Gawayne seizes his lance and bids all “good day.”] [Footnote 1:  Ms fyft.] [Footnote 2:  for-bi (?).]

VIII.

[A] He sperred þe sted with þe spure3, & sprong on his way,
So stif þat þe ston fyr stroke out þer-after;
672 [B] Al þat se3 þat semly syked in hert,
& sayde soþly al same segges til oþer,
Carande for þat comly, “bi Kryst, hit is scaþe,
Þat þou, leude, schal be lost, þat art of lyf noble!
676 [C] To fynde hys fere vpon folde, in fayth is not eþe;
Warloker to haf wro3t had more wyt bene,
& haf dy3t 3onder dere a duk to haue worþed;
[D] A lowande leder of lede3 in londe hym wel seme3,
680 & so had better haf ben þen britned to no3t,
[E] Hadet wyth an aluisch mon, for angarde3 pryde. 
Who knew euer any kyng such counsel to take,
As kny3te3 in caueloun3 on cryst-masse gomne3!”
684 [F] Wel much wat3 þe warme water þat waltered of y3en,
When þat semly syre so3t fro þo wone3
þat[1] daye;
He made non abode,
688 Bot wy3tly went hys way,
[G] Mony wylsum way he rode,
Þe bok as I herde say.

[Sidenote A:  He spurs his horse and goes on his way.] [Sidenote B:  All that saw that seemly one mourned in their hearts.] [Sidenote C:  They declared that his equal was not to be found upon earth.] [Sidenote D:  It would have been better for him to have been a leader of
  men,]
[Sidenote E:  than to die by the hands of “an elvish man.”] [Sidenote F:  Much was the warm water that poured from eyes that day.] [Sidenote G:  Meanwhile many a weary way goes Sir Gawayne.] [Footnote 1:  Ms. þad.]

IX.

[A] Now ride3 þis renk þur3 þe ryalme of Logres,
692 Sir Gauan on Gode3 halue, þa3 hym no gomen þo3t;
Oft, leudle3 alone, he lenge3 on ny3te3,
Þer he fonde no3t hym byfore þe fare þat he lyked;
[B] Hade he no fere bot his fole, bi frythe3 & doune3,
696 Ne no gome bot God, bi gate wyth to karp,
[C] Til þat he ne3ed ful noghe[1] in to þe Norþe Wale3;
Alle þe iles of Anglesay on lyft half he halde3,
& fare3 ouer þe forde3 by þe for-londe3,
700 [D] Ouer at þe Holy-Hede, til he hade eft bonk
In þe wyldrenesse of Wyrale; wonde þer bot lyte
[E] Þat auþer God oþer gome wyth goud hert louied. [Fol. 100b]
& ay he frayned, as he ferde, at freke3 þat he met,
704 [F] If þay hade herde any karp of a kny3t grene,
In any grounde þer-aboute, of þe grene chapel;[2]
& al nykked hym wyth nay, þat neuer in her lyue
[G] Þay se3e neuer no segge þat wat3 of suche hwe3
708 of grene. 
Þe kny3t tok gates straunge,
In mony a bonk vnbene,
[H] His cher ful oft con chaunge,
712 Þat chapel er he my3t sene.