[Sidenote A:  Now rides the knight through the realms of England.] [Sidenote B:  He has no companion but his horse.] [Sidenote C:  No men does he see till he approaches North Wales.] [Sidenote D:  From Holyhead he passes into Wirral.] [Sidenote E:  There he finds but few that loved God or man.] [Sidenote F:  He enquires after the Green Knight of the Green Chapel,] [Sidenote G:  but can gain no tidings of him.] [Sidenote H:  His cheer oft changed before he found the Chapel.] [Footnote 1:  nyghe (?).] [Footnote 2:  Ms. clapel.]

X.

[A] Mony klyf he ouer-clambe in contraye3 straunge,
Fer floten fro his frende3 fremedly he ryde3;
[B] At vche warþe oþer water þer þe wy3e passed,
716 He fonde a foo hym byfore, bot ferly hit were,
& þat so foule & so felle, þat fe3t hym by-hode;
[C] So mony meruayl hi mount þer þe mon fynde3,
Hit were to tore for to telle of þe tenþe dole.
720 [D] Sumwhyle wyth worme3 he werre3, & with wolues als,
Sumwhyle wyth wodwos, þat woned in þe knarre3,
[E] Boþe wyth bulle3 & bere3, & bore3 oþer-quyle,
& etayne3, þat hym a-nelede, of þe he3e felle;
724 [F] Nade he ben du3ty & dry3e, & dry3tyn had serued,
Douteles he hade ben ded, & dreped ful ofte.
[G] For werre wrathed hym not so much, þat wynter was wors,
When þe colde cler water fro þe cloude3 schadden,
728 & fres er hit falle my3t to þe fale erþe;
Ner slayn wyth þe slete he sleped in his yrnes,
Mo ny3te3 þen in-noghe in naked rokke3,
Þer as claterande fro þe crest þe colde borne renne3,
732 & henged he3e ouer his hede in hard ysse-ikkles.
[H] Þus in peryl, & payne, & plytes ful harde,
Bi contray carye3 þis kny3t, tyl kryst-masse euen,
al one;
736 Þe kny3t wel þat tyde,
[I] To Mary made his mone. 
Þat ho hym red to ryde,
& wysse hym to sum wone. [Fol. 101.]

[Sidenote A:  Many a cliff he climbed over;] [Sidenote B:  many a ford and stream he crossed, and everywhere he found a
  foe.]
[Sidenote C:  It were too tedious to tell the tenth part of his adventures] [Sidenote D:  with serpents, wolves, and wild men;] [Sidenote E:  with bulls, bears, and boars.] [Sidenote F:  Had he not been both brave and good, doubtless he had been
  dead.]
[Sidenote G:  The sharp winter was far worse than any war that ever troubled
  him.]
[Sidenote H:  Thus in peril he travels till Christmas-eve.] [Sidenote I:  To the Virgin Mary he prays to guide him to some abode.]

XI.

740 [A] Bi a mounte on þe morne meryly he rydes,
Into a forest ful dep, þat ferly wat3 wylde,
Hi3e hille3 on vche a halue, & holt wode3 vnder,
[B] Of hore oke3 fill hoge a hundreth to-geder;
744 Þe hasel & þe ha3-þorne were harled al samen,
With ro3e raged mosse rayled ay-where,
[C] With mony brydde3 vnblyþe vpon bare twyges,
Þat pitosly þer piped for pyne of þe colde.