[A] Þenne wat3 Gawan ful glad, & gomenly he la3ed,—­
1080 “Now I þonk yow þryuandely þur3 alle oþer þynge,
[B] Now acheued is my chaunce, I schal at your wylle
Dowelle, & elle3 do quat 3e demen.” 
Þenne sesed hym þe syre, & set hym bysyde,
1084 [C] Let þe ladie3 be fette, to lyke hem þe better;
Þer wat3 seme solace by hem-self stille;
Þe lorde let for luf lote3 so myry,
As wy3 þat wolde of his wyte, ne wyst quat he my3t.
1088 Þenne he carped to þe kny3t, criande loude,
[D] “3e han demed to do þe dede þat I bidde;
Wyl 3e halde þis hes here at þys one3?”
“3e sir, for-soþe,” sayd þe segge trwe,
1092 “Whyl I byde in yowre bor3e, be bayn to 3ow[r]e hest.” 
“For 3e haf trauayled,” quod þe tulk, “towen fro ferre,
& syþen waked me wyth, 3e arn not wel waryst,
[E] Nauþer of sostnaunce ne of slepe, soþly I knowe;
1096 3e schal lenge in your lofte, & ly3e in your ese,
[F] To morn quyle þe messe-quyle, & to mete wende,
When 3e wyl, wyth my wyf, þat wyth yow schal sitte,
& comfort yow with compayny, til I to cort torne,
1100 3e lende;
& I schal erly ryse,
On huntyng wyl I wende.”
[G] Gauayn grante3 alle þyse,
1104 Hym heldande, as þe hende.

[Sidenote A:  Then was Gawayne glad,] [Sidenote B:  and consents to tarry awhile at the castle.] [Sidenote C:  The ladies are brought in to solace him.] [Sidenote D:  The lord of the castle asks the knight to grant him one
  request;]
[Sidenote E:  That he will stay in his chamber during mass time,] [Sidenote F:  and then go to meat with his hostess.] [Sidenote G:  Gawayne accedes to his request.]

XXIV.

[A] “3et firre,” quod þe freke, “a forwarde we make;
Quat-so-euer I wynne in þe wod, hit worþe3 to youre3,
[B] & quat chek so 3e acheue, chaunge me þer-forne;
1108 Swete, swap we so, sware with trawþe,
Queþer, leude, so lymp lere oþer better.” 
“Bi God,” quod Gawayn þe gode, “I grant þer-tylle,
& þat yow lyst forto layke, lef hit me þynkes. [Fol. 106.]
1112 [C] “Who bringe3 vus þis beuerage, þis bargayn is maked:” 
So sayde þe lorde of þat lede; þay la3ed vchone,
Þay dronken, & daylyeden, & dalten vnty3tel,[1]
Þise lorde3 & ladye3, quyle þat hem lyked;
1116 & syþen with frenkysch fare & fele fayre lote3
Þay stoden, & stemed, & stylly speken,
Kysten ful comlyly, & ka3ten her leue.
[D] With mony leude ful ly3t, & lemande torches,
1120 Vche burne to his bed wat3 bro3t at þe laste,
ful softe;
To bed 3et er þay 3ede,
Recorded couenaunte3 ofte;
1124 Þe olde lorde of þat leude,[2]
Cowþe wel halde layk a-lofte.

[Sidenote A:  “Whatsoever,” says the host, “I win in the wood shall be
  yours,]
[Sidenote B:  and what check you achieve shall be mine.”] [Sidenote C:  A bargain is made between them.] [Sidenote D:  Night approaches and each “to his bed was brought at the
  last.”]
[Footnote 1:  vntyl ny3te (?).] [Footnote 2:  lede (?).]