[G] Wyth stille stollen countenaunce, þat stalworth to plese,
1660 Þat al for-wondered wat3 þe wy3e, & wroth with hym-seluen,
         Bot he nolde not for his nurture nurne hir a-3ayne3,
         Bot dalt with hir al in daynte, how-se-euer þe dede turned
                 to wrast;
1664 [H] Quen þay hade played in halle,
             As longe as hor wylle hom last,
     [I] To chambre he[1] con hym calle,
             & to þe chem-ne þay past.

[Sidenote A:  Tables are raised aloft,] [Sidenote B:  cloths cast upon them,] [Sidenote C:  and torches are lighted.] [Sidenote D:  With much mirth and glee,] [Sidenote E:  supper is served in the hall,] [Sidenote F:  and ever our lovely knight by the lady sits,] [Sidenote G:  who does all she can to please her companion.] [Sidenote H:  When they had long played in the hall,] [Sidenote I:  they proceeded “to chamber.”] [Footnote 1:  ho (?).]

XXII.

1668 [A] Ande þer þay dronken, & dalten, & demed eft nwe,
         To norne on þe same note, on nwe3ere3 euen;
     [B] Bot þe kny3t craued leue, to kayre on þe morn,
         For hit wat3 ne3 at þe terme, þat he to[1] schulde.
1672 Þe lorde hym letted of þat, to lenge hym resteyed, [Fol. 113b.]
     [C] & sayde, “as I am trwe segge, I siker my trawþe,
     [D] Þou schal cheue to þe grene chapel, þy charres to make,
         Leude, on nw3ere3 ly3t, longe bifore pryme: 
1676 For-þy þow lye in þy loft, & lach þyn ese,
         & I schal hunt in þis holt, & halde þe towche3,
         Chaunge wyth þe cheuisaunce, bi þat I charre hider;
         For I haf fraysted þe twys, & faythful I fynde þe,
1680 Now þrid tyme þrowe best þenk on þe morne,
         Make we mery quyl we may, & mynne vpon Ioye,
         For þe lur may mon lach, when so mon lyke3.” 
         Þis wat3 grayþely graunted, & Gawayn is lenged,
1684 [E] Bliþe bro3t wat3 hym drynk, & þay to bedde 3eden,
                 with li3t;
     [F] Sir G:  lis & slepes,
             Ful stille & softe al ni3t;
1688 [G] Þe lorde þat his crafte3 kepes,
             Ful erly he wat3 di3t.

[Sidenote A:  There they drank and discoursed.] [Sidenote B:  Gawayne begs leave to depart on the morrow.] [Sidenote C:  His host swears to him,] [Sidenote D:  that he shall come to the Green Chapel on New Year’s morn long
  before prime.]
[Sidenote E:  Our knight consents to remain for another night.] [Sidenote F:  Full still and softly he sleeps all night.] [Sidenote G:  Early in the morning the lord is up.] [Footnote 1:  te (?).]

XXIII.

[A] After messe a morsel[1] he & his men token,
Miry wat3 þe mornyng, his mounture he askes;
1692 [B] Alle þe haþeles þat on horse schulde helden hym after,
Were boun busked on hor blonkke3, bi-fore[2] þe halle 3ate3;
[C] Ferly fayre wat3 þe folde, for þe forst clenged,