XXVIII.

[A] Ho ra3t hym a riche rynk[1] of red golde werke3,
Wyth a starande ston, stondande alofte,
Þat bere blusschande beme3 as þe bry3t sunne;
1820 Wyt 3e wel, hit wat3 worth wele ful hoge.
[B] Bot þe renk hit renayed, & redyly he sayde,
“I wil no gifte3 for gode, my gay, at þis tyme; [Fol. 115b.]
[C] I haf none yow to norne, ne no3t wyl I take.”
1824 Ho bede hit hym ful bysily, & he hir bode wernes,
& swere swyftel[y] his sothe, þat he hit sese nolde;
[D] & ho sore þat he forsoke, & sayde þer-after,
“If 3e renay my rynk, to ryche for hit seme3,
1828 3e wolde not so hy3ly halden be to me,
I schal gif yow my girdel, þat gaynes yow lasse.” 
Ho la3t a lace ly3tly, þat[2] leke vmbe hir syde3,
[E] Knit vpon hir kyrtel, vnder þe clere mantyle,
1832 Gered hit wat3 with grene sylke, & with golde schaped,
No3t bot arounde brayden, beten with fyngre3;
& þat ho bede to þe burne, & blyþely bi-so3t
[F] Þa3 hit vn-worþi were, þat he hit take wolde.
1836 & he nay þat he nolde neghe in no wyse,
[G] Nauþer golde ne garysoun, er God hym grace sende,
To acheue to þe chaunce þat he hade chosen þere.
“& þerfore, I pray yow, displese yow no3t,
1840 & lette3 be your bisinesse, for I bayþe hit yow neuer
to graunte;
I am derely to yow biholde,
Bi-cause of your sembelaunt,
1844 [H] & euer in hot & colde
To be your trwe seruaunt.

[Sidenote A:  She offers him a gold ring,] [Sidenote B:  but he refuses to accept it,] [Sidenote C:  as he has none to give in return.] [Sidenote D:  Very sorrowful was that fair one on account of his refusal.] [Sidenote E:  She takes off her “girdle,”] [Sidenote F:  and beseeches him to take it.] [Sidenote G:  Gawayne again refuses to accept anything,] [Sidenote H:  but promises, “ever in hot and in cold, to be her true
  servant.”]
[Footnote 1:  ryng (?).] [Footnote 2:  þat þat, in Ms.]

XXIX.

[A] “Now forsake 3e þis silke.” sayde þe burde þenne,
“For hit is symple in hit-self. & so hit wel seme3?
1848 Lo! so hit is littel, & lasse hit is worþy;
[B] Bot who-so knew þe costes þat knit ar þer-inne,
He wolde hit prayse at more prys, parauenture;
[C] For quat gome so is gorde with þis grene lace,
1852 While he hit hade hemely halched aboute,
Þer is no haþel vnder heuen to-hewe hym þat my3t;
[D] For he my3t not he slayn, for sly3t vpon erþe.” 
Þen kest þe kny3t, & hit come to his hert,
1856 [E] Hit were a Iuel for þe Ioparde, þat hym iugged were,
When he acheued to þe chapel, his chek forto fech;
[F] My3[1] he haf slypped to þe vn-slayn, þe sle3t were noble. 
Þenne ho þulged with hir þrepe, & þoled hir to speke, [Fol. 116.]
1860 & ho bere on hym þe belt, & bede hit hym swyþe,
[G] & he granted, & [ho] hym gafe with a goud wylle,
& biso3t hym, for hir sake, disceuer hit