neuer,
Bot to lelly layne for[2] hir lorde; þe leude hym acorde3.
1864 Þat neuer wy3e schulde hit wyt, Iwysse, bot þay twayne,
for no3te;
He þonkked hir oft ful swyþe,
Ful þro with hert & þo3t.
1868 [H] Bi þat on þrynne syþe,
He hat3 kyst þe kny3t so to3t.

[Sidenote A:  “Do you refuse it,” says the lady, because it is simple?] [Sidenote B:  Whoso knew the virtues that it possesses, would highly prize
  it.]
[Sidenote C:  For he who is girded with this green lace,] [Sidenote D:  cannot be wounded or slain.”] [Sidenote E:  The knight thinks of his adventure at the Green Chapel.] [Sidenote F:  The lady presses him to accept the lace.] [Sidenote G:  He consents not only to take the girdle, but to keep the
  possession of it a secret.]
[Sidenote H:  By that time the lady has kissed him thrice.] [Footnote 1:  my3t (?).] [Footnote 2:  fro (?).]

XXX.

[A] Thenne lachche3 ho hir leue, & leue3 hym þere,
For more myrþe of þat mon mo3t ho not gete;
1872 [B] When ho[1] wat3 gon, sir G. gere3 hym sone,
Rises, & riches hym in araye noble,
[C] Lays vp þe luf-lace, þe lady hym ra3t,
Hid hit ful holdely, þer he hit eft fonde;
1876 Syþen cheuely to þe chapel choses he þe waye,
[D] Preuely aproched to a prest, & prayed hym þere
Þat he wolde lyfte[2] his lyf, & lern hym better,
How his sawle schulde be saued, when he schuld seye heþen.
1880 [E] Þere he schrof hym schyrly, & schewed his mysdede3,
Of þe more & þe mynne, & merci beseche3,
[F] & of absolucioun he on þe segge calles;
& he asoyled hym surely, & sette hym so clene,
1884 [G] As dome3-day schulde haf ben di3t on þe morn.
& syþen he mace hym as mery among þe fre ladyes,
[H] With comlych caroles, & alle kynnes ioye,
As neuer he did bot þat daye, to þe derk ny3t,
1888 with blys;
Vche mon hade daynte þare,
[I] Of hym, & sayde Iwysse,
[J] Þus myry he wat3 neuer are,
1892 Syn he com hider, er þis.

[Sidenote A:  Then she takes her leave.] [Sidenote B:  Gawayne then dresses himself,] [Sidenote C:  and conceals the love-lace about his person.] [Sidenote D:  He then hies to mass,] [Sidenote E:  and shrives him of his misdeeds.] [Sidenote F:  and prays for absolution.] [Sidenote G:  He returns to the hall, and makes himself so merry among the
  ladies,]
[Sidenote H:  with comely carols,] [Sidenote I:  that they said,] [Sidenote J:  “Thus merry was he never before since hither he came.”] [Footnote 1:  he, in Ms.] [Footnote 2:  lyste (?).]

XXXI.

[A] Now hym lenge in þat lee, þer luf hym bi-tyde;
3et is þe lorde on þe launde, ledande his gomnes,
[B] He hat3 forfaren þis fox, þat he fol3ed longe;
1896 As he sprent ouer a spenne, to spye þe schrewe,
Þer as he herd þe howndes, þat hasted hym swyþe, [Fol. 116b.]
[C] Renaud com richchande þur3 a ro3e greue,