For alle þe golde vpon grounde I nolde go with þe,
         Ne bere þe fela3schip þur3 þis fryth on fote fyrre.”
2152 [F] Bi þat þe wy3e in þe wod wende3 his brydel,
         Hit þe hors with þe hele3, as harde as he my3t,
         Lepe3 hym ouer þe launde, & leue3 þe kny3t þere,
                 al one.
2156 [G] “Bi Godde3 self,” quod Gawayn,
             “I wyl nauþer grete ne grone,
     [H] To Godde3 wylle I am ful bayn,
             & to hym I haf me tone.”

[Sidenote A:  “Mary!” quoth the other, “since it pleases thee to lose thy
  life,]
[Sidenote B:  take thy helmet on thy head, and thy spear in thy hand, and
  ride down this path by yon rock-side,]
[Sidenote C:  till thou come to the bottom of the valley;] [Sidenote D:  look a little to the left,] [Sidenote E:  and thou shalt see the Chapel itself and the man that guards
  it.”]
[Sidenote F:  Having thus spoken the guide takes leave of the knight.] [Sidenote G:  “By God’s self,” says Sir Gawayne, “I will neither weep nor
  groan.]
[Sidenote H:  To God’s will I am full ready.”]

VIII.

2160 [A] Thenne gyrde3 he to Gryngolet, & gedere3 þe rake, [Fol. 120.]
         Schowue3 in bi a schore, at a scha3e syde,
     [B] Ride3 þur3 þe ro3e bonk, ry3t to þe dale;
         & þenne he wayted hym aboute, & wylde hit hym þo3t,
2164 [C] & se3e no syngne of resette, bisyde3 nowhere,
         Bot hy3e bonkke3 & brent, vpon boþe halue,
         & ru3e knokled knarre3, with knorned stone3;
         Þe skwe3 of þe scowtes skayued[1] hym þo3t.
2168 Þenne he houed, & wyth-hylde his hors at þat tyde,
         & ofte chaunged his cher, þe chapel to seche;
     [D] He se3 non suche in no syde, & selly hym þo3t,
         Sone a lyttel on a launde, a lawe as hit we[re];
2172 [E] A bal3 ber3, bi a bonke, þe brymme by-syde,
         Bi a for3 of a flode, þat ferked þare;
         Þe borne blubred þer-inne, as hit boyled hade.
     [F] Þe kny3t kache3 his caple, & com to þe lawe,
2176 [G] Li3te3 doun luflyly, & at a lynde tache3
         Þe rayne, & his riche, with a ro3e braunche;
     [H] Þen[n]e he bo3e3 to þe ber3e, aboute hit he walke,
         D[e]batande with hym-self, quat hit be my3t.
2180 Hit hade a hole on þe ende, & on ayþer syde,
         & ouer-growen with gresse in glodes ay where,
         & al wat3 hol3 in-with, nobot an olde caue,
     [I] Or a creuisse of an olde cragge, he couþe hit no3t deme
2184 with spelle,
             “We,[2] lorde,” quod þe gentyle kny3t,
             “Wheþer þis be þe grene chapelle;
     [J] He my3t aboute myd-ny3t,
2188 [Þ]e dele his matynnes telle!”