]
[Sidenote B: Go by some other region,]
[Sidenote C: I swear by God and all His saints, that I will never say that
ever ye
attempted
to flee from any man.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
[D] Bot helde ?ou hit neuer so holde, & I here passed,
Founded for ferde for to fle, in fourme ?at ?ou telle3,
I were a kny3t kowarde, I my3t not[1] be excused.
2132 [E] Bot I wy1 to ?e chape1, for chaunce ?at may falle,
& talk wyth ?at ilk tulk ?e tale ?at me lyste,
Wor?e hit wele, o?er wo, as ?e wyrde lyke3
hit hafe;
2136 [F] ?a3e he be a sturn knape,
To sti3tel, &[2] stad with staue,
[G] Ful wel con dry3tyn schape,
His seruaunte3 forto saue."
[Sidenote A: Wherefore, good Sir Gawayne, let this man alone.
]
[Sidenote B: Go by some other region,]
[Sidenote C: I swear by God and all His saints, that I will never say that
ever ye
attempted
to flee from any man.
"]
[Sidenote D: Gawayne replies that to shun this danger would mark him as a
"coward knight."]
[Sidenote E: To the Chapel, therefore, he will go,]
[Sidenote F: though the owner thereof were a stern knave.]
[Sidenote G: "Full well can God devise his servants for to save."]
[Footnote 1: mot, in MS.]
[Footnote 2: & &, in MS.]
VII.
2140 [A] "Mary!" quod ?at o?er mon, "now ?ou so much spelle3,
?at ?ou wylt ?yn awen nye nyme to ?y-seluen,
& ?
