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at note ryched;
600 ? e brydel barred aboute, with bry3t golde bounden;
[D] ? e apparayl of ? e payttrure, & of ? e proude skyrte3,
? e cropore, & ? e couertor, acorded wyth ? e arsoune3;
& al wat3 rayled on red ryche golde nayle3,
604 ? at al glytered & glent as glem of ? e sunne.
[E] ? enne hentes he ? e holme, & hastily hit kysses,
? at wat3 stapled stifly, & stoffed wyth-inne:
Hit wat3 hy3e on his hede, hasped bihynde,
608 [F] Wyth a ly3tli vrysoun ouer ? e auentayle,
[G] Enbrawden & bounden wyth ?
e best gemme3,
On brode sylkyn borde, & brydde3 on seme3,
As papiaye3 paynted pernyng bitwene,
612 Tortors & trulofe3 entayled so ? yk,
As mony burde ? er aboute had ben seuen wynter
in toune;
[H] ? e cercle wat3 more o prys,
616 ? at vmbe-clypped hys croun,
Of diamaunte3 a deuys,
? at bo? e were bry3t & broun.

[Sidenote A: Thus arrayed the knight hears mass,]
[Sidenote B: and afterwards takes leave of Arthur and his court. ]
[Sidenote C: By that time his horse Gringolet was ready,]
[Sidenote D: the harness of which glittered like the "gleam of the sun. "]
[Sidenote E: Then Sir Gawayne sets his helmet upon his head,]
[Sidenote F: fastened behind with a "urisoun,"]
[Sidenote G: richly embroidered with gems. ]
[Sidenote H: The circle around the helmet was decked with diamonds. ]

VI.

[A] Then ? ay schewed hym ? e schelde, ? at was of schyr goule3,
620 Wyth ?