[A] Then ?e gome in ?e grene gray?ed hym swy?e,
2260 Gedere3 yp hys grymme tole, Gawayn to smyte;
[B] With alle ?e bur in his body he ber hit on lofte,
Munt as ma3tyly, as marre hym he wolde;
Hade hit dryuen adoun, as dre3 as he atled,
2264 ?er hade ben ded of his dynt, ?at do3ty wat3 euer.
Bot Gawayn on ?
at giserne glyfte hym bysyde,
[C] As hit com glydande adoun, on glode hym to schende,
[D] &
schranke
a lytel with ?
e schulderes, for ?e scharp yrne.
2268 ?at o?er schalk wyth a schunt ?e schene wythhalde3,
[E] & ?enne repreued he ?e prynce with mony prowde worde3:
[F] "?ou art not Gawayn," quod ?e gome, "?at is so goud halden,
?at neuer ar3ed for no here, by hylle ne be vale,
2272 [G] & now ?ou fles for ferde, er ?ou fele harme3; [Fol. 121b.
