No More Learning

ou craue batayl bare,
Here fayle3 ? ou not to fy3t. "

[Sidenote A: Arthur salutes the Green Knight. ]
[Sidenote B: bids him welcome, and invites him to stay awhile. ]
[Sidenote C: The knight says that he will not tarry. ]
[Sidenote D: He seeks the most valiant that he may prove him. ]
[Sidenote E: He comes in peace. ]
[Sidenote F: At home, however, he has both shield and spear. ]
[Sidenote G: Arthur assures him that he shall not fail to find an opponent
worthy of him. ]

XIII.

[A] "Nay, frayst I no fy3t, in fayth I ? e telle,
280 [B] Hit arn aboute on ? is bench bot berdle3 chylder;
If I were hasped in armes on a he3e stede,
[C] Here is no mon me to mach, for my3te3 so[1] wayke.
For-? y I craue in ?
is court a crystmas gomen,
284 [D] For hit is 3ol & nwe 3er, & here ar 3ep mony;
If any so hardy in ? is hous holde3 hym-seluen,
[E] Be so bolde in his blod, brayn in hys hede,
? at dar stifly strike a strok for an o? er,
288 I schal gif hym of my gyft ? ys giserne ryche,
[F] ? is ax, ? at is heue in-nogh, to hondele as hym lykes,
& I schal bide ? e fyrst bur, as bare as I sitte. [Fol. 95. ]
If any freke be so felle to fonde ? at I telle,
292 Lepe ly3tly me to, & lach ? is weppen,
I quit clayme hit for euer, kepe hit as his auen,
[G] & I schal stonde hym a strok, stif on ? is flet,
Elle3 ? ou wyl di3t me ? e dom to dele hym an o?