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e mere wyf, "3e may not be werned,
1496 [F] 3e ar stif in-noghe to constrayne wyth strenk? e, 3if yow lyke3,
3if any were so vilanous ? at yow denaye[2] wolde. "
"3e, be God," quod Gawayn, "good is your speche,
Bot ? rete is vn-? ryuande in ? ede ? er I lende,
1500 [G] & vche gift ? at is geuen not with goud wylle;
I am at your comaundement, to kysse quen yow lyke3,
3e may lach quen yow lyst, & leue quen yow ? ynkke3,
in space. "
1504 [H] ? e lady loute3 a-doun,
& comlyly kysses his face,
Much speche ? ay ? er expoun,
Of druryes greme & grace.

[Sidenote A: The lady of the castle again visits Sir Gawayne.
]
[Sidenote B: Softly she sits by his side,]
[Sidenote C: and tells the knight that he has forgotten what she taught him
the day before. ]
[Sidenote D: "I taught you of kissing," she says, "that becomes every
knight. "]
[Sidenote E: Gawayne says that he must not take that which is forbidden. ]
[Sidenote F: He is told that he is strong enough to enforce it. ]
[Sidenote G: The knight replies that every gift is worthless that is not
given willingly. ]
[Sidenote H: The lady stoops down and kisses him. ]
[Footnote 1: sayde (? ). ]
[Footnote 2: de vaye, in MS. ]

XV.

1508 [A] "I woled[1] wyt at yow, wy3e," ? at wor? y ? er sayde,
"& yow wrathed not ? er-wyth, what were ? e skylle,
?