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at[2] leke vmbe hir syde3,
[E] Knit vpon hir kyrtel, vnder ? e clere mantyle,
1832 Gered hit wat3 with grene sylke, & with golde schaped,
No3t bot arounde brayden, beten with fyngre3;
& ? at ho bede to ? e burne, & bly? ely bi-so3t
[F] ? a3 hit vn-wor? i were, ? at he hit take wolde.
1836 & he nay ? at he nolde neghe in no wyse,
[G] Nau? er golde ne garysoun, er God hym grace sende,
To acheue to ? e chaunce ? at he hade chosen ? ere.
"& ?
erfore, I pray yow, displese yow no3t,
1840 & lette3 be your bisinesse, for I bay? e hit yow neuer
to graunte;
I am derely to yow biholde,
Bi-cause of your sembelaunt,
1844 [H] & euer in hot & colde
To be your trwe seruaunt.

[Sidenote A: She offers him a gold ring,]
[Sidenote B: but he refuses to accept it,]
[Sidenote C: as he has none to give in return. ]
[Sidenote D: Very sorrowful was that fair one on account of his refusal. ]
[Sidenote E: She takes off her "girdle,"]
[Sidenote F: and beseeches him to take it. ]
[Sidenote G: Gawayne again refuses to accept anything,]
[Sidenote H: but promises, "ever in hot and in cold, to be her true
servant. "]
[Footnote 1: ryng (? ). ]
[Footnote 2: ? at ? at, in MS. ]

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[A] "Now forsake 3e ? is silke. " sayde ? e burde ?