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e wyghe, "I-wysse I wot neuer,
1488 If hit be sothe ? at 3e breue, ? e blame is myn awen. "
[D] "3et I kende yow of kyssyng," quod ? e clere ? enne,
"Quere-so countenaunce is cou? e, quikly to clayme,
? at bicumes vche a kny3t, ? at cortaysy vses. "
1492 "Do way," quod ? at derf mon, "my dere, ? at speche,
[E] For ? at durst I not do, lest I denayed were,
If I were werned, I were wrang I-wysse, 3if I profered. "
"Ma fay," quod ? 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.