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e ber3e, aboute hit he walke,
D[e]batande with hym-self, quat hit be my3t.
2180 Hit hade a hole on ? e ende, & on ay? er syde,
& ouer-growen with gresse in glodes ay where,
& al wat3 hol3 in-with, nobot an olde caue,
[I] Or a creuisse of an olde cragge, he cou? e hit no3t deme
2184 with spelle,
"We,[2] lorde," quod ? e gentyle kny3t,
"Whe? er ? is be ? e grene chapelle;
[J] He my3t aboute myd-ny3t,
2188 [? ]e dele his matynnes telle! "

[Sidenote A: Then he pursues his journey,]
[Sidenote B: rides through the dale, and looks about. ]
[Sidenote C: He sees no sign of a resting-place, but only high and steep
banks. ]
[Sidenote D: No chapel could he discern. ]
[Sidenote E: At last he sees a hill by the side of a stream;]
[Sidenote F: thither he goes,]
[Sidenote G: alights and fastens his horse to a branch of a tree. ]
[Sidenote H: He walks around the hill, debating with himself what it might
be,]
[Sidenote I: and at last finds an old cave in the crag.
]
[Sidenote J: He prays that about midnight he may tell his matins. ]
[Footnote 1: skayned (? ). ]
[Footnote 2: wel (? ). ]

IX.

[A] "Now i-wysse," quod Wowayn, "wysty is here;
? is oritore is vgly, with erbe3 ouer-growen;
[B] Wel biseme3 ? e wy3e wruxled in grene
2192 Dele here his deuocioun, on ? e deuele3 wyse;
Now I fele hit is ? e fende, in my fyue wytte3,
? at hat3 stoken me ? is steuen, to strye me here;
[C] ? is is a chapel of meschaunce, ? at chekke hit by-tyde,
2196 Hit is ? e corsedest kyrk, ?