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e ? is buffet, quat-so bi-falle3 after,
& at ? is tyme twelmonyth take at ? e ano? er,
384 Wyth what weppen so[1] ? ou wylt, & wyth no wy3 elle3,
on lyue. "
? at o? er on-sware3 agayn,
"Sir Gawan, so mot I ? ryue,
388 [E] As I am ferly fayn.
? is dint ? at ? ou schal dryue. "

[Sidenote A: The king gives his nephew his weapon,]
[Sidenote B: and tells him to keep heart and hand steady.
]
[Sidenote C: The Green Knight enquires the name of his opponent. ]
[Sidenote D: Sir Gawayne tells him his name, and declares that he is
willing to give and receive a blow. ]
[Sidenote E: The other thereof is glad. ]
[Footnote 1: MS. fo. ]

XVIII.

[A] "Bigog," quod ? e grene kny3t, "sir Gawan, melykes,
? at I schal fange at ? y fust ? at I haf frayst here;
392 & ? ou hat3 redily rehersed, bi resoun ful trwe,
Clanly al ? e couenaunt ? at I ? e kynge asked,
Saf ? at ?