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e chapel to seche;
[D] He se3 non suche in no syde, & selly hym ? o3t,
Sone a lyttel on a launde, a lawe as hit we[re];
2172 [E] A bal3 ber3, bi a bonke, ? e brymme by-syde,
Bi a for3 of a flode, ? at ferked ? are;
? e borne blubred ? er-inne, as hit boyled hade.
[F] ? e kny3t kache3 his caple, & com to ? e lawe,
2176 [G] Li3te3 doun luflyly, & at a lynde tache3
? e rayne, & his riche, with a ro3e braunche;
[H] ? en[n]e he bo3e3 to ? 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 (?