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ou hade3 neuer forfeted, sy? en ? ou wat3 fyrst borne.
[D] & I gif ? e, sir, ? e gurdel ? at is golde hemmed;
2396 For hit is grene as my goune, sir G:, 3e maye
? enk vpon ? is ilke ? repe, ? er ? ou forth ? rynge3
Among prynces of prys, & ? is a pure token
[E] Of ? e chaunce of ?
e grene chapel, at cheualrous kny3te3;
2400 [F] & 3e schal in ? is nwe 3er a3ayn to my wone3,
& we schyn reuel ? e remnaunt of ? is ryche fest,
ful bene. "
? er la? ed hym fast ? e lorde,
2404 & sayde, "with my wyf, I wene,
We schal yow wel acorde,
? at wat3 your enmy kene. "

[Sidenote A: Then the other, laughing, thus spoke:]
[Sidenote B: "Thou art confessed so clean,]
[Sidenote C: that I hold thee as pure as if thou hadst never been guilty. ]
[Sidenote D: I give thee, sir, the gold-hemmed girdle,]
[Sidenote E: as a token of thy adventure at the Green Chapel. ]
[Sidenote F: Come again to my abode, and abide there for the remainder of
the festival. "]
[Footnote 1: hardilyly, in MS. ]

XVIII.

[A] "Nay, for so? e," quod ?