"
"Grant merci;" quod Gawayn, &
gruchyng
he sayde,
"Wel worth ?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
]
VI.
[A] "For-?y, goude sir Gawayn, let ?e gome one,
& got3 a-way sum o?er gate; vpon Godde3 halue;
2120 [B] Cayre3 bi sum o?er kyth, ?er Kryst mot yow spede;
& I schal hy3 me hom a3ayn, & hete yow fyrre,
[C] ?at I schal swere bi God, & alle his gode hal3e3, [Fol. 119b.]
As help me God & ?e halydam, & o?e3 in-noghe,
2124 ?at I schal lelly yow layne, & lance neuer tale,
?at euer 3e fondet to fle, for freke ?at I wyst.
"
"Grant merci;" quod Gawayn, &
gruchyng
he sayde,
"Wel worth ?
e wy3e, ?at wolde3 my gode,
2128 & ?at lelly me layne, I leue wel ?ou wolde3!
[D] Bot helde ?ou hit neuer so holde, & I here passed,
Founded for ferde for to fle, in fourme ?at ?ou telle3,
I were a kny3t kowarde, I my3t not[1] be excused.
2132 [E] Bot I wy1 to ?e chape1, for chaunce ?at may falle,
& talk wyth ?at ilk tulk ?e tale ?at me lyste,
Wor?e hit wele, o?
