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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? er wo, as ? e wyrde lyke3
hit hafe;
2136 [F] ? a3e he be a sturn knape,
To sti3tel, &[2] stad with staue,
[G] Ful wel con dry3tyn schape,
His seruaunte3 forto saue. "

[Sidenote A: Wherefore, good Sir Gawayne, let this man alone. ]
[Sidenote B: Go by some other region,]
[Sidenote C: I swear by God and all His saints, that I will never say that
ever ye attempted to flee from any man. "]
[Sidenote D: Gawayne replies that to shun this danger would mark him as a
"coward knight. "]
[Sidenote E: To the Chapel, therefore, he will go,]
[Sidenote F: though the owner thereof were a stern knave.
]
[Sidenote G: "Full well can God devise his servants for to save. "]
[Footnote 1: mot, in MS. ]
[Footnote 2: & &, in MS. ]

VII.

2140 [A] "Mary! " quod ? at o? er mon, "now ? ou so much spelle3,
? at ? ou wylt ? yn awen nye nyme to ? y-seluen,
& ? e lyst lese ? y lyf, ? e lette I ne kepe;
[B] Haf here ?