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is cort rych,
bout blame. "
[E] Ryche to-geder con roun,
& sy? en ? ay redden alle same,
364 To ryd ? e kyng wyth croun,
& gif Gawan ? e game.

[Sidenote A: He asks permission to leave the table; he says,]
[Sidenote B: it is not meet that Arthur should be active in the matter,]
[Sidenote C: while so many bold ones sit upon bench. ]
[Sidenote D: Although the weakest, he is quite ready to meet the Green
Knight. ]
[Sidenote E: The nobles entreat Arthur to "give Gawayne the game. "]

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? en comaunded ? e kyng ? e kny3t for to ryse; [Fol. 96.
]
& he ful radly vp ros, & ruchched hym fayre,
368 [A] Kneled doun bifore ? e kyng, & cache3 ? at weppen;
& he luflyly hit hym laft, & lyfte vp his honde,
& gef hym godde3 blessyng, & gladly hym biddes
[B] ? at his hert & his honde schulde hardi be bo? e.
372 "Kepe ? e cosyn," quod ? e kyng, "? at ? ou on kyrf sette,
& if ? ou rede3 hym ry3t, redly I trowe,
? at ? ou schal byden ? e bur ? at he schal bede after.
Gawan got3 to ?