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[Sidenote H: The circle around the helmet was decked with diamonds. ]

VI.

[A] Then ? ay schewed hym ? e schelde, ? at was of schyr goule3,
620 Wyth ? e pentangel de-paynt of pure golde hwe3;
He brayde3 hit by ? e baude-ryk, aboute ? e hals kestes,
? at bisemed ? e segge semlyly fayre.
[B] & quy ? e pentangel apende3 to ? at prynce noble,
624 I am in tent yow to telle, ? of tary hyt me schulde;
Hit is a syngne ?
at Salamon set sum-quyle,
In bytoknyng of traw? e, bi tytle ? at hit habbe3,
For hit is a figure ? at halde3 fyue poynte3, [Fol. 99b]
628 & vche lyne vmbe-lappe3 & louke3 in o? er,
[C] & ay quere hit is endele3,[1] & Englych hit callen
Ouer-al, as I here, ? e endeles knot.
For-? y hit acorde3 to ? is kny3t, & to his cler arme3,
632 For ay faythful in fyue & sere fyue sy? e3,
[D] Gawan wat3 for gode knawen, & as golde pured,
Voyded of vche vylany, wyth vertue3[2] ennourned
in mote;
636 For-? y ? e pen-tangel nwe
He ber in schelde & cote,
[E] As tulk of tale most trwe,
& gentylest kny3t of lote.

[Sidenote A: Then they show him his shield with the "pentangle" of pure
gold. ]
[Sidenote B: The "pentangle" was devised by Solomon as a token of truth. ]
[Sidenote C: It is called the endless knot]
[Sidenote D: It well becomes the good Sir Gawayne,]
[Sidenote E: a knight the truest of speech and the fairest of form.