2140 [A] "Mary!" quod þat oþer mon, "now þou so much spelle3,
Þat þou wylt þyn awen nye nyme to þy-seluen,
& þe lyst lese þy lyf, þe lette I ne kepe;
[B] Haf here þi helme on þy hede, þi spere in þi honde,
2144 & ryde me doun þis ilk rake, bi 3on rokke syde,
[C] Til þou be bro3t to þe boþem of þe brem valay;
[D] Þenne loke a littel on þe launde, on þi lyfte honde,
[E] & þou schal se in þat slade þe self chapel,
2148 & þe borelych burne on bent, þat hit kepe3.
Now fare3 wel on Gode3 half, Gawayn þe noble,
For alle þe golde vpon grounde I nolde go with þe,
Ne bere þe fela3schip þur3 þis fryth on fote fyrre."
2152 [F] Bi þat þe wy3e in þe wod wende3 his brydel,
Hit þe hors with þe hele3, as harde as he my3t,
Lepe3 hym ouer þe launde, & leue3 þe kny3t þere,
al one.
2156 [G] "Bi Godde3 self," quod Gawayn,
"I wyl nauþer grete ne grone,
[H] To Godde3 wylle I am ful bayn,
& to hym I haf me tone."
[Sidenote A: "Mary!" quoth the other, "since it pleases thee to lose thy
life,]
[Sidenote B: take thy helmet on thy head, and thy spear in thy hand, and
ride down this path by yon rock-side,]
[Sidenote C: till thou come to the bottom of the valley;]
[Sidenote D: look a little to the left,]
[Sidenote E: and thou shalt see the Chapel itself and the man that guards
it."]
[Sidenote F: Having thus spoken the guide takes leave of the knight.]
[Sidenote G: "By God's self," says Sir Gawayne, "I will neither weep nor
groan.]
[Sidenote H: To God's will I am full ready."]