IV.

[A] The brygge wat3 brayde doun, & þe brode 3ate3 Vnbarred, & born open, vpon boþe halue; [B] Þe burne blessed hym bilyue, & þe brede3 passed; 2072 Prayses þe porter, bifore þe prynce kneled, Gef hym God & goud day, þat Gawayn he saue; [C] & went on his way, with his wy3e one, Þat schulde teche hym to tourne to þat tene place, 2076 Þer þe ruful race he schulde re-sayue. Þay bo3en bi bonkke3, þer bo3e3 ar bare, [D] Þay clomben bi clyffe3, þer clenge3 þe colde; Þe heuen wat3 vp halt, bot vgly þer vnder, 2080 Mist muged on þe mor, malt on þe mounte3, [E] Vch hille hade a hatte, a myst-hakel huge; Broke3 byled, & breke, bi bonkke3 aboute, Schyre schaterande on schore3, þer þay doun schowued. 2084 Welawylle wat3 þe way, þer þay bi wod schulden, [Fol. 119.] [F] Til hit wat3 sone sesoun, þat þe sunne ryses, þat tyde; [G] Þay were on a hille ful hy3e, 2088 Þe quyte snaw lay bisyde; [H] Þe burne þat rod hym by Bede his mayster abide.

[Sidenote A: The gates are soon opened.] [Sidenote B: The knight passes thereout,] [Sidenote C: and goes on his way accompanied by his guide.] [Sidenote D: They climb by cliffs,] [Sidenote E: where each "hill had a hat and a mist-cloak,"] [Sidenote F: until daylight.] [Sidenote G: They were then on a "hill full high."] [Sidenote H: The servant bade his master abide, saying,]