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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."]