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2456 [A] Ho wayned me vpon þis wyse to your wynne halle, For to assay þe surquidre, 3if hit soth were, Þat rennes of þe grete renoun of þe Rounde Table; Ho wayned me þis wonder, your wytte3 to reue, 2460 [B] For to haf greued Gaynour, & gart hir to dy3e. [Fol. 124.] With gopnyng[1] of þat ilke gomen, þat gostlych speked, With his hede in his honde, bifore þe hy3e table. Þat is ho þat is at home, þe auncian lady; 2464 [C] Ho is euen þyn aunt, Arþure3 half suster, Þe duches do3ter of Tyntagelle, þat dere Vter after [D] Hade Arþur vpon, þat aþel is nowþe. Þerfore I eþe þe, haþel, to com to þy naunt, 2468 Make myry in my hous, my meny þe louies, & I wol þe as wel, wy3e, bi my faythe, As any gome vnder God, for þy grete trauþe." [E] & he nikked hym naye, he nolde bi no wayes; 2472 Þay acolen & kyssen, [bikennen] ayþer oþer To þe prynce of paradise, & parten ry3t þere, on coolde; [F] Gawayn on blonk ful bene, 2476 To þe kynge3 bur3 buske3 bolde, & þe kny3t in þe enker grene, Whider-warde so euer he wolde.

[Sidenote A: It was she who caused me to test the renown of the Round Table,] [Sidenote B: hoping to grieve Guenever and cause her death through fear.] [Sidenote C: She is even thine aunt.] [Sidenote D: Therefore come to her and make merry in my house."] [Sidenote E: Gawayne refuses to return with the Green Knight.] [Sidenote F: On horse full fair he bends to Arthur's hall.] [Footnote 1: glopnyng (?).]