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When he rode ou the mold,
His geere glistered as gold,
By the way as he rode;
Many furleys he there did see,
Fowles by the water did flee,

By brimes & bankes soe broad.

Many furleys there saw he,

Of wolues & wild beasts sikerlye,

On hunting hee tooke most heede;
Forth he rode, the sooth to tell,
For to seeke the Greene Chappell,
He wist not where indeed.

[p. 207.] As he rode in an euening late,
Riding downe a greene gate,

A faire Castell saw hee;
Yt seemed a place of mickle pride,
Thitherward Sr Gawaine can ryde,
To gett some harborrowe.

Thither he came in the twylight,
He was ware of a gentle kt,

The Lo: of the place was hee;

Meekly to him Sr Gawaine can speake,
& asked him for K: Arthurs sake,

Of harborrowe I pray thee.

"I am a far labored knight,

I pray you lodge me all this night,”

He sayd him not nay;

Hee tooke him by the arme, & led him to the hall,

A poore child can hee call,

Saith, "dight well his palfrey."

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For his words yt were soe smooth,
Had Sr Gawaine wist the soothe,

All he wold not haue told;
For yt was the Greene Kt,

Yt hee was lodged wth that night,

And harbarrowe in his hold.

He saith, "as to the Greene Chappell,
Thitherward I can you tell,

Itt is but furlonge 3.

The Mr of it is a venterous kt,

& workes by witchcraft day & night,
Wth many a great furley.

If he worke wth neu soe much frauce,
He is curteous as he sees cause,

I tell you sikerlye;

You shall abyde & take yo1 rest,

& I will into yonder forrest,
Vnder the greenwood tree."

They plight their truthes to be leele',
Either wth other for to deale,

Whether it were siluer or gold;

He said, "we 2. both wilbe,
Whatsoeu? God send you & mee,
To be pted on the mold."

The Greene Kt went on hunting,
Sr Gawaine in the Castle beinge,
Lay sleeping in his bed;

[p.208.] Vp rose the old Witche wth hast thowe2,

& to her dauhter can shee goe,

& said, "bee not a-dread."

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