And ſo befell, the xxiiij[T51] day, [Sidenote: The king becomes mournful, as he sits at the mess.] The king to fall in to o hewynes, Right ate his table ſiting at the meß; 2164 [Sidenote: Gawan rebukes him.] And ſ{ir} gawan cu{m}myth hyme before, And ſaid hyme, “ſ{ir}, yhour thoght is al to ſore, Conſid{er}ing the diu{er}ß kny{ch}t{is} ſere Ar of wncouth and ſtrang land{is} here.” 2168 [Sidenote: The king answers in “matalent,”] The king anſuert, as in to matalent, “S{ir}, of my tho{ch}t, or ȝhit of myne entent, Yhe have the wrang me to repref, for-quhy Thar lewith none that ſhuld me blam, for I 2172 [Sidenote: that he was thinking of the worthiest knight living;] Was thinkand one the worthieſt that lewyt, That al the worſchip In to armys prewyt; And how the thonk of my defens he had, And of the wow that galiot haith mad. 2176 But I have ſen, when that of my houſhold Thar was, and of my falowſchip, that wold, If that thei wiſt, quhat thing ſhuld me pleß, Thei wald no{ch}t leif for trawell nor for eß. 2180 And ſum tyme It p{re}ſwmyt was & ſaid, [Sidenote: that he once had the flower of knighthood in his household, but now this flower is away.] That in my houſhold of al this world I had The flour of kny{ch}thed and of chevalry; Bot now thar-of y ſe the contrarye, 2184 Sen that the flour of kny{ch}thed is away.” “Schir,” q{uod} he, “of Reſone ſuth yhe ſay; And if god will, In al this warld ſo Round [Fol. 27b.] He ſal be ſoght, if that he may he found.” 2188 [Footnote T51: MS. “xxviij,” altered to “xxiiij.”] [Headnote: GAWANE’S EXPEDITION.]