I 1 Of the making of Britain 1 How Arthur held high feast at Camelot 2 New Year’s Day 3 Of the noble knights there present 4 The coming of the Green Knight 5 The fashion of the knight 5 Of the knight’s steed 6 The arming of the knight 7 Of the knight’s challenge 9 The silence of the knights 11 How Sir Gawain dared the venture 12 The making of the covenant 13 The giving of the blow 15 The marvel of the Green Knight 16 II 19 The waning of the year 19 Sir Gawain bethinks him of his covenant 21 The arming of Sir Gawain 22 Wherefore Sir Gawain bare the pentangle 24 How Sir Gawain went forth 25 Of Sir Gawain’s journey 26 How Sir Gawain came to a fair castle on Christmas Eve 29 How Sir Gawain was welcomed 31 Sir Gawain tells his name 34 The lady of the castle 35 Of the Christmas feast 37 How the feast came to an end but Gawain abode at the castle 38 Sir Gawain makes a covenant with his host 41 III 43 The first day’s hunting 43 How the lady of the castle came to Sir Gawain 45 How the lady kissed Sir Gawain 49 How the covenant was kept 51 Of the second day’s hunting 52 Of the lady and Sir Gawain 54 How the lady strove to beguile Sir Gawain with words of love 55 How the boar was slain 57 The keeping of the covenant 59