[Sidenote A: Then was Gringolet arrayed,]
[Sidenote B: full ready to prick on.]
[Sidenote C: Gawayne returns thanks for the honour and kindness shown to
him by all.]
[Sidenote D: He then steps into his saddle,]
[Sidenote E: and "starts on the stone" without more delay.]
[Sidenote F: "This castle to Christ I commend; may he give it ever good
chance!"]
IV.
[A] The brygge wat3 brayde doun, & þe brode 3ate3
Vnbarred, & born open, vpon boþe halue;
[B] Þe burne blessed hym bilyue, & þe brede3 passed;
2072 Prayses þe porter, bifore þe prynce kneled,
Gef hym God & goud day, þat Gawayn he saue;
[C] & went on his way, with his wy3e one,
Þat schulde teche hym to tourne to þat tene place,
2076 Þer þe ruful race he schulde re-sayue.
Þay bo3en bi bonkke3, þer bo3e3 ar bare,
[D] Þay clomben bi clyffe3, þer clenge3 þe colde;
Þe heuen wat3 vp halt, bot vgly þer vnder,
2080 Mist muged on þe mor, malt on þe mounte3,
[E] Vch hille hade a hatte, a myst-hakel huge;
Broke3 byled, & breke, bi bonkke3 aboute,
Schyre schaterande on schore3, þer þay doun schowued.
2084 Welawylle wat3 þe way, þer þay bi wod schulden, [Fol. 119.]
[F] Til hit wat3 sone sesoun, þat þe sunne ryses,
þat tyde;
[G] Þay were on a hille ful hy3e,
2088 Þe quyte snaw lay bisyde;
[H] Þe burne þat rod hym by
Bede his mayster abide.
[Sidenote A: The gates are soon opened.]
[Sidenote B: The knight passes thereout,]
[Sidenote C: and goes on his way accompanied by his guide.]
[Sidenote D: They climb by cliffs,]
[Sidenote E: where each "hill had a hat and a mist-cloak,"]
[Sidenote F: until daylight.]
[Sidenote G: They were then on a "hill full high."]
[Sidenote H: The servant bade his master abide, saying,]
V.
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