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It was she who caused me to test the renown of the Round Table, 2456 Ho wayned me vpon þis wyse to your wynne halle, For to assay þe surquidre, ȝif hit soth were, Þat rennes of þe grete renoun of þe Rounde Table; Ho wayned me þis wonder, your wytteȝ to reue, [Fol. 124.] hoping to grieve Guenever and cause her death through fear. 2460 For to haf greued Gaynour, & gart hir to dyȝe. With gopnyng1 of þat ilke gomen, þat gostlych speked, With his hede in his honde, bifore þe hyȝe table. Þat is ho þat is at home, þe auncian lady; She is even thine aunt. 2464 Ho is euen þyn aunt, Arþureȝ half suster, Þe duches doȝter of Tyntagelle, þat dere Vter after Therefore come to her and make merry in my house." 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, wyȝe, bi my faythe, As any gome vnder God, for þy grete trauþe." Gawayne refuses to return with the Green Knight. & he nikked hym naye, he nolde bi no wayes; 2472 Þay acolen & kyssen, [bikennen] ayþer oþer To þe prynce of paradise, & parten ryȝt þere, on coolde; On horse full fair he bends to Arthur's hall. Gawayn on blonk ful bene, 2476 To þe kyngeȝ burȝ buskeȝ bolde, & þe knyȝt in þe enker grene, Whider-warde so euer he wolde. 1 glopnyng (?).