Then by courtesy craved he to know of Sir Gawain + 

What dréad deed had driv’n him at that déar tide + 

From the King and the court so keenly to seek, + 

Ere the holidays wholly were hied out of town. + 

“Forsooth, sir,” he said, “ye say but the truth, + 

A high errand and a hasty has sped me from home, + 

For I am summon’d, in sooth, to seek to a place, + 

That I wot not whither I must wend to find. + 

But I might not miss it on New-Year’s morn + 

For all the land in Logrès, so our Lord help me! + 

Wherefore this point, sir, I put to you presently, + 

That ye tell me with truth if ye tale ever heard + 

Of the Green Chapel, where on ground it stands, + 

And of the Knight its keeper, that of colour is green. + 

There was stablisht a tryst by statute between us + 

That I meet him at that mark, if I míght be alive; + 

Of the Néw-Year he named wants nów but a little, + 

And I would look on that liege, if God would allow me, + 

More gladly, by God’s son, than all góod upon earth! + 

And so, by your will, my way I must wend, + 

I have now but a bare three days to busy, + 

And as fain to fall fey as fail of mine errand.” + 

Said the lord with a laugh, “Now lodge here behoves you⁠— + 

I shall take you to your tryst by the term of the time, + 

The Gréen Chapel on ground, let it grieve you no more; + 

Ye shall bide in your bed and be at your ease, + 

And the first of the year ye shall fare on your way + 

To your mark at midmorn, to make what you like + 

beside. + 

Dwell here till New-Year’s day, + 

Rise and depart that tide, + 

Ye shall be set on way, + 

A bare two mile to ride.” + 