Then they show’d him the shield⁠—’twas of shéer gùles, + 

With the pentacle painted in pure gold on it. + 

By the baldric he caught it and cast o’er his neck, + 

And it became well the Knight, that comely armour + 

Now why it should ’long to the leal Gawain + 

I am intent to tell you, though my tale may linger; + 

’Tis a sign that Solomon sometime appointed + 

To be a tried token of truest fealty, + 

For ’tis a figure wherein there are five angles + 

And the lines overlap and lock in each other + 

Without end, every way: and Englishmen call it + 

Everywhere, as I hear, the Endless Knot. + 

For this cause it became the good Kníght to wear it, + 

For in five ways faithful and five times five + 

Was Gawain known for good, and as gold refinèd, + 

Void of all villainy, with virtues endued, + 

in moat; + 

So this pentangle new + 

He bore on shield and coat, + 

As wight of word most true + 

And gentlest knight of note. + 