All wondrous in green was this wight, and his weeds: + 

A close-fitting coat that clung on his body, + 

A merry mantle over it, meetly adorn’d + 

With fair-trimmed fur, a lining full fine + 

Of blythe ermine bright; and a hood with it bound, + 

Caught back from his locks and laid on his shoulders; + 

Neat hose well-haul’d, of that hue all of green, + 

That closed on his calf, and clean spurs under + 

Of oright gold, on silk bands, barrèd full richly, + 

And pointed shoes under shanks, that shone in the stirrup + 

All his vésture vérily was of verdant sheen, + 

Both the bars of his belt, and the bright jewels + 

That were richly arranged o’er the radiant array + 

Of silken stuffs, on himself and his saddle. + 

It were tedious to tell of the trifles one half + 

That were broider’d thereon, of the birds and the flies, + 

All in gay hues of green, with gold in the midst. + 

The pendants of his poitrel and the proud crupper, + 

The molains, the metal, aumáil’d were of green, + 

The stirrups that he stood in stain’d of the same, + 

The saddlebows in suit, and the splendid pommels⁠— + 

All glimmer’d and gleam’d with the green jewels; + 

And the foal that he fared on, of fine green too, + 

certain; + 

A green horse great and strong, + 

A stiff steed to restrain, + 

With broider’d bridle-thong, + 

He match’d the man, ’tis plain. + 