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| Alle the comyns cryed at ones, "We wille have Arthur unto our kyng. We wille put hym no more in delay, for we all see that it is Goddes wille that he shalle be our kynge – and who that holdeth ageynst it, we wille slee hym." And therwithall they knelyd at ones, both ryche and poure. | The commoners declare Arthur king with no more delay |
| Thoughe my londis marche nygh myne enemyes, yet shall I make myne avow aftir my power that of good men of armys, aftir my bloode, thus many I shall brynge with me: twenty thousand helmys in haubirkes attyred, that shall never fayle you whyles oure lyves lastyth. | I'll support you with troops |
| "Now I undirstonde ye wolde have my succour, and reson wolde that I sholde do all that lyyth in me to do, savynge my worshyp and my lyff, | I've got your back even if it costs me my life |
| "For I woll allwayes fle that noble kynge that made me knyght; and whan I may no farther, I muste nedis deffende me | I'm loyal to the king who knighted me |
| Sir Gawain revenged the deth of hys fadir the tenthe yere aftir he was made knyght, | Gawain avenged the death of his father |
| And on the morne they founde letters of golde wretyn | In the morning they found golden writing |
| the quene gryped that swerde in her honde fersely, and with all her myght she ran streyght uppon Tramtryste | The Queen killed him with a sword |
| this damesell is the moste valyaunte and fayryst that I know lyvyng, or yet that ever I coude fynde. | She's the most beautiful woman alive |
