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  1. No. I Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  2. Preface
  3. CONTENTS
  4. I
    1. Of the making of Britain
    2. How Arthur held high feast at Camelot
    3. New Year’s Day
    4. Of the noble knights there present
    5. The coming of the Green Knight
    6. The fashion of the knight
    7. Of the knight’s steed
    8. The arming of the knight
    9. Of the knight’s challenge
    10. The silence of the knights
    11. How Sir Gawain dared the venture
    12. The making of the covenant
    13. The giving of the blow
    14. The marvel of the Green Knight
  5. II
    1. The waning of the year
    2. Sir Gawain bethinks him of his covenant
    3. The arming of Sir Gawain
    4. Wherefore Sir Gawain bare the pentangle
    5. How Sir Gawain went forth
    6. Of Sir Gawain’s journey
    7. How Sir Gawain came to a fair castle on Christmas Eve
    8. How Sir Gawain was welcomed
    9. Sir Gawain tells his name
    10. The lady of the castle
    11. Of the Christmas feast
    12. How the feast came to an end but Gawain abode at the castle
    13. Sir Gawain makes a covenant with his host
  6. III
    1. The first day’s hunting
    2. How the lady of the castle came to Sir Gawain
    3. How the lady kissed Sir Gawain
    4. How the covenant was kept
    5. Of the second day’s hunting
    6. Of the lady and Sir Gawain
    7. How the lady strove to beguile Sir Gawain with words of love
    8. How the boar was slain
    9. The keeping of the covenant
    10. Of the third day’s hunting
    11. How the lady came for the third time to Sir Gawain
    12. The lady would fain have a parting gift from Gawain
    13. She would give him her ring
    14. Or her girdle
    15. The virtue of the girdle
    16. How Sir Gawain took the girdle
    17. The death of the fox
    18. How Sir Gawain kept not all the covenant
    19. How Sir Gawain took leave of his host
  7. IV
    1. The robing of Sir Gawain
    2. How Sir Gawain went forth from the castle
    3. The squire’s warning
    4. Of the knight of the Green Chapel
    5. Sir Gawain is none dismayed
    6. The finding of the chapel
    7. The coming of the Green Knight
    8. How Sir Gawain failed to stand the blow
    9. Of the Green Knight’s reproaches
    10. How the Green Knight dealt the blow
    11. Of the three covenants
    12. The shame of Sir Gawain
    13. How Sir Gawain would keep the girdle
    14. How the marvel was wrought
    15. How Sir Gawain came again to Camelot
    16. Sir Gawain makes confession of his fault
    17. The knights wear the lace in honour of Gawain
    18. The end of the tale
  8. Notes
  9. Transcriber’s Notes

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