In Book XII. the poet recounts the valiant deeds done by Gawain’s kinsmen for love’s sake, and how they were as naught to the perils dared by Gawain.

Of the watch-tower in the castle, and the magic pillar, and how Gawain beheld the coming of Orgelusé and her knight.

How Gawain fought with and overcame the Turkowit, and how he was urged by Orgelusé‘s mockery to the venture of the Pe............