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XVII.

[fol. 96.] pen comaūded þe kÿg þe knyzt for to ryse;
& he ful radly vp ros, & ruchched hy fayre,
Kneled dou bifore þe kýg, & cachez þat weppen;

& he luflyly hit hy laft, & lyfte vp his honde,
& gef hy godde3 bleffyg, & gladly hy biddes
þat his hert & his honde fchulde hardi be bope.
Kepe pe cofyn," q þe kýg, "þat þu on kyrf fette,
& if þu redez hy ryzt, redly I trowe,

þat þu fchal byden þe bur þat he fchal bede aft"."
Gawan got to be gome, wt giferne i honde,

& he baldly hy bydez, he bayft neu' he helder.
pen carppez to f Gawan þe knyzt i þe grene,
"Refourme we oure forwardes, er we fyrre passe.
Fyrst I epe þe, hapel, how pat pu hattes,
þat þu me telle truly, as I tryst may?"

"In god fayth," q þe goode knyzt, "Gawan I hatte,
þat bede pe þis buffet, quat so bi-fallez aft',

& at þis tyme twelmonyth take at þe anop',

Wyth what weppen fo þu wylt, & wyth no wyz ellez,
þat op onfwarez agayn,

"Sir Gawan, fo mot I þryue,

As I am ferly fayn,

pis dint þat þu fchal dryue."

XVIII.

"Bi gog," q þe grene knyzt, "f Gawan, me lykes,
þat I fchal fange at þy fuft þat I haf frayft here;

& pu hatz redily rehersed, bi refoù ful trwe,

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Clanly al þe couenaut þat I be kÿge afked,
Saf þat þu fchal fwer me, fegge, bi þi trawpe,
þat þu fchal feche me pi felf, where fo pa hopes

I may be funde vpon folde, & fych þe fuch wages
As pu deles me to day, bifore pis doupe ryche."

"Where schulde I wale þe," q Gauan, "where is þy place?

I wot neu? where p" wonyes, bi hý þat me wrozt,

Ne I know not þe, knyzt, þy cort, ne þi name.

Bot teche me truly per to, & telle me howe pu hattes,
& I fchal ware alle my wyt to wyne me þeder;

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[fol. 96b.] & þat I fwere pe for fope, & by my feker traweb."
'þat is in nogh in nwe zer, hit nedes no more,"
ą þe gome i þe grene to Gawan þe hende,
"Gif I pe telle trwly, quen I be tape haue,
& pu me fmoþely hat3 fmyten, fmartly I be teche
Of my ho9, & my home, & myn owen nome,
pen may þu frayft my fare, & forwardez holde,
& if I fpende no fpeche, pene fpedez pu pe bett',
For þu may lengi þy londe, & layt no fyrre,
Ta now by gryme tole to þe,

& let fe how p" cnokez."

Gladly f, for fope,"

q Gawan; his ax he strokes.

XIX.

The grene knyзt vpon groūde grayþely hy dreffes
A littel lut wt þe hede pe lere he diskouez,
His longe louelych lokke; he layd ou? his crou,
Let þe naked nec to þe note schewe.

Gauan gripped to his ax, & gederes hit on hyzt,
pe kay fote on þe folde he be-fore sette,

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Let hit dou lyztly lyzt on þe naked,

þat þe fcharp of þe fchalk fchyndered pe bones,

& fchrāk þurz þe fchyire grece, & fcade hit i twyne,
þat þe bit of he brou ftel bot on be groūde.

pe fayre hede fro pe halce hit [felle] to be erpe,
þat fele hit foyned wyth her fete, þere hit forth roled ;
pe blod brayd fro pe body, pt blykked on þe grene;

& nawþer falt'ed ne fel þe freke neu? þe helder,
Bot styply he start forth vpon styf schonkes,

& ruyfchly he razt out, þere as renkkez stoden,
Lazt to his lufly hed, & lyft hit vp fone;

& fypen bozez to his blonk, þe brydel he cachchez,
Steppez i to stel bawe, & ftrydez alofte,

& his hede by þe here i his honde haldez;

& as fadly þe fegge hy i his fadel fette,

As non vnhap had hy ayled, þaz hedlez ho we',

He brayde his blukaboute,

[fol. 97.] þat vgly bodi þat bledde,

Moni on of hy had doute,

Bi þat his refouz were redde.

|| i stedde;

XX.

For þe hede in his honde he haldez vp euen,
To-ward þe derreft on þe dece he dreffe; þe face,
& hit lyfte vp þe yze-lyddez, & loked ful brode,

& meled p9 much wt his muthe, as ze may now here.
Loke, Gawan, þu be graype to go as pu hettez,

& layte as lelly til þu me, lude, fynde,

As pu hatz hette i þis halle, herande þise knyztes;

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