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XIX.

When Gawayn glyзt on þt gay, þt gcio9ly loked, Wyth leue lazt of þe lorde he went hem azaynes ; þe alder he haylfes, heldande ful lowe,

pe loueloker he lappez a lyttel i armez,

He kyffes hir comlyly, & kny3tly he melez;
pay kallen hy of a quoytaūce, & he hit quyk afkez
To be her feruaut fothly, if hem felf lyked.
pay tan hy bytwene hem, wyth talkýg hý leden
To chambre, to chemne, & chefly þay asken
Spyce3, þat vn-fparely me fpeded hom to bryg,
& þe wyne-lych wyne p❞ wt vche tyme.
pe lorde luflych aloft lepez ful ofte,
Myned m'the to be made vpon mony syþez,
Hent hezly of his hode, & on a spere henged,
& wayned hom to wyne be worchip þer of,

þat most myrpe my3t mene pt crystenmas whyle ;
" & I fchal fonde, bi my fayth, to fylt wyth þe best,
Er me wont þe wedez, wt help of my frendez."
Þ9 wyth lazande lotez pe lorde hit tayt' makez,
For to glade f Gawayn wt gomnez i halle,
Til þat hit watz tyme,

þe kýg comaudet lyzt,

f Gawen his leue con nyme,

& to his bed by dizt.

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XX.

On þe morne, as vch mon mynez þat tyme, pat dryztyn for oure deftyne to deze watz borne, Wele waxez i vche a won i worlde, for his fake; So did hit pere on þat day, þur3 dayntes mony; [fol. 104b.] Bope at mes & at mele, messes ful quaynt; Derf men vpon dece, dreft of be beft. þe olde aŭcian wyf hezest ho fyttez; pe lorde lufly herby lent, as I trowe; Gawan & pe gay burde to-geder þay feten, Euen i myddez, as be meffe metely come ; & fypen þurz al þe fale, as hem best semed, Bi vche grome at his degre gypely watz ferued. p' watz mete, þer wat; myrpe, p wat3 much ioye, þat for to telle perof hit me tene were, & to poynte hit zet I pyned me pauēture; Bot zet I wot þat Wawen & pe wale burde Such comfort of her compaynye cazten to-geder, purz her dere dalyaūce of her derne wordez, Wyth clene cortays carp, clofed fro fylpe; & hor play wat; paffande vche prynce gomen, Trūpez & nakerys,

Much pypyg þ repayres,

Vche mō tented hys,

& pay two tēted payres.

XXI.

Much dut watz þer dryuen þat day & þat op,
& þe pryd as pro pronge i peraft?;

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pe ioye of sayn Jone3 day watz gentyle to here,

& watz pe laft of pe layk, leudez þer pozten.
per wer geftes to go vpon þe gray morne,
For by wonderly pay woke, & þe wyn dronken,
Daused ful drezly wyth dere carole; ;

At þe last, when hit wat3 late, þay lachen her leue,
Vchon to wende on his way, þat watz wyze ftronge.
Gawan gef hy god-day, pe god mō hy lachchez,
Ledes hy to his awen chambre, pe chyne byfyde,
& þere he drazez hy on dryze, & derely hý þonkkez,
Of þe wyne worschip & ' he hỹ wayned hade,
As to hono his ho9 on þat hyze tyde,

& enbelyfe his burz wt his bele chere.

"I wyffe f, quyl I leue, me worþez þe better,

[fol. 105.] pat Gawayn hatz ben my geft, at godde3 awen fest."
"Gant merci f," q Gawayn, "i god fayth hit is yowrez,
Al be hono" is yo" awen, þe heze kýg yow zelde;
& I am wyze at yo wylle, to worch yo'e heft,

As I am halden po to, i hyze & i loze,

pe lorde fast can hỹ payne,

To holde lenger þe knyzt,

To hy anfwrez Gawayn,

Bi non way þat he my3t.

XXII.

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Then frayned þe freke ful fayre at him feluē,
Quat derne dede had hy dryuen, at þat dere tyme,
So kenly fro þe kýgez kourt to kayre al his one,
Er þe halidayez holly were halet out of tou?

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"For fope f," q þe fegge, "ze fayn bot þe trawþe;
A heze ernde & a hafty me hade fro po wonez;
For I am funed my felfe to fech to a place,

I wot' i worlde wheder warde to wende, hit to fynde;
I nolde, bot if I hit negh my3t on nwzeres morne,
For alle pe londe i wyth Logres, fo me oure lorde help!
For by, f, þis enqueft I require yow here,

Þat ze me telle w' trawpe, if eu? ze tale herde
Of pe grene chapel, quere hit on groūde ftondez,
& of þe knyzt þat hit kepes, of colo" of grene?
þ9 watz ftabled bi statut a steuen v9 by-twene,
To mete þat mon at þt mere, 3if I myzt last ;
& of þat ilk nwzere bot neked now wontez,
& I wolde loke on þat lede, if god me let wolde,
Gladloker, bi goddez fu, þē any god welde!
For þi I wyffe, bi 30wre wylle, wende me bi-houes,
Naf I now to bufy bot bare pre dayez,

& me als fayn to falle feye as fayly of my ernde."
pēne lazande q þe lorde, "now leng þe by-houes,
For I schal teche yow to pa terme bi þe tymez ende,
pe grene chapayle vpon groūde, greue yow no more ;
Bot ze fchal be i yowre bed, burne, at þy ese,
Quyle forth dayez, & ferk on þe fyrft of be zere,

[fol. 105b.] & cum to þat merk at mydmorn, to make quat yow likez,
Dowellez whyle new 3eres daye,

& rys, & raykez pēne,

Mō schal yow fette i waye,

Hit is not two myle hene."

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* myy, MS.

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XXIII.

pēne watz Gawan ful glad, & gomenly he lazed,"Now I ponk yow pryuandely þurz alle op' þyge, Now acheued is my chaūce, I fchal at yo wylle Dowelle, & ellez do quat ze demen."

pēne fefed hÿ þe fyre, & fet hy byfyde, Let þe ladiez be fette, to lyke he be bett'; per watz feme folace by hem self stille;

pe lorde let for luf lotez fo myry,

As wy3 þat wolde of his wyte, ne wyft quat he myzt.

pēne he carped to be knyzt, criande loude,

"3e han demed to do pe dede pat I bidde;

Wyl ze halde pis hes here at þys onez ? "

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3e f, for sope," sayd þe segge trwe,

Whyl I byde i yowre borze, be bayn to 30we' hest.”

"For 3e haf trauayled," q pe tulk, "towen fro ferre, зе

& fypen waked me wyth, ze arn not wel waryft,
Naup of foftnauce ne of flepe, foply I knowe;
3e fchal lenge i yo" lofte, & lyze i yo" efe,

To morn quyle þe meffe-quyle, & to mete wende,
When ze wyl, wyth my wyf, þat wyth yow schal fitte,

& comfort yow w' compayny, til I to cort torne,

& I fchal erly ryse,

On hūtyg wyl I wende."
Gauayn gntez alle þyfe,
Hy heldande, as þe hende.

'jowre ?

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