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XIX.

There watz blawÿg of prys i mony breme horne,
Heze halowig on hize, wt hapelez þat myzt;
Brachetes bayed þat best, as bidden þe mayst9ez,
Of þat chargeaūt chace þat were chef hūtes.
pēne a wyze þat watz wys vpon wod-craftez,
To vnlace pis bor lufly bigÿnez;

Fyrst he hewes of his hed, & on hize fettez,
& fyben rendez him al rogħ bi þe rygge after,
Braydez out þe boweles, brenez hō on glede,
With bred blent per wt his braches rewarde3;
Sypen he britnez out þe brawen, i bryzt brode cheldez,
& hatz out þe hastlettez, as hiztly bifemez;

& zet hem halchez al hole þe halue; to-geder,
& fypen on a stif stange ftoutly hem henges.
Now with his ilk fwyn þay fwengen to home;
pe bores hed watz borne bifore þe burnes feluen,
þat hi for-ferde i þe forpe, þurz forse of his honde,
Til he fey f Gawayne,

I halle hy pozt ful longe,

He calde, & he com gayn,

His feez for to fonge.

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so stronge;

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pe lorde ful lowde wt lote, & lazed myry, Whe he feze f G: wt folace he sperez;

pe goude ladyez were geten, & gedered þe meyny, He schewez hem þe fcheldez, & fchapes hem þe tale,

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Of þe largeffe, & pe lenpe, pe hy'nez' alfe,

Of he were of þe wylde fwyn, i wod per he fled.
pat op9 knyzt ful comly comended his dedez,

& prayfed hit as gret prys, þat he proued hade;
For fuche a brawne of a beft, þe bolde burne fayde,
Ne fuch fydes of a fwyn, fegh he neu? are.

pēne hondeled þay þe hoge hed, þe hende mō hit praysed,

[fol. 113.] & let lodly þerat þe lorde forto here ;

"Now Gawayn," q be god mon, "pis gomen is yo" awen,

Bi fyn forwarde & faste, faythely ze knowe."
"Hit is fothe," q be fegge, " & as fiker trwe;
Alle my get I schal yow gif agayn, bi my trawþe."
He'þe hapel aboute pe halfe, & hendely hy kyffes,
& eft fones of þe fame he ferued hÿ þere.
"Now ar we euen," q be hapel, "i pis euen-tide,
Of alle pe couenautes þat we knyt, fypen I com hider,
pe lorde fayde, "bi faynt Gile,

ze ar þe best þat I knowe,

3e ben ryche i a whyle,

Such chaffer & ze drowe."

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pēne pay teldet tablez, treftes' alofte,
Kesten clopez vpon clere lyzt þēne,
Wakned bi wozez waxen torches,

Seggez fette, & ferued i fale al aboute;

Much glam & gle glent vp þ ine,

Aboute þe fyre vpon flet, & on fele wyfe,

At þe foper & aft?, mony apel fongez,

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|| bi lawe;

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1hynez? A word is here deficient, perhaps hent or hafped. Cf. 1. 1388. 3 on treftes?

As coudutes of kryft-maffe, & carole; newe,

With alle be man'ly m'pe pt mon may of telle.
& eu' oure luflych knyzt þe lady bi-fyde;
Such femblaut to þat fegge femly ho made,
Wyth stille stollen coutenaūce, þat stalworth to plefe,
Þat al for-wondered watz þe wyze, & wroth wt hy feluen,
Bot he nolde not for his nurture nurne hir a-zaynez,

Bot dalt wt hir al i daynte, how se eu? þe dede turned,
Quen þay hade played i halle,

As lange as hor wylle hom last,

To chambre he con hy calle,

& to pe chemne þay past.

XXII.

Ande þer þay dronken, & dalten, & demed eft nwe, To norne on þe fame note, on nwezerez euen ; Bot þe knyzt craued leue to kayre on þe morn, For hit watz nez at þe terme, þat he to fchulde. [fol. 113.] pe lorde hy letted of þat, to lenge hy refteyed, & fayde, "as I am trwe fegge, I fwer my trawþe, pu fchal cheue to be grene chapel, þy charres to make, Leude, on nwzerez lyzt, longe bifore pryme; For by pow lye i þy loft, & lach þyn ese, & I fchal hut in þis holt, & halde þe towchez, Chauge wyth þe cheuifaūce, bi þat I charre hider ; For I haf fraysted pe twys, & faythful I fynde pe, Now prid tyme prowe best þenk on þe morne, Make we mery quyl we may, & myne vpon joye, For be lur may mon lach, when fo mon lykez." pis watz grayþely graūted, & Gawayn is lenged, Blipe brozt watz hym drynk, & pay to bedde zeden,

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|| to wraft;

|| wt lizt;

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f G: lis & flepes,

Ful ftille & fofte al nizt;

pe lorde þat his craftes kepes,

Ful erly he watz dizt.

XXIII.

Aft' meffe a morfel he & his men token,

Miry wat; þe mornýg, his moūture he askes;

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Alle þe hapeles þat on horse schulde helden hy aft',

Were bou busked on hor blonkkez, bi-fore ' þe halle zatez ;

Ferly fayre wat3 þe folde, for þe forst clenged,

I rede rudede vpon rak rifes þe fune,

& ful clere coftez pe clowdes of þe welkyn.

Hūteres vnhardeled bi a holt fyde,

Rocheres rougen bi rys, for rurde of her hornes;
Sume fel i þe fute, þer þe fox bade,

Traylez ofte a trayt9es, bi traūt of her wyles;

A kenet kryes perof, þe hut on hy calles,
His felazes fallen hy to, þt fnasted ful þike,
Rūnen forth i a rabel, ī his ryzt fare

& he fyskez hem by-fore, þay foūden hy sone,
& quen þay fegħ hy wt fy3t, þay fued hy fast,
Wrezande hy ful weterly with a wroth noyse;

& he trantes & tornayee; pur3 mony tene greue,
Hamlouez, & herkenez, bi hegge; ful ofte;

[fol. 114.] At þe last bi a littel dich he lepez ou a fpēne,

Stelez out ful stilly, bi a strothe raude,

Went haf wylt of þe wode, wt wylez fro pe hoūdes.
pēne watz he went, er he wyft, to a wale tryst',
per pre pro at a prich prat hy at ones,

1 bi-forere, MS.

||al graye;

2 to to, MS.

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He blenched azayn bilyue,

& ftifly start on stray,

With alle be wo on lyue,

To be wod he went away.

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XXIV.

Thēne watz hit lif vpon lift to lypen þe hoūdez,
When alle pe mute hade hy met, menged to-geder,
Suche a forze at þat fyzt þay sette on his hede,

As alle þe clamberande clyffes hade clat'ed on hepes;
Here he watz halawed, when hapelez hy metten,
Loude he wat3 3ayned, wt 3arande speche;
per he watz preted, & ofte þef called,

& ay þe titleres at his tayl, þat tary he ne my3t;
Ofte he watz rūnen at, when he out rayked,
& ofte reled i azayn, so reniarde watz wyle.
& ze he lad hem bi lagmon, þe lorde & his meyny;
On þis man? bi pe moūtes, quyle myd, ou', vnder,
Whyle þe hende knyzt at home halfūly flepes,
With ine pe comly cortyes, on þe colde morne.
Bot be lady for luf let not to flepe,

Ne pe purpose to payre, þat pyzt i hir hert,
Bot ros hir vp radly, rayked hir þeder,
In a mery mantyle, mete to pe erpe,

Pat watz furred ful fyne wt fellez wel pured,

No hwez goud on hir hede, bot be hazer ftones
Trased aboute hir treffo", be twenty i clust'es ;
Hir þryuen face & hir prote prowen al naked,
Hir breft bare bifore, & bihinde eke.

Ho comez wt ine pe chambre dore, & closes hit hir aft?,

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