XIX. There watz blawÿg of prys i mony breme horne, Fyrst he hewes of his hed, & on hize fettez, & zet hem halchez al hole þe halue; to-geder, I halle hy pozt ful longe, He calde, & he com gayn, His feez for to fonge. 1605 1610 1615 so stronge; 1620 XX. 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, 1625 Of þe largeffe, & pe lenpe, pe hy'nez' alfe, Of he were of þe wylde fwyn, i wod per he fled. & prayfed hit as gret prys, þat he proued hade; 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." ze ar þe best þat I knowe, 3e ben ryche i a whyle, Such chaffer & ze drowe." XXI. pēne pay teldet tablez, treftes' alofte, 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, 1630 1635 1640 || bi lawe; 1645 1650 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. Bot dalt wt hir al i daynte, how se eu? þe dede turned, 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, 1655 1660 || to wraft; || wt lizt; 1665 1670 1675 1680 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; 1690 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; Traylez ofte a trayt9es, bi traūt of her wyles; A kenet kryes perof, þe hut on hy calles, & he fyskez hem by-fore, þay foūden hy sone, & he trantes & tornayee; pur3 mony tene greue, [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. 1 bi-forere, MS. ||al graye; 2 to to, MS. 1695 1700 1705 1710 He blenched azayn bilyue, & ftifly start on stray, With alle be wo on lyue, To be wod he went away. 1715 XXIV. Thēne watz hit lif vpon lift to lypen þe hoūdez, As alle þe clamberande clyffes hade clat'ed on hepes; & ay þe titleres at his tayl, þat tary he ne my3t; Ne pe purpose to payre, þat pyzt i hir hert, Pat watz furred ful fyne wt fellez wel pured, No hwez goud on hir hede, bot be hazer ftones Ho comez wt ine pe chambre dore, & closes hit hir aft?, 1720 1725 1730 1735 1740 |