maked;
Þe best bo3ed þerto, with burne3 in-noghe,
[C] Gedered þe grattest of gres þat þer were,
& didden hem derely vndo, as þe dede aske3;
1328 [D] Serched hem at þe asay, summe þat þer were,
Two fyngeres þay fonde of þe fowlest of alle;
[E] Syþen þay slyt þe slot, sesed þe erber,
[F] Schaued wyth a scharp knyf, & þe schyre knitten;
1332 Syþen rytte þay þe foure lymmes, & rent of þe hyde,
[G] Þen brek þay þe bale, þe bale3 out token,
[H] Lystily forlancyng, & bere of þe knot; [Fol. 109.]
Þay gryped to þe gargulun, & grayþely departed
1336 [I] Þe wesaunt fro þe wynt-hole, & walt out þe gutte3;
Þen scher þay out þe schuldere3 with her scharp knyue3,
[J] Haled hem by a lyttel hole, to haue hole sydes;
Siþen britned þay þe brest, & brayden hit in twynne,
1340 & eft at þe gargulun bigyne3 on þenne,
[K] Ryue3 hit vp radly, ry3t to þe by3t,
Voyde3 out þe a-vanters, & verayly þerafter
Alle þe ryme3 by þe rybbe3 radly þay lance;
1344 So ryde þay of by resoun bi þe rygge bone3,
Euenden to þe haunche, þat henged alle samen,
& heuen hit vp al hole, & hwen hit of þere,
& þat þayneme for þe noumbles, bi nome as I trowe,
1348 bi kynde;
[L] Bi þe by3t al of þe þy3es,
Þe lappe3 þay lance bi-hynde,
[M] To hewe hit in two þay hy3es,
1352 Bi þe bak-bon to vnbynde.

[Sidenote A:  Meanwhile the lord of the land and his men hunt in woods and
  heaths.]
[Sidenote B:  Quickly of the killed a “quarry” they make.] [Sidenote C:  Then they set about breaking the deer.] [Sidenote D:  They take away the assay or fat,] [Sidenote E:  then they slit the slot and remove the erber.] [Sidenote F:  They afterwards rip the four limbs and rend off the hide.] [Sidenote G:  They next open the belly] [Sidenote H:  and take out the bowels.] [Sidenote I:  They then separate the weasand from the windhole and throw out
  the guts.]
[Sidenote J:  The shoulders are cut out, and the breast divided into
  halves.]
[Sidenote K:  The numbles are next removed.] [Sidenote L:  By the fork of the thighs,] [Sidenote M:  the flaps are hewn in two by the backbone.]

IX.

[A] Boþe þe hede & þe hals þay hwen of þenne,
& syþen sunder þay þe syde3 swyft fro þe chyne,
& þe corbeles fee þay kest in a greue;[1]
1356 Þenn þurled þay ayþer þik side þur3, bi þe rybbe,
& henged þenne a[y]þer bi ho3es of þe fourche3,
Vche freke for his fee, as falle3 forto haue. 
Vpon a felle of þe fayre best, fede þay þayr houndes,
1360 [B] Wyth þe lyuer & þe ly3te3, þe leþer of þe paunche3,
& bred baþed in blod, blende þer amonge3;
Baldely þay blw prys, bayed þayr rachche3,
[C] Syþen fonge þay her flesche folden to home,
1364 Strakande ful stoutly mony stif mote3. 
Bi þat þe dayly3t wat3 done, þe douthe wat3 al wonen
In-to þe comly castel, þer þe kny3t bide3
ful stille;
1368 Wyth blys & bry3t fyr bette,
Þe lord is comen þer-tylle,
[D] When Gawayn wyth hym mette,
Þer wat3 bot wele at wylle.