[Sidenote A:  After this the head and neck are cut off, and the sides
  severed from the chine.]
[Sidenote B:  With the liver, lights and paunches, they feed the hounds.] [Sidenote C:  Then they make for home.] [Sidenote D:  Gawayne goes out to meet his host.] [Footnote 1:  grene (?).]

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1372 [A] Thenne comaunded þe lorde in þat sale to samen alle þe meny,[Fol.]
         Boþe þe ladyes on loghe to ly3t with her burdes, [109b.]
     [B] Bi-fore alle þe folk on þe flette, freke3 he bedde3
         Verayly his venysoun to fech hym byforne;
1376 [C] & al godly in gomen Gaway[n] he called,
         Teche3 hym to þe tayles of ful tayt bestes,
         Schewe3 hym þe schyree grece schorne vpon rybbes.
     [D] “How paye3 yow þis play? haf I prys wonnen?
1380 Haue I þryuandely þonk þur3 my craft serued?”
         “3e I-wysse,” quod þat oþer wy3e, “here is wayth fayrest
     [E] Þat I se3 þis seuen 3ere in sesoun of wynter.”
         “& al I gif yow, Gawayn,” quod þe gome þenne,
1384 “For by a-corde of couenaunt 3e craue hit as your awen.” 
         “Þis is soth,” quod þe segge, “I say yow þatilke,
         &[1] I haf worthyly þis wone3 wyth-inne,
     [F] I-wysse with as god wylle hit worþe3 to 3oure3.”
1388 He hasppe3 his fayre hals his arme3 wyth-inne,
         & kysses hym as comlyly as he[2] couþe awyse: 
         “Tas yow þere my cheuicaunce, I cheued no more,
         I wowche hit saf fynly, þa3 feler hit were.”
1392 “Hit is god,” quod þe god mon, “grant mercy þerfore,
     [G] Hit may be such, hit is þe better, &[1] 3e me breue wolde
         Where 3e wan þis ilk wele, biwytte of hor[3] seluen?”
     [H] “Þat wat3 not forward,” quod he, “frayst me no more,
1396 For 3e haftan þat yow tyde3, trawe3e non oþer
                 3e mowe.” 
             Þay la3ed, & made hem blyþe,
     [I] Wyth lote3 þat were to lowe,
1400 To soper þay 3ede asswyþe,
             Wyth dayntes nwe in-nowe.

[Sidenote A:  The lord commands all his household to assemble,] [Sidenote B:  and the venison to be brought before him.] [Sidenote C:  He calls Gawayne,] [Sidenote D:  and asks him whether he does not deserve much praise for his
  success in the chase.]
[Sidenote E:  On the knight expressing himself satisfied, he is told to take
  the whole according to a former agreement between them.]
[Sidenote F:  Gawayne gives the knight a comely kiss in return.] [Sidenote G:  His host desires to know where he has gotten such weal.] [Sidenote H:  As this does not enter into the covenant, he gets no answer to
  his question.]
[Sidenote I:  They then proceed to supper, where were dainties new and
  enough.]
[Footnote 1:  And = an.] [Footnote 2:  ho, in Ms.] [Footnote 3:  your (?).]

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