[Sidenote A:  Then was there blowing of horns] [Sidenote B:  and baying of hounds.] [Sidenote C:  One wise in woodcraft begins to unlace the boar.] [Sidenote D:  First he hews off the head, then rends him by the back.] [Sidenote E:  He next removes the bowels, broils them on the ashes, and
  therewith rewards his hounds.]
[Sidenote F:  Then the hastlets are removed.] [Sidenote G:  The two halves are next bound together and hung upon a pole.] [Sidenote H:  The boar’s head is borne before the knight, who hastens home.] [Sidenote I:  Gawayne is called to receive the spoil.]

XX.

[A] Þe lorde ful lowde with lote, & la3ed myry,
1624 When he se3e sir G:  with solace he speke3;
Þe goude ladye3 were geten, & gedered þe meyny,
[B] He schewe3 hem þe schelde3, & schapes hem þe tale,
Of þe largesse, & þe lenþe, þe liþerne3 alse,
1628 Of þe were of þe wylde swyn, in wod þer he fled. 
Þat oþer kny3t ful comly comended his dede3,
& praysed hit as gret prys, þat he proued hade;
[C] For suche a brawne of a best, þe bolde burne sayde,
1632 Ne such sydes of a swyn, segh he neuer are. 
Þenne hondeled þay þe hoge hed, þe hende mon hit praysed,
& let lodly þerat þe lorde forte here:  [Fol. 113.]
[D] “Now Gawayn,” quod þe god mon, “þis gomen is your awen,
1636 Bi fyn for-warde & faste, faythely 3e knowe.” 
“Hit is sothe,” quod þe segge, “& as siker trwe;
Alle my get I schal yow gif agayn, bi my trawþe.”
[E] He [hent] þe haþel aboute þe halse, & hendely hym kysses,
1640 & efter-sones of þe same he serued hym þere. 
“Now ar we euen,” quod þe haþel, “in þis euen-tide,
Of alle þe couenauntes þat we knyt, syþen I com hider,
bi lawe;”
1644 [F] Þe lorde sayde, “bi saynt Gile,
3e ar þe best þat I knowe,
3e ben ryche in a whyle,
Such chaffer & 3e drowe.”

[Sidenote A:  The lord of the land is well pleased when he sees Sir
  Gawayne,]
[Sidenote B:  He shows him the shields of the wild boar, and tells him of
  its length and breadth.]
[Sidenote C:  Such a “brawn of a beast,” Sir Gawayne says, he never has
  seen.]
[Sidenote D:  Gawayne takes possession of it according to covenant,] [Sidenote E:  and in return kisses his host,] [Sidenote F:  who declares his guest to be the best he knows.]

XXI.

1648 [A] Þenne þay teldet table3 [on] trestes alofte,
     [B] Kesten cloþe3 vpon, clere ly3t þenne
     [C] Wakned bi wo3e3, waxen torches
         Segge3 sette, & serued in sale al aboute;
1652 [D] Much glam & gle glent vp þer-inne,
         Aboute þe fyre vpon flet, & on fele wyse,
     [E] At þe soper & after, mony aþel songe3,
         As coundutes of kryst-masse, & carole3 newe,
1656 With alle þe manerly merþe þat mon may of telle.
     [F] & euer oure luflych kny3t þe lady bi-syde;
         Such semblaunt to þat segge semly ho made,