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After this the head and neck are cut off, and the sides severed from the chine.
Boþe þe hede & þe hals þay hwen of þenne,
& syþen sunder þay þe sydeȝ swyft fro þe chyne,
& þe corbeles fee þay kest in a greue;1
Þenn þurled þay ayþer þik side þurȝ, bi þe rybbe,
& henged þenne a[y]þer bi hoȝes of þe fourcheȝ,
Vche freke for his fee, as falleȝ forto haue.
Vpon a felle of þe fayre best, fede þay þayr houndes,
Wyth þe lyuer & þe lyȝteȝ, þe leþer of þe pauncheȝ,
& bred baþed in blod, blende þer amongeȝ;
Baldely þay blw prys, bayed þayr rachcheȝ,
Syþen fonge þay her flesche folden to home,
Strakande ful stoutly mony stif moteȝ.
Bi þat þe daylyȝt watȝ done, þe douthe watȝ al wonen
In-to þe comly castel, þer þe knyȝt bideȝ
ful stille;
Wyth blys & bryȝt fyr bette,
Þe lord is comen þer-tylle,
When Gawayn wyth hym mette,
Þer watȝ bot wele at wylle.
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