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There they drank and discoursed. 1668

Ande þer þay dronken, & dalten, & demed eft nwe,

To norne on þe same note, on nweȝereȝ euen;

Bot þe knyȝt craued leue, to kayre on þe morn,

For hit watȝ neȝ at þe terme, þat he to¹ schulde.

Þe lorde hym letted of þat, to lenge hym resteyed,

& sayde, "as I am trwe segge, I siker my trawþe,

Þou schal cheue to þe grene chapel, þy charres to make,

Leude, on nwȝereȝ lyȝt, longe bifore pryme:

For-þy þow lye in þy loft, & lach þyn ese,

& I schal hunt in þis holt, & halde þe towcheȝ,

Chaunge wyth þe cheuisaunce, bi þat I charre hider;

For I haf fraysted þe twys, & faythful I fynde þe,

Now þrid tyme þrowe best þenk on þe morne,

Make we mery quyl we may, & mynne vpon Ioye,

For þe lur may mon lach, when so mon lykeȝ."

Þis watȝ grayþely graunted, & Gawayn is lenged,

Bliþe broȝt watȝ hym drynk, & þay to bedde ȝeden,

with liȝt;

Sir G: lis & slepes,

Ful stille & softe al niȝt;

Þe lorde þat his crafteȝ kepes,

Ful erly he watȝ diȝt.

¹ te (?).