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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 nwe3ere3 euen;

Bot þe kny3t craued leue, to kayre on þe morn,

For hit wat3 ne3 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 nw3ere3 ly3t, longe bifore pryme:

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

& I schal hunt in þis holt, & halde þe towche3,

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 lyke3."

Þis wat3 grayþely graunted, & Gawayn is lenged,

Bliþe bro3t wat3 hym drynk, & þay to bedde 3eden,

with li3t;

Sir G: lis & slepes,

Ful stille & softe al ni3t;

Þe lorde þat his crafte3 kepes,

Ful erly he wat3 di3t.

¹ te (?).