XVII.

Gawayne rises, hears mass, and then dines.

Then ruþes hym þe renk, & ryses to þe masse,

& siþen hor diner wat3 dy3t & derely serued.

Þe lede with þe ladye3 layked alle day,

Bot þe lorde ouer þe londe3 launced ful ofte,

Swe3 his vncely swyn, þat swynge3 bi þe bonkke3,

& bote þe best of his brache3 þe bakke3 in sunder;

Þer he bode in his bay, tel1 bawe-men hit breken,

& made2 hym, maw-gref his bed, forto mwe vtter;