& þat is ful pore, for to pay for suche prys þinges,

As 3e haf þry3t me here, þro suche þre cosses,

so gode."

"I-no3," quod sir Gawayn,

"I þonk yow, bi þe rode;"

& how þe fox wat3 slayn,

He tolde hym, as þay stode.

XXXIII.

With much mirth and minstrelsy they made merry, 1952

With merþe & mynstralsye, wyth mete3 at hor wylle,