Vche mon hade daynte þare,

Of hym, & sayde Iwysse,

Þus myry he watȝ neuer are,

Syn he com hider, er þis.

1 he, in MS. 2 lyste (?).

XXXI.

Gawayne's host is still in the field.

Now hym lenge in þat lee, þer luf hym bi-tyde;

Ȝet is þe lorde on þe launde, ledande his gomnes,

He hatȝ forfaren þis fox, þat he folȝed longe;