With much mirth and minstrelsy they made merry, 1952
With merþe & mynstralsye, wyth meteȝ at hor wylle,
Þay maden as mery as any men moȝten,
With laȝyng of ladies, with loteȝ of bordes;
Gawayn & þe gode mon so glad were þay boþe,
Bot if þe douthe had doted, oþer dronken ben oþer,
Boþe þe mon & þe meyny maden mony iapeȝ,
Til þe sesoun watȝ seȝen, þat þay seuer moste;
Burneȝ to hor bedde be-houed at þe laste.
Þenne loȝly his leue at þe lorde fyrst