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[A] Boþe þe hede & þe hals þay hwen of þenne, & syþen sunder þay þe syde3 swyft fro þe chyne, & þe corbeles fee þay kest in a greue;[1] 1356 Þenn þurled þay ayþer þik side þur3, bi þe rybbe, & henged þenne a[y]þer bi ho3es of þe fourche3, Vche freke for his fee, as falle3 forto haue. Vpon a felle of þe fayre best, fede þay þayr houndes, 1360 [B] Wyth þe lyuer & þe ly3te3, þe leþer of þe paunche3, & bred baþed in blod, blende þer amonge3; Baldely þay blw prys, bayed þayr rachche3, [C] Syþen fonge þay her flesche folden to home, 1364 Strakande ful stoutly mony stif mote3. Bi þat þe dayly3t wat3 done, þe douthe wat3 al wonen In-to þe comly castel, þer þe kny3t bide3 ful stille; 1368 Wyth blys & bry3t fyr bette, Þe lord is comen þer-tylle, [D] When Gawayn wyth hym mette, Þer wat3 bot wele at wylle.

[Sidenote A: After this the head and neck are cut off, and the sides severed from the chine.] [Sidenote B: With the liver, lights and paunches, they feed the hounds.] [Sidenote C: Then they make for home.] [Sidenote D: Gawayne goes out to meet his host.] [Footnote 1: grene (?).]