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1952 [A] With merþe & mynstralsye, wyth mete3 at hor wylle, Þay maden as mery as any men mo3ten, With la3yng of ladies, with lote3 of bordes; Gawayn & þe gode mon so glad were þay boþe, 1956 Bot if þe douthe had doted, oþer dronken ben oþer, Boþe þe mon & þe meyny maden mony iape3, [B] Til þe sesoun wat3 se3en, þat þay seuer moste; Burne3 to hor bedde be-houed at þe laste. 1960 [C] Þenne lo3ly his leue at þe lorde fyrst Fochche3 þis fre mon, & fayre he hym þonkke3; [D] "Of such a sellyly[1] soiorne, as I haf hade here, Your honour, at þis hy3e fest, þe hy3e kyng yow 3elde! 1964 I 3ef yow me for on of youre3, if yowre-self lyke3, For I mot nedes, as 3e wot, meue to morne; [E] & 3e me take sum tolke, to teche, as 3e hy3t, Þe gate to þe grene chapel, as god wyl me suffer 1968 To dele, on nw3ere3 day, þe dome of my wyrdes." "In god fayþe," quod þe god mon. "wyth a goud wylle; Al þat euer I yow hy3t, halde schal I rede." [F] Þer asyngnes he a seruaunt, to sett hym in þe waye, 1972 & coundue hym by þe downe3, þat he no drechch had, [Fol. 117b.] For to f[e]rk þur3 þe fryth, & fare at þe gaynest, bi greue. Þe lorde Gawayn con þonk, 1976 Such worchip he wolde hym weue; [G] Þen at þo ladye3 wlonk. Þe kny3t hat3 tan his leue.

[Sidenote A: With much mirth and minstrelsy they made merry,] [Sidenote B: until the time came for them to part.] [Sidenote C: Gawayne takes leave of his host.] [Sidenote D: and thanks him for his happy "sojourn."] [Sidenote E: He asks for a man to teach him the way to the Green Chapel.] [Sidenote F: A servant is assigned to him,] [Sidenote G: and then he takes leave of the ladies,] [Footnote 1: selly (?).]