]
[Sidenote J: To the stations the "fewters" go,]
[Sidenote K: and the dogs are cast off.
[Sidenote J: To the stations the "fewters" go,]
[Sidenote K: and the dogs are cast off.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
ay chastysed, & charred, on chasyng ?
at went;
1144 A hundreth of hunteres, as I haf herde telle,
of ? e best;
[J] To trystors vewters 3od,
Couples huntes of kest,
1148 ? er ros for blaste3 gode, [Fol. 106b. ]
[K] Gret rurd in ? at forest.
[Sidenote A: Before day-break folks uprise,]
[Sidenote B: saddle their horses, and truss their mails. ]
[Sidenote C: Each goes where it pleases him best. ]
[Sidenote D: The noble lord of the land arrays himself for riding. ]
[Sidenote E: He eats a sop hastily and goes to mass. ]
[Sidenote F: Before day-light he and his men are on their horses. ]
[Sidenote G: Then the hounds are called out and coupled. ]
[Sidenote H: Three short notes are blown by the bugles. ]
[Sidenote I: A hundred hunters join in the chase.
]
[Sidenote J: To the stations the "fewters" go,]
[Sidenote K: and the dogs are cast off. ]
II.
[A] At ? e fyrst quethe of ? e quest quaked ? e wylde;
Der drof in ? e dale, doted for drede,
1152 Hi3ed to ? e hy3e, bot heterly ? ay were
[B] Restayed with ? e stablye, ? at stoutly ascryed;
[C] ? ay let ? e hertte3 haf ? e gate, with ? e hy3e hedes,
? e breme bukke3 also, with hor brode paume3;
1156 For ?
1144 A hundreth of hunteres, as I haf herde telle,
of ? e best;
[J] To trystors vewters 3od,
Couples huntes of kest,
1148 ? er ros for blaste3 gode, [Fol. 106b. ]
[K] Gret rurd in ? at forest.
[Sidenote A: Before day-break folks uprise,]
[Sidenote B: saddle their horses, and truss their mails. ]
[Sidenote C: Each goes where it pleases him best. ]
[Sidenote D: The noble lord of the land arrays himself for riding. ]
[Sidenote E: He eats a sop hastily and goes to mass. ]
[Sidenote F: Before day-light he and his men are on their horses. ]
[Sidenote G: Then the hounds are called out and coupled. ]
[Sidenote H: Three short notes are blown by the bugles. ]
[Sidenote I: A hundred hunters join in the chase.
]
[Sidenote J: To the stations the "fewters" go,]
[Sidenote K: and the dogs are cast off. ]
II.
[A] At ? e fyrst quethe of ? e quest quaked ? e wylde;
Der drof in ? e dale, doted for drede,
1152 Hi3ed to ? e hy3e, bot heterly ? ay were
[B] Restayed with ? e stablye, ? at stoutly ascryed;
[C] ? ay let ? e hertte3 haf ? e gate, with ? e hy3e hedes,
? e breme bukke3 also, with hor brode paume3;
1156 For ?