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? e tweyne y3en, & ? e nase, ? e naked lyppe3,
& ? ose were soure to se, & sellyly blered;
964 A mensk lady on molde mon may hir calle,
for gode;
[M] Hir body wat3 schort & ? ik.
[N] Hir buttoke3 bay & brode,
968 More lykker-wys on to lyk,
Wat3 ? at scho hade on lode.

[Sidenote A: After dinner the company go to the chapel,]
[Sidenote B: to hear the evensong of the great season. ]
[Sidenote C: The lord of the castle and Sir Gawayne sit together during
service. ]
[Sidenote D: His wife, accompanied by her maids, leaves her seat. ]
[Sidenote E: She appeared even fairer than Guenever. ]
[Sidenote F: An older lady (an ancient one she seemed) led her by the
hand. ]
[Sidenote G: Very unlike were these two.
]
[Sidenote H: if the young one was fair the other was yellow,]
[Sidenote I: and had rough and wrinkled cheeks. ]
[Sidenote J: The younger had breast and throat "bare displayed. "]
[Sidenote K: The ancient one exposed only her "black brows," her two eyes,]
[Sidenote L: nose, and naked lips, all sour and bleared. ]
[Sidenote M: Her body was short and thick;]
[Sidenote N: her buttocks broad and round. ]
[Footnote 1: MS. [claplayne3. ]]
[Footnote 2: schedes (? ). ]

XIX.

[A] When Gawayn gly3t on ? at gay, ? at graciously loked,
Wyth leue la3t of ? e lorde he went hem a3aynes;
972 [B] ? e alder he haylses, heldande ful lowe,
? e loueloker he lappe3 a lyttel in arme3,
[C] He kysses hir comlyly, & kny3tly he mele3;
? ay kallen hym of a quoyntaunce, & he hit quyk aske3
976 [D] To be her seruaunt sothly, if hem-self lyked.