]
[Sidenote H: It was the merriest meet that ever was heard.
[Sidenote H: It was the merriest meet that ever was heard.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
at euer men herde,
1916 ? e rich rurd ? at ? er wat3 raysed for renaude saule,
with lote;
[I] Hor hounde3 ? ay ? er rewarde,
Her[3] hede3 ? ay fawne & frote,
1920 [J] & sy? en ? ay tan reynarde,
& tyrnen of his cote.
[Sidenote A: Gawayne's host is still in the field. ]
[Sidenote B: He has destroyed the fox. ]
[Sidenote C: He spied Reynard coming through a "rough grove,"]
[Sidenote D: and tried to hit him with his sword. ]
[Sidenote E: The fox "shunts," and is seized by one of the dogs. ]
[Sidenote F: The lord takes him out of the hound's mouth. ]
[Sidenote G: Hunters hasten thither with horns full many.
]
[Sidenote H: It was the merriest meet that ever was heard. ]
[Sidenote I: The hounds are rewarded,]
[Sidenote J: and then they take Reynard and "turn off his coat. "]
[Footnote 1: hym (? ). ]
[Footnote 2: bra? (? ). ]
[Footnote 3: Her her, in MS. ]
XXXII.
[A] & ? enne ? ay helden to home, for hit wat3 nie3 ny3t,
Strakande ful stoutly in hor store horne3;
1924 [B] ? e lorde is ly3t at ? e laste at hys lef home,
Fynde3 fire vpon flet, ? e freke ? er by-side,
Sir Gawayn ?
1916 ? e rich rurd ? at ? er wat3 raysed for renaude saule,
with lote;
[I] Hor hounde3 ? ay ? er rewarde,
Her[3] hede3 ? ay fawne & frote,
1920 [J] & sy? en ? ay tan reynarde,
& tyrnen of his cote.
[Sidenote A: Gawayne's host is still in the field. ]
[Sidenote B: He has destroyed the fox. ]
[Sidenote C: He spied Reynard coming through a "rough grove,"]
[Sidenote D: and tried to hit him with his sword. ]
[Sidenote E: The fox "shunts," and is seized by one of the dogs. ]
[Sidenote F: The lord takes him out of the hound's mouth. ]
[Sidenote G: Hunters hasten thither with horns full many.
]
[Sidenote H: It was the merriest meet that ever was heard. ]
[Sidenote I: The hounds are rewarded,]
[Sidenote J: and then they take Reynard and "turn off his coat. "]
[Footnote 1: hym (? ). ]
[Footnote 2: bra? (? ). ]
[Footnote 3: Her her, in MS. ]
XXXII.
[A] & ? enne ? ay helden to home, for hit wat3 nie3 ny3t,
Strakande ful stoutly in hor store horne3;
1924 [B] ? e lorde is ly3t at ? e laste at hys lef home,
Fynde3 fire vpon flet, ? e freke ? er by-side,
Sir Gawayn ?