]
[Sidenote F: Then the hastlets are removed.
[Sidenote F: Then the hastlets are removed.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
Now with ? is ilk swyn ? ay swengen to home;
1616 [H] ? e bores hed wat3 borne bifore ? e burnes seluen,
? at him for-ferde in ? e for? e, ? ur3 forse of his honde,
so stronge;
Til he se3 sir Gawayne,
1620 In halle hym ? o3t ful longe,
[I] He calde, & he com gayn,
His fee3 ? er for to fonge.
[Sidenote A: Then was there blowing of horns]
[Sidenote B: and baying of hounds. ]
[Sidenote C: One wise in woodcraft begins to unlace the boar. ]
[Sidenote D: First he hews off the head, then rends him by the back. ]
[Sidenote E: He next removes the bowels, broils them on the ashes, and
therewith rewards his hounds.
]
[Sidenote F: Then the hastlets are removed. ]
[Sidenote G: The two halves are next bound together and hung upon a pole. ]
[Sidenote H: The boar's head is borne before the knight, who hastens home. ]
[Sidenote I: Gawayne is called to receive the spoil. ]
XX.
[A] ? e lorde ful lowde with lote, & la3ed myry,
1624 When he se3e sir G: with solace he speke3;
? e goude ladye3 were geten, & gedered ? e meyny,
[B] He schewe3 hem ? e schelde3, & schapes hem ? e tale,
Of ? e largesse, & ? e len? e, ? e li? erne3 alse,
1628 Of ?
