e water,
1596 ful tyt;
A
hundreth
hounde3 hym hent, [Fol.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
e burne & ?e bor were bo?e vpon hepe3,
In ?e wy3t-est of ?e water, ?e worre hade ?at o?er;
1592 [E] For ?e mon merkke3 hym wel, as ?ay mette fyrst,
Set sadly ?e scharp in ?e slot euen,
[F] Hit hym vp to ?e hult, ?at ?e hert schyndered,
& he 3arrande hym 3elde, & 3edoun[3] ?
e water,
1596 ful tyt;
A
hundreth
hounde3 hym hent, [Fol.
112b.]
[G] ?at bremely con hym bite,
Burne3 him bro3t to bent,
1600 & dogge3 to dethe endite.
[Sidenote A: The knight, seeing the boar at bay,]
[Sidenote B: alights from his horse,]
[Sidenote C: and seeks to attack him with his sword.]
[Sidenote D: The "swine sets out" upon the man,]
[Sidenote E: who, aiming well,]
[Sidenote F: wounds him in the pit of the stomach.]
[Sidenote G: The boar is soon bitten to death by a hundred hounds.]
[Footnote 1: MS. luslych.]
[Footnote 2: freke (?).]
[Footnote 3: 3ede doun (?).]
XIX.
[A] There wat3 blawyng of prys in mony breme home,
He3e halowing on hi3e, with ha?ele3 ?
