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VII.

[A] ? enne ho gef hym god-day, & wyth a glent la3ed.
& as ho stod, ho stonyed hym wyth ful stor worde3:
1292 [B] "Now he ? at spede3 vche spech, ? is disport 3elde yow!
Bot ? at 3e be Gawan, hit got3 in mynde. "
"Quer-fore? " quod ? e freke, & freschly he aske3,
Ferde lest he hade fayled in fourme of his castes;
1296 Bot ? e burde hym blessed, & bi ? is skyl sayde,
"So god as Gawayn gaynly is halden, [Fol. 108b.
]
& cortaysye is closed so clene in hym-seluen,
[C] Couth not ly3tly haf lenged so long wyth a lady,
1300 Bot he had craued a cosse, bi his courtaysye,
Bi sum towch of summe tryfle, at sum tale3 ende. "
[D] ? en quod Wowen, "I-wysse, wor? e as yow lyke3,
I schal kysse at your comaundement, as a kny3t falle3,
1304 & fire[1] lest he displese yow, so[2] plede hit no more. "
[E] Ho comes nerre with ? at, & cache3 hym in arme3,
Loute3 luflych adoun, & ? e leude kysse3;
? ay comly bykennen to Kryst ay? er o? er;
1308 Ho dos hir forth at ? e dore, with-outen dyn more.
& he ryches hym to ryse, & rapes hym sone,
[F] Clepes to his chamberlayn, choses his wede,
Bo3e3 forth, quen he wat3 boun, bly? ely to masse,
1312 & ? enne he meued to his mete, ? at menskly hym keped,
[G] & made myry al day til ? e mone rysed,
with game;
With[3] neuer freke fayrer fonge,
1316 [H] Bitwene two so dyngne dame,
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