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ere,
& ? at ? ayneme for ? e noumbles, bi nome as I trowe,
1348 bi kynde;
[L] Bi ? e by3t al of ? e ? y3es,
? e lappe3 ? ay lance bi-hynde,
[M] To hewe hit in two ? ay hy3es,
1352 Bi ? e bak-bon to vnbynde.

[Sidenote A: Meanwhile the lord of the land and his men hunt in woods and
heaths. ]
[Sidenote B: Quickly of the killed a "quarry" they make. ]
[Sidenote C: Then they set about breaking the deer. ]
[Sidenote D: They take away the assay or fat,]
[Sidenote E: then they slit the slot and remove the erber.
]
[Sidenote F: They afterwards rip the four limbs and rend off the hide. ]
[Sidenote G: They next open the belly]
[Sidenote H: and take out the bowels. ]
[Sidenote I: They then separate the weasand from the windhole and throw out
the guts. ]
[Sidenote J: The shoulders are cut out, and the breast divided into
halves. ]
[Sidenote K: The numbles are next removed. ]
[Sidenote L: By the fork of the thighs,]
[Sidenote M: the flaps are hewn in two by the backbone. ]

IX.

[A] Bo? e ? e hede & ? e hals ? ay hwen of ? enne,
& sy? en sunder ? ay ? e syde3 swyft fro ?