e;
& hor play wat3
passande
vche prynce gomen,
in vayres;
1016 [H] Trumpe3 & nakerys,
Much pypyng ?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
e messe metely come;
& sy?en ?ur3 al ?e sale, as hem best semed,
[F] Bi vche grome at his degre gray?ely wat3 serued.
?er wat3 mete, ?er wat3 myr?e, ?er wat3 much ioye,
1008 ?at for to telle ?erof hit me tene were,
& to poynte hit 3et I pyned me parauenture;
[G] Bot 3et I wot ?at Wawen & ?e wale burde
Such comfort of her compaynye ca3ten to-geder,
1012 ?ur3 her dere dalyaunce of her derne worde3,
Wyth clene cortays carp, closed fro fyl?
e;
& hor play wat3
passande
vche prynce gomen,
in vayres;
1016 [H] Trumpe3 & nakerys,
Much pypyng ?
er repayres,
Vche mon tented hys,
& ?ay two tented ?ayres.
[Sidenote A: On Christmas morn,]
[Sidenote B: joy reigns in every dwelling in the world.]
[Sidenote C: So did it in the castle where our knight abode.]
[Sidenote D: The lord and "the old ancient wife" sit together.]
[Sidenote E: Gawayne sits by the wife of his host.]
[Sidenote F: It were too tedious to tell of the meat, the mirth, and the
joy that abounded everywhere.]
[Sidenote G: Gawayne and his beautiful companion derive much comfort from
each other's conversation.]
[Sidenote H: Trumpets and nakers give forth their sounds.]
XXI.
1020 [A] Much dut wat3 ?er dryuen ?at day & ?at o?
