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at semly syked in hert,
& sayde so? ly al same segges til o? er,
Carande for ? at comly, "bi Kryst, hit is sca? e,
? at ? ou, leude, schal be lost, ? at art of lyf noble!
676 [C] To fynde hys fere vpon folde, in fayth is not e? e;
Warloker to haf wro3t had more wyt bene,
& haf dy3t 3onder dere a duk to haue wor? ed;
[D] A lowande leder of lede3 in londe hym wel seme3,
680 & so had better haf ben ? en britned to no3t,
[E] Hadet wyth an aluisch mon, for angarde3 pryde.
Who knew euer any kyng such counsel to take,
As kny3te3 in caueloun3 on cryst-masse gomne3! "
684 [F] Wel much wat3 ? e warme water ?
at waltered of y3en,
When ? at semly syre so3t fro ? o wone3
? at[1] daye;
He made non abode,
688 Bot wy3tly went hys way,
[G] Mony wylsum way he rode,
? e bok as I herde say.

[Sidenote A: He spurs his horse and goes on his way. ]
[Sidenote B: All that saw that seemly one mourned in their hearts. ]
[Sidenote C: They declared that his equal was not to be found upon earth. ]
[Sidenote D: It would have been better for him to have been a leader of
men,]
[Sidenote E: than to die by the hands of "an elvish man. "]
[Sidenote F: Much was the warm water that poured from eyes that day. ]
[Sidenote G: Meanwhile many a weary way goes Sir Gawayne. ]
[Footnote 1: MS. ? ad. ]

IX.

[A] Now ride3 ?