en he keuere3 bi a cragge, & come3 of a hole, Whyrlande
out of a wro, wyth a felle weppen,
[F] A dene3 ax nwe dy3t, ?
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X.
2212 [A] Thenne ?e kny3t con calle ful hy3e,
[B] "Who sti3tle3 in ?is sted, me steuen to holde?
[C] For now is gode Gawayn goande ry3t here,
If any wy3e o3t wyl wynne hider fast,
2216 O?er now, o?er neuer, his nede3 to spede."
[D] "Abyde," quod on on ?e bonke, abouen ouer his hede,
"& ?ou schal haf al in hast, ?at I ?e hy3t ones."
3et he rusched on ?at rurde, rapely a ?rowe,
2220 & wyth quettyng a-wharf, er he wolde ly3t;
[E] & sy?
en he keuere3 bi a cragge, & come3 of a hole, Whyrlande
out of a wro, wyth a felle weppen,
[F] A dene3 ax nwe dy3t, ?
e dynt with [t]o 3elde
2224 With a borelych bytte, bende by ?e halme,
Fyled in a fylor, fowre fote large,
Hit wat3 no lasse, bi ?at lace ?at lemed ful bry3t.
[G] & ?e gome in ?e erene gered as fyrst,
2228 Bo?e ?e lyre & ?e legge3, lokke3, & berde,
Saue ?at fayre on his fote he founde3 on ?e er?e,
Sette ?e stele to ?e stone, & stalked bysyde.
