]
[Sidenote D: The hunters, dispersed by a wood's side,]
[Sidenote E: come upon the track of a fox,]
[Sidenote F: which is
followed
up by the hounds.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
114.]
Stele3 out ful stilly bi a strothe rande,
[J] Went haf wylt of ?e wode, with wyle3 fro ?e houndes,
1712 ?enne wat3 he went, er he wyst, to[5] a wale tryster,
[K] ?er ?re ?ro at a ?rich ?rat hym at ones,
al graye;
[L] He blenched a3ayn bilyue,
1716 & stifly start onstray,
With alle ?e wo on lyue,
[M] To ?e wod he went away.
[Sidenote A: After mass, a morsel he take with his men.]
[Sidenote B: Then were all on their horses before the hall-gates.]
[Sidenote C: It was a clear frosty morning.
]
[Sidenote D: The hunters, dispersed by a wood's side,]
[Sidenote E: come upon the track of a fox,]
[Sidenote F: which is
followed
up by the hounds.
]
[Sidenote G: They soon get sight of the game,]
[Sidenote H: and pursue him through many a rough grove.]
[Sidenote I: The fox at last leaps over a spinny,]
[Sidenote J: and by a rugged path seeks to get clear from the hounds.]
[Sidenote K: He comes upon one of the hunting stations, where he is
attacked by the dogs.]
[Sidenote L: However, he slips them,]
[Sidenote M: and makes again for the wood.]
[Footnote 1: MS. nnorsel.]
[Footnote 2: bi-forere, in MS.]
[Footnote 3: caste3 (?).]
[Footnote 4: trayveres (?).]
[Footnote 5: to to, in MS.]
