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[Sidenote C: Each goes where it pleases him best. ]
[Sidenote D: The noble lord of the land arrays himself for riding. ]
[Sidenote E: He eats a sop hastily and goes to mass. ]
[Sidenote F: Before day-light he and his men are on their horses. ]
[Sidenote G: Then the hounds are called out and coupled. ]
[Sidenote H: Three short notes are blown by the bugles. ]
[Sidenote I: A hundred hunters join in the chase. ]
[Sidenote J: To the stations the "fewters" go,]
[Sidenote K: and the dogs are cast off. ]

II.

[A] At ? e fyrst quethe of ? e quest quaked ? e wylde;
Der drof in ? e dale, doted for drede,
1152 Hi3ed to ? e hy3e, bot heterly ?
ay were
[B] Restayed with ? e stablye, ? at stoutly ascryed;
[C] ? ay let ? e hertte3 haf ? e gate, with ? e hy3e hedes,
? e breme bukke3 also, with hor brode paume3;
1156 For ? e fre lorde hade de-fende in fermysoun tyme,
? at ? er schulde no mon mene[1] to ? e male dere.
[D] ? e hinde3 were halden in, with hay & war,
? e does dryuen with gret dyn to ? e depe slade3;
1160 ?