]
[Sidenote D: Gawayne takes possession of it according to covenant,]
[Sidenote E: and in return kisses his host,]
[Sidenote F: who
declares
his guest to be the best he knows.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
e halse, & hendely hym kysses,
1640 & efter-sones of ?e same he serued hym ?ere.
"Now ar we euen," quod ?e ha?el, "in ?is euen-tide,
Of alle ?e couenauntes ?at we knyt, sy?en I com hider,
bi lawe;"
1644 [F] ?e lorde sayde, "bi saynt Gile,
3e ar ?e best ?at I knowe,
3e ben ryche in a whyle,
Such chaffer & 3e drowe."
[Sidenote A: The lord of the land is well pleased when he sees Sir
Gawayne,]
[Sidenote B: He shows him the shields of the wild boar, and tells him of
its length and breadth.]
[Sidenote C: Such a "brawn of a beast," Sir Gawayne says, he never has
seen.
]
[Sidenote D: Gawayne takes possession of it according to covenant,]
[Sidenote E: and in return kisses his host,]
[Sidenote F: who
declares
his guest to be the best he knows.
]
XXI.
1648 [A] ?enne ?ay teldet table3 [on] trestes alofte,
[B] Kesten clo?e3 vpon, clere ly3t ?enne
[C] Wakned bi wo3e3, waxen torches
Segge3 sette, & serued in sale al aboute;
1652 [D] Much glam & gle glent vp ?er-inne,
Aboute ?e fyre vpon flet, & on fele wyse,
[E] At ?e soper & after, mony a?el songe3,
As coundutes of kryst-masse, & carole3 newe,
1656 With alle ?e manerly mer?e ?at mon may of telle.
[F] & euer oure luflych kny3t ?e lady bi-syde;
Such semblaunt to ?
