]
[Footnote 4: trayveres (?
[Footnote 4: trayveres (?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
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. ]
XXIV.
[A] Thenne wat3 hit lif vpon list to ly? en ? e hounde3,
1720 When alle ? e mute hade hym met, menged to-geder,
Suche a sor3e at ? at sy3t ? ay sette on his hede,
As alle ? e clamberande clyffes hade clatered on hepes;
[B] Here he wat3 halawed, when ha? ele3 hym metten,
1724 Loude he wat3 3ayned, with 3arande speche;
[C] ? er he wat3 ? reted, & ofte ? ef called,
& ay ? e titleres at his tayl, ?
[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. ]
XXIV.
[A] Thenne wat3 hit lif vpon list to ly? en ? e hounde3,
1720 When alle ? e mute hade hym met, menged to-geder,
Suche a sor3e at ? at sy3t ? ay sette on his hede,
As alle ? e clamberande clyffes hade clatered on hepes;
[B] Here he wat3 halawed, when ha? ele3 hym metten,
1724 Loude he wat3 3ayned, with 3arande speche;
[C] ? er he wat3 ? reted, & ofte ? ef called,
& ay ? e titleres at his tayl, ?