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e last. [Fol. 124b. ]
? e nirt in ? e nek he naked hem schewed,
[K] ? at he la3t for his vnleute at ? e leudes hondes,
2500 for blame;
He tened quen he schulde telle,
[L] He groned for gref & grame;
? e blod in his face con melle,
2504 When he hit schulde schewe, for schame.

[Sidenote A: Wild ways now Gawayne rides. ]
[Sidenote B: Oft he harboured in house and oft thereout. ]
[Sidenote C: The wound in his neck became whole. ]
[Sidenote D: He still carried about him the belt,]
[Sidenote E: in token of his fault. ]
[Sidenote F: Thus he comes to the Court of King Arthur. ]
[Sidenote G: Great then was the joy of all.
]
[Sidenote H: The king and his knights ask him concerning his journey. ]
[Sidenote I: Gawayne tells them of his adventures,]
[Sidenote J: the love of the lady, and lastly of the lace. ]
[Sidenote K: He showed them the cut in his neck. ]
[Sidenote L: He groaned for grief and shame, and the blood rushed into his
face. ]

XXII.

[A] "Lo! lorde," quod ? e leude, & ? e lace hondeled,
"? is is ? e bende of ? is blame I bere [in] my nek,
? is is ? e la? e & ? e losse, ?