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By the hearth they sit. And syþen by þe chymné in chamber þay seten. Wine is carried round. Wyȝeȝ þe walle wyn weȝed to hem oft, 1404 & efte in her bourdyng þay bayþen in þe morn, To fylle þe same forwardeȝ þat þay by-fore maden, Again Sir Gawayne and his host renew their agreement. Þat chaunce so bytydeȝ hor cheuysaunce to chaunge, What nweȝ so þay nome, at naȝt quen þay metten 1408 Þay acorded of þe couenaunteȝ byfore þe court alle; [Fol. 110.] Þe beuerage watȝ broȝt forth in bourde at þat tyme; Then they take leave of each other and hasten to bed. Þenne þay louelych leȝten leue at þe last, Vche burne to his bedde busked bylyue. Scarce had the cock cackled thrice when the lord was up. 1412 Bi þat þe coke hade croweȝ1 & cakled bot þryse, Þe lorde watȝ lopen of his bedde, [&] þe leudeȝ vch one, So þat þe mete & þe masse watȝ metely delyuered; Þe douthe dressed to þe wod, er any day sprenged, 1416 to chace; With his hunters and horns they pursue the chase. Heȝ with hunte & horneȝ, Þurȝ playneȝ þay passe in space, Vn-coupled among þo þorneȝ, 1420 Racheȝ þat ran on race. 1 crowed (?).