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The bowmen send their arrows after this wild swine, Schalkeȝ to schote at hym schowen to þenne, Haled to hym of her areweȝ, hitten hym oft; 1456 Bot þe poynteȝ payred at þe pyth þat pyȝt in his scheldeȝ, & þe barbeȝ of his browe bite non wolde, but they glide off shivered in pieces. Þaȝ þe schauen schaft schyndered in peceȝ, Þe hede hypped aȝayn, were-so-euer hit hitte; Enraged with the blows, 1460 Bot quon þe dynteȝ hym dered of her dryȝe strokeȝ, Þen, brayn-wod for bate, on burneȝ he raseȝ, he attacks the hunters. Hurteȝ hem ful heterly þer he forth hyȝeȝ, & mony arȝed þerat, & on-lyte droȝen. 1464 Bot þe lorde on a lyȝt horce launces hym after, The lord of the land blows his bugle, As burne bolde vpon bent his bugle he bloweȝ, He rechated, & r[ode]1 þurȝ roneȝ ful þyk, Suande þis wy[ld]e swyn til þe sunne schafted. and pursues the boar. 1468 Þis day wyth þis ilk dede þay dryuen on þis wyse, Whyle oure luflych lede lys in his bedde, All this time Gawayne lies a-bed. Gawayn grayþely at home, in gereȝ ful ryche of hewe; 1472 Þe lady noȝt forȝate, Com to hym to salue, Ful erly ho watȝ hym ate, His mode forto remwe. 1 The MS. is here almost illegible.