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Gawayne rises, hears mass, and then dines. Then ruþes hym þe renk, & ryses to þe masse, [Fol. 112.] & siþen hor diner wat3 dy3t & derely serued. Meanwhile the lord pursues the wild boar, 1560 Þe lede with þe ladye3 layked alle day, Bot þe lorde ouer þe londe3 launced ful ofte, Swe3 his vncely swyn, þat swynge3 bi þe bonkke3, that bit the backs of his hounds asunder, & bote þe best of his brache3 þe bakke3 in sunder; 1564 Þer he bode in his bay, tel1 bawe-men hit breken, & made2 hym, maw-gref his bed, forto mwe vtter; and caused the stiffest of the hunters to start. So felle flone3 per flete, when þe folk gedered; Bot 3et þe styffest to start bi stounde3 he made, 1568 Til at þe last he wat3 so mat, he my3t no more renne, The boar runs into a hole in a rock by the side of a brook. Bot in þe hast þat he my3t, he to a hole wynne3, Of a rasse, bi a rokk, þer renne3 þe boerne, He gete þe bonk at his bak, bigyne3 to scrape, The froth foams at his mouth. 1572 Þe froþe femed3 at his mouth vnfayre bi þe wyke3, Whette3 his whyte tusche3; with hym þen irked Alle þe burne3 so bolde, þat hym by stoden, None durst approach him, To nye hym on-ferum, bot ne3e hym non durst 1576 for woþe; He hade hurt so mony byforne, Þat al þu3t4 þenne ful loþe, so many had he torn with his tusks. Be more wyth his tusche3 torne, 1580 Þat breme wat3 [&] brayn-wod bothe. 1 til (?). 2 madee, in MS. 3 fomed (?). 4 þo3t (?).