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With much mirth and minstrelsy they made merry, 1952 With merþe & mynstralsye, wyth meteȝ at hor wylle, Þay maden as mery as any men moȝten, With laȝyng of ladies, with loteȝ of bordes; Gawayn & þe gode mon so glad were þay boþe, 1956 Bot if þe douthe had doted, oþer dronken ben oþer, Boþe þe mon & þe meyny maden mony iapeȝ, until the time came for them to part. Til þe sesoun watȝ seȝen, þat þay seuer moste; Burneȝ to hor bedde be-houed at þe laste. Gawayne takes leave of his host. 1960 Þenne loȝly his leue at þe lorde fyrst Fochcheȝ þis fre mon, & fayre he hym þonkkeȝ; and thanks him for his happy "sojourn." "Of such a sellyly1 soiorne, as I haf hade here, Your honour, at þis hyȝe fest, þe hyȝe kyng yow ȝelde! 1964 I ȝef yow me for on of youreȝ, if yowre-self lykeȝ, For I mot nedes, as ȝe wot, meue to morne; He asks for a man to teach him the way to the Green Chapel. & ȝe me take sum tolke, to teche, as ȝe hyȝt, Þe gate to þe grene chapel, as god wyl me suffer 1968 To dele, on nwȝereȝ day, þe dome of my wyrdes." "In god fayþe," quod þe god mon. "wyth a goud wylle; Al þat euer I yow hyȝt, halde schal I rede." A servant is assigned to him, Þer asyngnes he a seruaunt, to sett hym in þe waye, [Fol. 117b.] 1972 & coundue hym by þe downeȝ, þat he no drechch had, For to f[e]rk þurȝ þe fryth, & fare at þe gaynest, bi greue. Þe lorde Gawayn con þonk, 1976 Such worchip he wolde hym weue; and then he takes leave of the ladies, Þen at þo ladyeȝ wlonk. Þe knyȝt hatȝ tan his leue. 1 selly (?).