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After this the head and neck are cut off, and the sides severed from the chine. Boþe þe hede & þe hals þay hwen of þenne, & syþen sunder þay þe sydeȝ swyft fro þe chyne, & þe corbeles fee þay kest in a greue;1 1356 Þenn þurled þay ayþer þik side þurȝ, bi þe rybbe, & henged þenne a[y]þer bi hoȝes of þe fourcheȝ, Vche freke for his fee, as falleȝ forto haue. Vpon a felle of þe fayre best, fede þay þayr houndes, With the liver, lights and paunches, they feed the hounds. 1360 Wyth þe lyuer & þe lyȝteȝ, þe leþer of þe pauncheȝ, & bred baþed in blod, blende þer amongeȝ; Baldely þay blw prys, bayed þayr rachcheȝ, Then they make for home. Syþen fonge þay her flesche folden to home, 1364 Strakande ful stoutly mony stif moteȝ. Bi þat þe daylyȝt watȝ done, þe douthe watȝ al wonen In-to þe comly castel, þer þe knyȝt bideȝ ful stille; 1368 Wyth blys & bryȝt fyr bette, Þe lord is comen þer-tylle, Gawayne goes out to meet his host. When Gawayn wyth hym mette, Þer watȝ bot wele at wylle. 1 grene (?).