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1348: "Euere ware юes Bretouns braggers of olde!
1349: Loo, how he brawles hym for hys bryghte wedes,
1350: As he myghte bryttyn vs all with his brande ryche;
1351: 3itt he berkes myche boste, 3one boy юere he standes!"
1352: Than greuyde Sir Gawayne at his grett wordes,
1353: Graythes towarde юe gome with grucchande herte;
1354: With hys stelyn brande he strykes of hys heuede,
1355: And sterttes owtte to hys stede, and with his stale wendes.
1356: Thurghe юe wacches юey wente, thes wirchipfull knyghtez,
1357: And feyndez in theire farewaye wondyrlyche many;
1358: Ouer юe watyre юey wente by wyghtnesse of horses,
1359: And tuke wynde as юey walde by юe wodde hemmes.
1360: Thane folous frekly one fote frekkes ynewe,
1361: And of юe Romayns arrayed appon ryche stedes,
1362: Chasede thurghe a champayne oure cheualrous knyghtez,
1363: Till a cheefe forest, on scalke-whitte horses.
1364: Bot a freke all in fyne golde, and fretted in sable,
1365: Come forюermaste on a freson, in flawmande wedes;
1366: A faire floreschte spere in fewtyre he castes,
1367: And folowes faste on owre folke and freschelye ascryez.
1368: Thane Sir Gawayne the gude, appone a graye stede,
1369: He gryppes hym a grete spere and graythely hym hittez;

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1370: Thurghe юe guttez into юe gorre he gyrdes hym ewyn,
1371: That the grounden stele glydez to his herte;
1372: The gome and юe grette horse at юe grounde lyggez,
1373: Full gryselyche gronande, for grefe of his woundez.
1374: Юane presez a preker in, full proudely arayede,
1375: That beres all of pourpour, palyde with syluer;
1376: Bryggly on a broune stede he profers full large,
1377: He was a paynyme of Perse юat юus hym persuede.
1378: Sir Boys, vnabaiste all, he buskes hym agaynes,
1379: With a bustous launce he berez hym thurghe,
1380: Юat юe breme and юe brade schelde appon юe bente lyggez;
1381: And he bryngez furthe the blade and bownez to his felowez.
1382: Thane Sir Feltemour of myghte, a man mekyll praysede,
1383: Was mouede on his manere and manacede full faste;
1384: He graythes to Sir Gawayne graythely to wyrche,
1385: For grefe of Sir Gayous, юat es on grounde leuede.
1386: Than Sir Gawayne was glade: agayne hym he rydez,
1387: Wyth Galuth his gude swerde graythely hym hyttez;
1388: The knyghte on юe coursere he cleuede in sondyre,
1389: Clenlyche fro юe croune his corse he dyuysyde,
1390: And юus he killez юe knyghte with his kydd wapen.
1391: Than a ryche man of Rome relyede to his byerns:
1392: "It sall repent vs full sore and we ryde forthire!
1393: 3one are bolde bosturs юat syche bale wyrkez;