Chapter XXIV

[A] "3et firre," quod þe freke, "a forwarde we make;
Quat-so-euer I wynne in þe wod, hit worþe3 to youre3,
[B] & quat chek so 3e acheue, chaunge me þer-forne;
1108 Swete, swap we so, sware with trawþe,
Queþer, leude, so lymp lere oþer better."
"Bi God," quod Gawayn þe gode, "I grant þer-tylle,
& þat yow lyst forto layke, lef hit me þynkes. [Fol. 106.]
1112 [C] "Who bringe3 vus þis beuerage, þis bargayn is maked:"
So sayde þe lorde of þat lede; þay la3ed vchone,
Þay dronken, & daylyeden, & dalten vnty3tel,[1]
Þise lorde3 & ladye3, quyle þat hem lyked;
1116 & syþen with frenkysch fare & fele fayre lote3
Þay stoden, & stemed, & stylly speken,
Kysten ful comlyly, & ka3ten her leue.
[D] With mony leude ful ly3t, & lemande torches,
1120 Vche burne to his bed wat3 bro3t at þe laste,
ful softe;
To bed 3et er þay 3ede,
Recorded couenaunte3 ofte;
1124 Þe olde lorde of þat leude,[2]
Cowþe wel halde layk a-lofte.

[Sidenote A: "Whatsoever," says the host, "I win in the wood shall be yours,] [Sidenote B: and what check you achieve shall be mine."] [Sidenote C: A bargain is made between them.] [Sidenote D: Night approaches and each "to his bed was brought at the last."] [Footnote 1: vntyl ny3te (?).] [Footnote 2: lede (?).]

[FYTTE THE THIRD.]