te C: but the younger he kisses,]
[Sidenote D: and begs to be her servant.]
[Sidenote E: To chamber all go,]
[Sidenote F: where spices and wine are served.]
[Sidenote G: The lord takes off his hood and places it on a spear.]
[Sidenote H: He who makes most mirth is to win it.]
[Sidenote I: Night approaches, and then]
[Sidenote J: Sir Gawayne takes his leave and retires to rest.]
[Footnote 1: meue (?).]
[Footnote 2: layt (?).]

XX.

[A] On ţe morne, as vch mon myne3 ţat tyme,
996 [B] [Ţ]at dry3tyn for oure destyne to de3e wat3 borne,
Wele waxe3 in vche a won in worlde, for his sake;
[C] So did hit ţere on ţat day, ţur3 dayntes mony;
Boţe at mes & at mele, messes ful quaynt [Fol. 104b.]
1000 Derf men vpon dece drest of ţe best.
[D] Ţe olde auncian wyf he3est ho sytte3;
Ţe lorde lufly her by lent, as I trowe;
[E] Gawan & ţe gay burde to-geder ţay seten,
1004 Euen in-mydde3, as ţe messe metely come;
& syţen ţur3 al ţe sale, as hem best semed,
[F] Bi vche grome at his degre grayţely wat3 serued.
Ţer wat3 mete, ţer wat3 myrţe, ţer wat3 much ioye,
1008 Ţat for to telle ţerof hit me tene were,
& to poynte hit 3et I pyned me parauenture;
[G] Bot 3et I wot ţat Wawen & ţe wale burde
Such comfort of her compaynye ca3ten to-geder,
1012 Ţur3 her dere dalyaunce of her derne worde3,
Wyth clene cortays carp, closed fro fylţe;
& hor play wat3 passande vche prynce gomen,
in vayres;
1016 [H] Trumpe3 & nakerys,
Much pypyng ţer repayres,
Vche mon tented hys,
& ţay two tented ţayres.

[Sidenote A: On Christmas morn,]
[Sidenote B: joy reigns in every dwelling in the world.]
[Sidenote C: So did it in the castle where our knight abode.]
[Sidenote D: The lord and "the old ancient wife" sit together.]
[Sidenote E: Gawayne sits by the wife of his host.]
[Sidenote F: It were too tedious to tell of

Martha Finley (1828 - 1909) was a teacher and author of numerous works, the most well known being the 28 volume Elsie Dinsmore series which was published over a span of 38 years. The daughter of Presbyterian minister Dr. James Brown Finley and his wife and cousin Maria Theresa Brown Finley, she was born on April 26th, 1828 in Chillicothe, Ohio. Finley wrote many of her books under the psodonym Martha Farquharson. She died in 1909 in Elkton, Maryland, where she moved in 1876.

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