ote F: and prays for absolution.]
[Sidenote G: He returns to the hall, and makes himself so merry among the
ladies,]
[Sidenote H: with comely carols,]
[Sidenote I: that they said,]
[Sidenote J: "Thus merry was he never before since hither he came."]
[Footnote 1: he, in MS.]
[Footnote 2: lyste (?).]

XXXI.

[A] Now hym lenge in ţat lee, ţer luf hym bi-tyde;
3et is ţe lorde on ţe launde, ledande his gomnes,
[B] He hat3 forfaren ţis fox, ţat he fol3ed longe;
1896 As he sprent ouer a spenne, to spye ţe schrewe,
Ţer as he herd ţe howndes, ţat hasted hym swyţe, [Fol. 116b.]
[C] Renaud com richchande ţur3 a ro3e greue,
& alle ţe rabel in a res, ry3t at his hele3.
1900 [D] Ţe wy3e wat3 war of ţe wylde, & warly abides,
& brayde3 out ţe bry3t bronde, & at ţe best caste3;
& he schunt for ţe scharp, & schulde haf arered,
[E] A rach rapes hym to, ry3t er he my3t,
1904 & ry3t bifore ţe hors fete ţay fel on hym alle,
& woried me ţis wyly wyth a wroth noyse.
[F] Ţe lorde ly3te3 bilyue, & cache3 by[1] sone,
Rased hym ful radly out of ţe rach mouţes,
1908 Halde3 he3e ouer his hede, halowe3 faste,
& ţer bayen hym mony bray[2] hounde3;
[G] Huntes hy3ed hem ţeder, with horne3 ful mony,
Ay re-chatande ary3t til ţay ţe renk se3en;
1912 Bi ţat wat3 comen his compeyny noble,
Alle ţat euer ber bugle blowed at ones,
[H] & alle ţise oţer halowed, ţat hade no hornes,
Hit wat3 ţe myriest mute ţat euer men herde,
1916 Ţe rich rurd ţat ţer wat3 raysed for renaude saule,
with lote;
[I] Hor hounde3 ţay ţer rewarde,
Her[3] hede3 ţay fawne & frote,
1920 [J] & syţen ţay tan reynarde,
& tyrnen of his cote.

[Sidenote A: Gawayne's host is still in the field.]
[Sidenote B: He has destroyed the fox.]
[Sidenote C: He spied Reynard coming through a "rough grove,"]
[Sidenote D: and tried to hit

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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