I would give it up gladly even if greater it were. That is a good one!’ quoth the good man. I thank you. ‘Greatly such, maybe, that you had better briefly now tell me ‘Tis where you won this same wealth by the wits you possess.’ was not the covenant,’ he. not question me more! 1395 ‘That ‘Do For you’ve drawn what is due to you, no doubt can you have true.’ ‘tis They and with voices fair merriment pursue, and to supper soon repair 1400 with many dainties new. 56. Later by the chimney in chamber they were seated, abundant wine of the best was brought to them oft, and again as a game they agreed on the morrow to abide by the same bond as they had bargained before: 1405 chance what might chance, to exchange all their trade, whatever new thing they got, when they gathered at night. They concluded this compact before the courtiers all; the drink for the bargain was brought forth in jest; then their leave at the last they lovingly took, 1410 and away then at once each went to his bed. When the cock had crowed and cackled but thrice, the lord had leaped from his bed, and his lieges each one; so that meal had been made, and the Mass was over, and folk bound for the forest, ere the first daybreak, 1415 to chase. Loud with hunters and horns o’er plains they passed apace, and loosed there among the thorns the running dogs to race. 1420 Soon these cried for a quest in a covert by a marsh; 57. the huntsmen hailed that first heeded the scent, stirring words he spoke to him with a strident voice. The hounds then that heard it hastened thither swiftly, and fell fast on the line, some forty at once. 1425 Then such a baying and babel of bloodhounds together that the rock-wall rang all about them. Hunters enheartened them with horn and with and then all in a rout rushed on together between a fen-pool in that forest and a frowning crag. 1430 In a tangle under a tall cliff at the tarn’s edges, where the rough rock ruggedly in ruin was fallen, they fared to the find, followed by hunters
I would give it up gladly even if greater it were. That is a good one!’ quoth the good man. ‘Greatly I thank you. ‘Tis such, maybe, that you had better briefly now tell me where you won this same wealth by the wits you possess.’ ‘That was not the covenant,’ he. ‘Do not question me more! 1395 For you’ve drawn what is due to you, no doubt can you have ‘tis true.’ They and with voices fair merriment pursue, and to supper soon repair 1400 with many dainties new. 56. Later by the chimney in chamber they were seated, abundant wine of the best was brought to them oft, and again as a game they agreed on the morrow to abide by the same bond as they had bargained before: 1405 chance what might chance, to exchange all their trade, whatever new thing they got, when they gathered at night. They concluded this compact before the courtiers all; the drink for the bargain was brought forth in jest; then their leave at the last they lovingly took, 1410 and away then at once each went to his bed. When the cock had crowed and cackled but thrice, the lord had leaped from his bed, and his lieges each one; so that meal had been made, and the Mass was over, and folk bound for the forest, ere the first daybreak, 1415 to chase. Loud with hunters and horns o’er plains they passed apace, and loosed there among the thorns the running dogs to race. 1420 57. Soon these cried for a quest in a covert by a marsh; the huntsmen hailed that first heeded the scent, stirring words he spoke to him with a strident voice. The hounds then that heard it hastened thither swiftly, and fell fast on the line, some forty at once. 1425 Then such a baying and babel of bloodhounds together that the rock-wall rang all about them. Hunters enheartened them with horn and with and then all in a rout rushed on together between a fen-pool in that forest and a frowning crag. 1430 In a tangle under a tall cliff at the tarn’s edges, where the rough rock ruggedly in ruin was fallen, they fared to the find, followed by hunters
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