Part 10

[Sidenote: At night Goldborough lies down sorrowful.] +On þe nith, als goldeborw lay, Sory and sorwful was she ay, 1248 For she wende she were bi-swike, Þat sh[e w]ere[60] yeue{n} un-kyndelike. [Sidenote: She sees a great light.] O nith saw she þer-inne a lith, A swiþe fayr, a swiþe bryth, 1252 Al so brith, al so shir, So it were a blase of fir. She lokede no[r]þ,[61] and ek south, [Sidenote: It comes out of Havelok’s mouth.] And saw it come{n} ut of his mouth, 1256 Þat lay bi hire in þe bed: No ferlike þou she were adred. Þouthe she, “wat may this bi-mene! He beth heyma{n} yet, als y wene, 1260 He beth heyma{n} er he be ded:”-- [Sidenote: She sees a red cross on his shoulder, and hears an angel, saying,] On hise shuldre, of gold red She saw a swiþe noble croiz, Of an angel she herde a uoyz: 1264

[Footnote 60: MS. shere, _evidently miswritten for_ she were.]

[Footnote 61: MS. noþ.]

[Sidenote: [Fol. 211, col. 1.]] [Sidenote: “Goldborough, be not sad. Havelok shall be a king, and thou, queen.”] +“Goldeborw, lat þi sorwe be, For hauelok, þat haueþ spuset þe, He[62] kinges sone, and ki{n}ges eyr, Þat bike{n}neth þat croiz so fayr. 1268 It[63] bikenneth more, þat he shal Denemark haue{n}, and englond al; He shal ben king strong and stark Of engelond and denemark; 1272 Þat shal þu wit þin eyne sen, And þo shalt quen and leuedi ben!”

[Footnote 62: _Qu._ Is.]

[Footnote 63: MS. Iit.]

[Headnote: HAVELOK TELLS HER HIS STRANGE DREAM.]

[Sidenote: She rejoices, and kisses Havelok.] +Þanne she hauede herd the steuene Of þe angel uth of heuene, 1276 She was so fele siþes blithe, Þat she ne mithe hire ioie mythe; But hauelok sone anon she kiste, And he slep, and nouth ne wiste. 1280 Hwan þat aungel hauede seyd, [Sidenote: He awakes, and says he has had a dream.] Of his slep a-non he brayd, And seide, “le{m}ma{n}, slepes þou? A selkuth drem dremede me nou. 1284

[Headnote: SHE SAYS HAVELOK WILL BE A GREAT KING.]

+Herkne nou hwat me haueth met: [Sidenote: He dreamt he was on a high hill in Denmark, and began to possess all that country.] Me þouthe y was i{n} denemark set, But on on þe moste hil Þat eu{er}e yete kam i til. 1288 It was so hey, þat y wel mouthe Al þe werd se, als me þouthe. Als i sat up-on þat lowe, I bigan denemark for to awe, 1292 Þe borwes, and þe castles stronge; And mine armes were{n} so lo{n}ge, That i fadmede, al at ones, denemark, with mine lo{n}ge bones; 1296 And þa{n}ne y wolde mine armes drawe Til me, and hom for to haue, [Sidenote: All things in Denmark cleaved to his arms.] Al that euere in denemark liueden On mine armes faste clyueden; 1300 And þe stronge castles alle On knes bigunne{n} for to falle, Þe keyes felle{n} at mine fet:-- [Sidenote: He also dreamt that he went to England, and that became his too.] Anoþer drem dremede me ek, 1304 Þat ich fley ouer þe salte se Til engeland, and al with me Þat euere was in denemark lyues, But bo{n}deme{n}, and here wiues, 1308 And þat ich kom til engelond, [Sidenote: [Fol. 211, col. 2.]] Al closede it i{n}til min hond, And, goldeborw, y gaf [it] þe:-- Deus! le{m}man, hwat may þis be?” 1312 Sho answerede, and seyde sone: “Ih{es}u c{ri}st, þat made mone, Þine dremes t{ur}ne to ioye; Þat wite þw that sittes i{n} trone! 1316 [Sidenote: She says, he will be king of England and Denmark.] Ne non stro{n}g ki{n}g, ne caysere, So þou shalt be, fo[r] þou shalt bere In engelond corune yet; Denemark shal knele to þi fet; 1320 Alle þe castles þat aren þer-inne, Shal-tow, le{m}man, ful wel winne. I woth, so wel so ich it sowe, To þe shole come{n} heye and lowe, 1324 [Sidenote: “All men in Denmark shall come to thee.] And alle þat in denemark wone, Em and broþer, fader and sone, Erl and baroun, dreng an kayn, Knithes, and burgeys, and sweyn; 1328 And mad king heyelike and wel, Denemark shal be þin euere-ilc del. Haue þou nouth þer-offe douthe Nouth þe worth, of one nouthe; 1332 Þer-offe with-i{n}ne þe firste yer [Sidenote: Thou shalt be king within the year.] Shalt þou ben king, of euere-il del. But do nou als y wile rathe, Nim in with þe to denema[r]k baþe, 1336 And do þou nouth onfrest þis fare, Lith and selthe felawes are. For shal ich neuere bliþe be Til i with eyen denemark se; 1340 For ich woth, þat al þe lond Shalt þou haue{n} in þin hon[d]. [Sidenote: Pray Grim’s sons to go with you to Denmark.] Prey grimes sones alle þre, That he wenden forþ with þe; 1344 I wot, he wilen þe nouth werne, With þe wende shule{n} he yerne, For he loue{n} þe herte-like, Þou maght til he aren quike, 1348 Hwore so he o worde aren; [Sidenote: Go at once.] Þere ship þou do he{m} swithe yare{n}, [Sidenote: Delays are dangerous.”] And loke þat þou dwelle{n} nouth: Dwelling haueth ofte scaþe wrouth.” 1352

[Headnote: HAVELOK PRAYS FOR VENGEANCE ON GODARD.]

+Hwan Hauelok herde þat she radde, Sone it was day, sone he him cladde, [Sidenote: [Fol. 211b, col. 1.]] And sone to þe kirke yede, Or he dide ani oþer dede, 1356 And bifor þe rode biga{n} falle, Croiz and crist bi[gan] to kalle, [Sidenote: Havelok prays for success, and for vengeance on his foe, who had caused him to be a beggar.] And seyde, “louerd, þat al weldes, Wind and wat{er}, wodes and feldes, 1360 For the holi milce of you, Haue m{er}ci of me, louerd, nou! And wreke me yet on mi fo, Þat ich saw biforn min eyne slo 1364 Mine sistres, with a knif, And siþen wolde me mi lyf Haue reft, for in the [depe] se Bad he grim haue drenched me. 1368 He [hath] mi lond with mikel vn-Rith, With michel wro{n}g, with mikel plith, For i ne[64] misdede him neu{er}e nouth, And haued me to sorwe brouth. 1372 He haueth me do mi mete to þigge, And ofte in sorwe and pine ligge. Louerd, haue m{er}ci of me, And late [me] wel passe þe se, 1376 [Sidenote: He prays for a fair passage across the sea.] Þat ihc haue ther-offe douthe and kare, With-uten stormes ouer-fare, Þat y ne dre{n}ched [be] þer-ine, Ne forfaren for no sinne. 1380 And bringge me wel to þe lond, Þat godard haldes in his hond; Þat is mi Rith, eueri del: Ih{es}u c{ri}st, þou wost it wel!” 1384

[Footnote 64: MS. ine.]

+Þa{n}ne he hauede his bede seyd, [Sidenote: He leaves his offering on the altar.] His offrende on þe auter leyd, His leue at ih{es}u c{ri}st he tok, And at his suete moder ok, 1388 And at þe croiz, þat he biforn lay, Siþe{n} yede sore grotinde awey.

[Headnote: HAVELOK ADDRESSES GRIM’S THREE SONS.]

[Sidenote: He finds Grim’s sons ready to fish.] [65]+Hwa{n} he com hom, he wore yare, Grimes sones, forto fare 1392 In-to þe se, fishes to gete, Þat hauelok mithe wel of ete. But auelok þouthe al anoþer, [Sidenote: Havelok calls Grim’s three sons.] First he ka[l]de þe heldeste broþer, 1396 Roberd þe rede, bi his name,

[Headnote: HE ASKS THEM TO GO WITH HIM TO DENMARK.]

Wiliam wenduth, and h[uwe r]aue{n},[66] Grimes sones alle þre, [Sidenote: [Fol. 211b, col. 2.]] And sey[d]e, “liþes nou alle to me, 1400 Lou{er}dinges, ich wile you sheue, A þing of me þat ye wel knewe. [Sidenote: He says, “My father was king of Denmark.] Mi fader was king of denshe lond, Denemark was al in his hond 1404 Þe day þat he was quik and ded; But þa{n}ne hauede he wicke red, Þat he me, and denemark al, [Sidenote: He left me and my sisters in charge of a foul fiend, who slew my sisters, and bade Grim drown me.] And mine sistres bi-tawte a þral: 1408 A deueles lime [he] hus bitawte, And al his lond, and al hise authe. For y saw that fule fend Mine sistres slo with hise hend; 1412 First he shar a-two here þrotes, And siþen [karf] hem al to grotes, And siþen bad [he] in þe se Grim, youre fader, dre{n}che{n} me. 1416 Deplike dede he him swere On bok, þat he sholde me bere Vnto þe se, an dre{n}chen ine, And [he][66*] wolde take{n} on him þe sinne. 1420 [Sidenote: But Grim was wise.] But grim was wis, and swiþe hende, Wolde he nouth his soule shende; Leuere was him to be for-sworen, Þan dre{n}chen me, and ben for-lorn; 1424 But sone biga{n} he forto fle [Sidenote: He fled from Denmark with me, and took care of me.] Fro denemark, forto ber_w_en[67] me, For yif[68] ich hauede þer ben fu{n}den, Hauede ben slayn, or harde bunde{n}, 1428 And heye ben henged on a tre, Hauede go for him gold ne fe. For-þi fro denemark hider he fledde, And me ful fayre and ful wel fedde, 1432 So þat vn-to þis [ilke] day, Haue ich ben fed and fostred ay. But nou ich am up to þat helde Cume{n}, that ich may wepne welde, 1436 And y may grete di{n}tes yeue, [Sidenote: And now, I must go to Denmark.] Shal i neuere hwil ich lyue Ben glad, til that ich denemark se; [Sidenote: Go with me, and I will make you rich men.”] I preie you þat ye wende with me, 1440 And ich may mak you riche men, Ilk of you shal haue castles ten, And þe lond þat þor-til longes, Borwes, tunes, wodes and wo{n}ges.”[69] 1444

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[Footnote 65: In the MS. the Capital letter is prefixed to the next line.]

[Footnote 66: MS. haue{n}. Cf. ll. 1868, 2528. Only an assonance, not a rime, seems intended.]

[Footnote 66*: Word added by editor: see Emendations.]

[Footnote 67: MS. berƿen, _the A.S. _w_ being used here._ Cf. l. 697.]

[Footnote 68: MS. yif.]

[Footnote 69: A folio has here been cut out of the MS., containing 180 lines. The missing portion must have been to this effect. “To this they gladly assented; and Havelok, accompanied by his wife Goldeborw and the sons of Grim, set sail for Denmark. Disembarking, they travel till they reach the castle of a great Danish earl, named Ubbe, who had formerly been a close friend to king Birkabeyn. Havelok begs that he will allow him to live in that part of the country, and to gain a livelihood by trading.”]

[Headnote: HAVELOK GIVES UBBE A GOLD RING.]

[Sidenote: [Fol. 212, col. 1.]] “With swilk als ich byen shal: Þer-of bi-seche you nou leue; [Sidenote: Havelok asks Ubbe to give him leave to buy and sell there.] Wile ich speke with non oþer reue, But with þe, þat iustise are, 1628 Þat y mithe seke{n}[70] mi ware In gode borwes up and doun, And faren ich wile fro tun to tun.” A gold ring drow he forth anon, 1632 An hundred pu{n}d was worth þe ston, [Sidenote: He gives Ubbe a gold ring.] And yaf it ubbe for to spede:-- He was ful wis þat first yaf mede, And so was hauelok ful wis here, 1636 [Sidenote: Dearly he sells it, all the same.] He solde his gold ring ful dere, Was neuere non so dere sold, For chapme{n}, neyþer yung ne old: Þat sholen[71] ye forthward ful wel here{n}, 1640 Yif þat ye wile þe storie heren.

[Footnote 70: _Qu._ sellen.]

[Footnote 71: MS. shoren.]

[Headnote: UBBE INVITES HAVELOK TO A FEAST.]

[Sidenote: Ubbe takes the ring, admires Havelok’s make and strength, and thinks he ought to be a knight, not a pedlar.] +Hwa{n} ubbe hauede þe gold ring, Hauede he youenet for no þing, Nouth for þe borw euere-il del:-- 1644 Hauelok bi-hel he swiþe wel, Hw he was wel of bones maked, Brod in þe sholdres, ful wel schaped, Þicke in þe brest, of bodi long; 1648 He semede wel to ben wel strong. “Deus!” hwat ubbe, “qui ne were he knith? I woth, þat he is swiþe with! Bet{er}e semede him to bere 1652 Helm on heued, sheld and sp{er}e, Þa{n}ne to beye and selle ware. Allas! þat he shal þer-with fare. Goddot! wile he trowe me, 1656 Chaffare shal he late be.” Neþeles he seyde sone: [Sidenote: “Havelok, bring your wife, and come and eat with me.”] “Hauelok, haue [þou] þi bone, And y ful wel rede þ[e] 1660 Þat þou come, and ete with me To-day, þou, and þi fayre wif, Þat þou louest also þi lif. And haue þou of hire no drede, 1664 Shal hire no man shame bede. Bi þe fey that y owe to þe, Þerof shal i me serf-borw be.”

[Headnote: UBBE TAKES A GREAT FANCY TO HAVELOK.]

+Hauelok herde þat he bad, 1668 And thow was he ful sore drad, [Sidenote: [Fol. 212, col. 2.]] With him to ete, for hise wif; [Sidenote: Havelok fears ill may come of it.] For him wore leuere þat his lif Him wore reft, þan she i{n} blame 1672 Felle, or lauthe ani shame. Hwa{n}ne he hauede his wille _w_at,[72] Þe stede, þat he onne sat, [Sidenote: But Ubbe rides away, saying, “Mind that you come.”] Smot ubbe with spures faste, 1676 And forth awey, but at þe laste, Or he fro him ferde, Seyde he, þat his folk herde: “Loke þat ye come{n} beþe, 1680 For ich it wile, and ich it rede.”

[Footnote 72: MS. _either_ þat _or_ ƿat.]

[Headnote: UBBE SENDS HAVELOK TO BERNARD.]

[Sidenote: Havelok dares not refuse.] +Hauelok ne durste, þe he were adrad, Nouth with-sitte{n} þat ubbe bad; His wif he dide with him lede, 1684 Vn-to þe heye curt he y[e]de.[73] [Sidenote: Robert the Red leads Goldborough.] Roberd hire ledde, þat was red, Þat hau[ed]e þarned[73*] for hire þe ded Or ani hauede hire misseyd, 1688 Or hand with iuele onne leyd. [Sidenote: William Wendut is on the other side of her.] Willam wendut was þat oþer Þat hire ledde, roberdes broþer, Þat was with at alle nedes: 1692 Wel is him þat god ma{n} fedes! Þan he were{n} come{n} to þe halle, Biforen ubbe, and hise me{n} alle, [Sidenote: Ubbe starts up to welcome them.] Vbbe stirte hem ageyn, 1696 And mani a knith, and mani a sweyn, Hem for to se, and forto shewe; Þo stod hauelok als a lowe [Sidenote: Havelok is a head taller than any of them.] Aboven [þo] þat þer-i{n}ne wore, 1700 Rith al bi þe heued more Þa{n}ne ani þat þer-inne stod: Þo was ubbe bliþe of mod, Þat he saw him so fayr and he{n}de, 1704 Fro him ne mithe his herte we{n}de, Ne fro him, ne fro his wif; He louede hem sone so his lif. [Sidenote: Ubbe loves Havelok better than any one else.] Were{n} non i{n} denemark, þat him þouthe, 1708 Þat he so mikel loue mouthe; More he louede hauelok one, Þan al denemark, bi mine wone! Loke nou, hw god helpen kan 1712 O mani wise wif and man.

[Footnote 73: MS. yde.]

[Footnote 73* (from Emendations): “_þarned_ is an error of the scribe for _þoled_; see the Glossary.”]

+Hwan it was come{n} time to ete, [Sidenote: [Fol. 212b, col. 1.]] Hise wif dede ubbe sone in fete, And til hire seyde, al on game{n}: 1716 [Sidenote: Ubbe’s wife is to eat with Havelok, and Goldborough with Ubbe.] “Dame, þou and hauelok shule{n} ete same{n}, And goldeboru shal ete wit me, Þat is so fayr so flour on tre; In al denemark nis[74, 74*] wimma{n} 1720 So fayr so sche, bi seint iohan!” Þa{n}ne [he] were set, and bord leyd, And þe beneysun was seyd, [Sidenote: There were cranes, swans, venison, fish, and wines.] Biforn he{m} com þe beste mete 1724 Þat king or cayser wolde ete; Kranes, swa{n}nes, ueneysun, Lax, lampreys, and god sturgun, Pyme{n}t to drinke, and god clare, 1728 Win hwit and red, ful god plente. Was þer-inne no page so lite, Þat euere wolde ale bite. Of þe mete forto tel, 1732 [Sidenote: No need to tell it all.] Ne of þe metes[75] bidde[75*] i nout dwelle; Þat is þe storie for to lenge, It wolde anuye þis fayre genge. [Sidenote: When the feast is over, Ubbe thinks he must let them have an escort.] But hwan he haueden þe kiwing[76] de[y]led,[76*] 1736 And fele siþes hauede{n} wosseyled, And with gode drinkes sete{n} longe, And it was time for to gonge, Il man to þer he cam fro, 1740 Þouthe ubbe, “yf I late hem go, Þus one foure, with-uten mo, So mote ich brouke finger or to, For þis wi{m}ma{n} bes mike wo! 1744 For hire shal me{n} hire louerd slo.” He tok sone knithes ten, And wel sixti oþer men, Wit gode bowes, and with gleiues, 1748 And sende him unto þe greyues, [Sidenote: He sends them to Bernard Brown, and bids him take care of them till next day.] Þe beste ma{n} of al þe toun, Þat was named b{er}nard brun; And bad him, als he louede his lif, 1752 Hauelok wel y[e]men,[77] and his wif, And wel do wayten al þe nith, Til þe oþer day, þat it were lith. Bernard was trewe, and swiþe with, 1756 In al þe borw ne was no knith Þat betere couþe on stede riden, Helm on heued, ne swerd bi side. [Sidenote: [Fol. 212b, col. 2.]] [Sidenote: Bernard provides a rich supper for Havelok.] Hauelok he gladlike under-stod, 1760 With mike loue, and herte god, And dide greyþe a super riche, Also he was no with chinche, To his bihoue euer-il del, 1764 Þat he mithe supe swiþe wel.

[Footnote 74: MS. is.]

[Footnote 74* (from Emendations): “Perhaps we should rather read--_is womman_ [_non_].”]

[Footnote 75: _Qu._ win.]

[Footnote 75* (from Emendations): “_Bidde_ must mean _offer_, rather than _bid_ (as in the Glossary); unless it be miswritten for _bide_ = tarry.”]

[Footnote 76: Uncertain in MS. See note.]

[Footnote 76*: Changed by editor from “deled”: see Emendations.]

[Footnote 77: MS. ymen.]

[Headnote: A GANG OF THIEVES BESET BERNARD’S HOUSE.]

[Sidenote: At suppertime sixty-one thieves come to the house, and bid Bernard open the door.] +Also he seten, and sholde soupe, So comes a ladde in a ioupe, And with him sixti oþer stronge, 1768 With swerdes drawen, and kniues lo{n}ge, Ilkan i{n} hande a ful god gleiue, And seyde, “undo, b{er}nard þe greyue! Vndo swiþe, and latus[78] in, 1772

[Headnote: THREE OF THE THIEVES ATTACK HAVELOK.]

Or þu art ded, bi seint austin!” [Sidenote: Bernard starts up, arms himself, and tells them to go away.] Bernard stirt up, þat was ful big, And caste a brinie up-on his rig, And grop an ax,[79] þat was ful god, 1776 Lep to þe dore, so he wore wod, And seyde, “hwat are ye, þat are þer-oute, Þat þus bigi{n}ne{n} forto stroute? Goth he{n}ne swiþe, fule þeues, 1780 For, bi þe louerd, þat ma{n} on leues, Shol ich casten þe dore open, Su{m}me of you shal ich drepen! And þe oþre shal ich kesten 1784 In fet{er}es, and ful faste festen!” [Sidenote: They defy him.] “Hwat haue ye seid,” quoth a ladde, “Wenestu þat we ben adradde? We shole at þis dore gonge 1788 Maugre þin, carl, or outh longe.” [Sidenote: They break the door open with a boulder.] He gripe{n} sone a bulder ston, And let it fleye, ful god won, Agen þe dore, þat it to-rof: 1792 Auelok it saw, and þider drof, [Sidenote: Havelok seizes the bar of the door, and says, “Come here to me.”] And þe barre sone vt-drow, Þat was unride, and gret ynow, And caste þe dore open wide, 1796 And seide, “her shal y now abide: Comes swiþe vn-to me![80] Datheyt hwo you he{n}ne fle!” “No,” quodh on, “þat shaltou coupe,” 1800 And bigan til him to loupe, [Sidenote: Three men attack Havelok.] In his hond is swerd ut-drawe, Hauelok he wende þore haue slawe; And with [him] comen oþer two, 1804 [Sidenote: [Fol. 213, col. 1.]] Þat him wolde of liue haue do.

[Headnote: HAVELOK SLAYS SEVEN OF THE THIEVES.]

Hauelok lifte up þe dore-tre, [Sidenote: He kills them all.] And at a dint he slow he{m} þre; Was non of hem þat his h{er}nes 1808 Ne lay þer-ute ageyn þe sternes. [Sidenote: A fourth he knocks down with a blow on the head.] Þe ferþe þat he siþen mette, Wit þe barre so he him grette, Bifor þe heued, þat þe rith eye 1812 Vt of þe hole made he fleye, And siþe clapte him on þe crune, So þat he stan-ded fel þor dune. [Sidenote: A fifth he hits between the shoulders.] Þe fifte þat he ouer-tok, 1816 Gaf he a ful sor dint[e] ok, Bitwen þe sholdres, þer he stod, Þat he spen his herte blod. [Sidenote: A sixth he smites on the neck.] Þe sixte wende for to fle, 1820 And he clapte him with þe tre Rith in þe fule necke so, Þat he smot hise necke on to. Þa{n}ne þe sixe weren doun feld, 1824 [Sidenote: A seventh aims at Havelok’s eye.] Þe seuenþe brayd ut his swerd, And wolde hauelok Riht i{n} the eye; And haue{lok} le[t þe][81] barre fleye, [Sidenote: Havelok kills him.] And smot him sone ageyn þe brest, 1828 Þat hauede he neu{er}e sch[r]ifte of p{re}st; For he was ded on lesse hwile, Þan me{n} mouthe re{n}ne a mile. [Sidenote: The rest divide into two parties, and rush at him like dogs at a bear.] Alle þe oþere were{n} ful kene, 1832 A red þei taken hem bi-twene, þat he sholde him bi-halue, And brise{n} so, þat wit no salue Ne sholde him helen leche non: 1836 Þey drowen ut swerdes, ful god won, And shoten on him, so don on bere Dogges, þat wolden him to-tere, Þa{n}ne men doth þe bere beyte: 1840 Þe laddes were kaske and teyte, And vn-bi-yeden him ilkon, Su{m} smot with tre, and su{m} wit ston; Su{m}me putte{n} with gleyue, i{n} bac and side, 1844 [Sidenote: They wound Havelok in twenty places.] And yeue{n} wundes longe and wide; In twenti stedes, and wel mo, Fro þe croune til the to. Hwan he saw þat, he was wod, 1848 And was it ferlik hw he stod, [Sidenote: [Fol. 213, col. 2.]] For the blod ran of his sides So water þat fro þe welle glides; But þa{n}ne bigan he for to mowe 1852 With the barre, and let hem shewe, Hw he cowþe sore smite, [Sidenote: He at last succeeds in killing twenty of them.] For was þer non, long ne lite, Þat he Mouthe ouer-take, 1856 Þat he ne garte his croune krake; So þat on a litel stund, Felde he twenti to þe grund.

[Footnote 78: _Sic_ in MS.]

[Footnote 79: MS. ar; _but see_ l. 1894.]

[Footnote 80: MS. vnto me datheit,--evidently the repetition of the first word in the succeeding line.]

[Footnote 81: _Qu._ Hauelok let the. MS. “haue le.”]

[Headnote: THE THIEVES SHOOT AT HIM FROM A DISTANCE.]

[Sidenote: They throw stones at him.] +Þo bigan gret dine to rise, 1860 For þe laddes on ilke wise Him asaylede{n} wit grete dintes, Fro fer he stoden, him with flintes And gleyues schote{n} him fro ferne, 1864 For drepen him he wolden yerne; But durste{n} he newhe{n} him no more, Þa{n}ne he bor or leu{n} wore.

[Headnote: HUGH AND THE REST COME TO THE RESCUE.]