Part 11

[Sidenote: Hugh Raven hears the noise, and comes to help.] +Huwe raue{n} þat dine herde, 1868 And þowthe wel, þat me{n} mis-ferde With his louerd, for his wif, And grop an ore, and a long knif, And þider drof al so an hert, 1872 And cham þer on a litel stert, And saw how þe laddes wode Hauelok his louerd umbistode, And bete{n} on him so doth þe smith 1876 With þe hamer on þe stith.

+“Allas!” hwat hwe, “þat y was bore{n}! Þat eu{er}e et ich bred of koren! Þat ich here þis sorwe se! 1880 [Sidenote: Hugh calls out to Robert and William.] Roberd! willam! hware ar ye? Gripeth eþer unker a god tre, And late we nouth þise doges fle, Til ure louerd wreke [we]; 1884 Cometh swiþe, and folwes me! Ich haue in honde a ful god ore: Datheit wo ne smite sore!” [Sidenote: Robert comes to the rescue, and William too, and Bernard.] “Ya! leue, ya!” quod roberd sone, 1888 “We haue{n} ful god lith of þe mone.” Roberd grop a staf, strong and gret, Þat mouthe ful wel bere a net, And willam wendut grop a tre 1892 Mikel grettere þan his þe,[82] And b{er}nard held his ax ful faste; [Sidenote: [Fol. 213b, col. 1.]] I seye, was he nouth þe laste; And lopen forth so he weren wode 1896 To þe laddes, þer he stode, And yaf hem wundes swiþe grete; [Sidenote: They fight with the thieves.] Þer mithe men wel se boyes bete, And ribbes in here sides breke, 1900 And hauelok on hem wel wreke. He broken armes, he broken knes, He broken shankes, he broke{n} thes. He dide þe blode þere re{n}ne dune 1904 To þe fet rith fro the crune, [Sidenote: No head was spared.] For was þer spared heued non: He leyden on heuedes, ful god won, And made croune[s] breke and crake, 1908 Of þe broune, and of þe blake; [Sidenote: He made their backs as soft as their bellies.] He made{n} here backes al so bloute Als h[{er}]e[83] wombes, and made he{m} rowte Als he weren kradelbarnes: 1912 So dos þe child þat moder þarnes.

[Footnote 82: MS. þre, _the _r_ being caught from the word above._ Cf. l. 1903.]

[Footnote 83: _Qu._ here. MS. he.]

[Headnote: ALL THE SIXTY THIEVES ARE SLAIN.]

+Daþeit _w_o[84] recke! for he it s{er}uede, Hwat dide he þore were{n} he werewed; So longe hauede{n} he but and bet 1916 With neues under hernes set, [Sidenote: All sixty assailants are slain.] Þat of þo sixti men and on Ne wente þer awey liues non.

[Footnote 84: MS. “ƿe,” clearly miswritten for “ƿo” or “wo.” See ll. 2047, 296, 300, &c.]

[Headnote: UBBE ASKS BERNARD WHAT HAS HAPPENED.]

[Sidenote: At morn, there they lay like dogs.] +ON þe morwe{n}, h_w_an[85] it was day, 1920 Ilc on other wirwed lay, Als it were dogges þat were{n} he{n}ged, And su{m}me leye i{n} dikes slenget, And su{m}me in gripes bi þe her 1924 Drawen ware, and lat{en} ther. Sket cam tiding intil ubbe, Þat hauelok hauede with a clubbe Of hise slawen sixti and on 1928 Sergaunz, þe beste þat mithe{n} gon. [Sidenote: Ubbe comes to see what is the matter.] “Deus!” quoth ubbe, “hwat may þis be! Bet{er}e his i nime[86] miself and se, Þat þis baret on hwat is wold, 1932 Þa{n}ne i sende yunge or old. For yif i sende him un-to, I wene me{n} sholde him shame do, And þat ne wolde ich for no þing: 1936 I loue him wel, bi heuene king! Me wore leuere i wore lame, Þa{n}ne men dide him ani shame, [Sidenote: [Fol. 213b, col. 2.]] Or tok, or onne handes leyde, 1940 Vn-ornelike,[87] or same seyde.” He lep up on a stede lith, And with him mani a noble knith, And ferde forth un-to þe tun, 1944 [Sidenote: He calls for Bernard Brown.] And dide calle b{er}nard brun Vt of his hus, wan he þer cam; And b{er}nard sone ageyn [him] nam, Al to-tused and al to-torn, 1948 Ner also naked so he was born, And al to-brised, bac and þe: [Sidenote: Ubbe asks who has beaten him about so?] Quoth ubbe, “b{er}nard, hwat is þe? Hwo haues þe þus ille maked, 1952 Þus to-riue{n}, and al mad naked?”

[Footnote 85: MS. “hhan,” miswritten for “hƿan,” from which it differs very slightly.]

[Footnote 86: MS. inime.]

[Footnote 87: MS. Vn ornelſke; _but _ſ_ should certainly be _i_._]

[Headnote: BERNARD RELATES HAVELOK’S PROWESS.]

[Sidenote: “Sixty thieves attacked me last night.] +“Louerd,[88] m{er}ci,” quot he sone, “To-nicht also ros þe mone Come{n} her mo þan sixti þeues, 1956 With lokene copes, and wide sleues, Me forto robben, and to pine, And for to drepe me and mine. Mi dore he broken up ful sket, 1960 And wolde me binden hond and fet. Wan þe godeme{n} þat sawe, [Sidenote: Havelok and his friends drove them off.] Hauelok, and he þat bi þe wowe Leye, he stirte{n} up sone on-on, 1964 And su{m}me grop tre, and su{m} grop ston, And driue he{m} ut, þei he were{n} crus, So dogges ut of milne-hous. Hauelok grop þe dore-tre, 1968 And [at] a dint he slow he{m} thre. He is þe beste ma{n} at nede, Þat eu{er}e mar shal ride stede! Als helpe god, bi mine wone, 1972 [Sidenote: He is worth a thousand men.] A þhousend of me{n} his he worth one! Yif he ne were, ich were nou ded, So haue ich don Mi soule red; But it is hof him mikel sinne; 1976 He made{n} him swilke woundes þri{n}ne, Þat of þe alþer-leste wounde Were a stede brouht to grunde. [Sidenote: He has some bad wounds, more than twenty.] He haues a wunde i{n} the side, 1980 With a gleyue, ful un-ride, And he haues on þoru his arum, Þer-of is ful mikel haru{m}, [Sidenote: [Fol. 214, col. 1.]] And he haues on þoru his þhe, 1984 Þe vn-rideste þat men may se, And oþe[r] wundes haues he stro{n}ge, Mo than twenti swiþe longe. But siþen he hauede lauth þe sor 1988 Of þe wundes, was neuere bor Þat so fauth so he fauth þa{n}ne; Was non þat hauede þe hern-panne So hard, þat he ne dede alto-cruhsse, 1992 And alto-shiuere, and alto-frusshe. [Sidenote: He followed them like a dog does a hare.] He folwede he{m} so hund dos hare, Daþeyt on he wolde spare, Þat [he] ne made he{m} euerilk on 1996 Ligge stille so doth þe ston: And þer nis he nouth to frie, For oþer sholde he make hem lye Ded, or þei him hauede slawen, 2000 Or alto-hewen, or al-to-drawen.

[Footnote 88: MS. Iouerd.]

+Louerd, haui no more plith Of þat ich was þus greþed to-nith. Þus wolde þe theues me haue reft, 2004 But god-þank, he hauenet sure keft. [Sidenote: But I fear Havelok is all but dead.”] But it is of him mikel scaþe: I woth þat he bes ded ful raþe.”

[Headnote: THE OTHERS CONFIRM BERNARD’S STORY.]

+Quoth ubbe, “b{er}nard, seyst þou soth?” 2008 “Ya, sire, that i ne[89] lepe oth. Yif y, louerd, a word leye, To-morwen do me hengen heye.” [Sidenote: The rest confirm Bernard’s story.] Þe burgeys þat þer-bi stode þore, 2012 Grundlike and grete oþes swore, Litle and mikle, yunge and holde, Þat was soth, þat b{er}nard tolde. Soth was, þat he wolde{n} him bynde, 2016 And trusse al þat he mithen fynde Of hise, in arke or in kiste, Þat he mouthe i{n} seckes þriste. [Sidenote: “The thieves wanted to steal all he had.] “Louerd, he hauede{n} al awey born 2020 His þing, and him-self alto-torn, But als god self barw him wel, Þat he ne tinte no catel. Hwo mithe so mani sto{n}de ageyn, 2024 Bi nither-tale, knith or swein? He were{n} bi tale sixti and ten, Starke laddes, stalworþi men, [Sidenote: They were led on by one G[r]iffin Gall.”] And on, þe mayster of he{m} alle, 2028 Þat was þe name giffin[90] galle. [Sidenote: [Fol. 214, col. 2.]] Hwo mouthe agey[{n}][91] so mani sto{n}de, But als þis ma{n} of f{er}ne londe Haueth he{m} slawe{n} with a tre? 2032 Mikel ioie haue he! God yeue him mikel god to welde, Boþe in tun, and ek in felde! We[l][92] is set he etes mete.” 2036 [Sidenote: Ubbe sends for Havelok, to dub him knight.] Quoth ubbe, “doth him swiþe fete, Þat y mouthe his woundes se, Yf that he mouthe{n} heled[93] be. For yf he mouthe couere yet, 2040 And gange{n} wel up-on hise fet, Mi-self shal dubbe him to knith, For-þi þat he is so with. And yif he liuede, þo foule theues, 2044 Þat were{n} of kaym kin and eues, He sholden hange bi þe necke; Of here ded daþeit wo recke, Hwan he yeden þus on nithes 2048 To binde boþe burgme{n} and knithes. For bynderes loue ich neuere mo, Of hem ne yeue ich nouht a slo.”

[Footnote 89: MS. ine.]

[Footnote 90: _Qu._ griffin.]

[Footnote 91: MS. agey.]

[Footnote 92: Cf. ll. 772, 907.]

[Footnote 93: MS. holed. See l. 2058.]

[Headnote: UBBE SENDS FOR HAVELOK AND TAKES HIM TO HIS CASTLE.]

[Sidenote: Havelok is brought before Ubbe.] +Hauelok was bifore ubbe browth, 2052 Þat hauede for him ful mikel þouth, And mikel sorwe in his herte For hise wundes, þat we[r] so smerte.

+But hwa{n} his wundes were{n} shewed, 2056 [Sidenote: A leech says he can be healed.] And a leche hauede knawed, Þat he hem mouthe ful wel hele, Wel make him gange, and ful wel mele, And wel a palefrey bistride, 2060 And wel up-on a stede ride, Þo let ubbe al his care And al his sorwe ouer-fare; [Sidenote: Ubbe invites him and Goldborough to his own castle.] And seyde, “cu{m} now forth with me, 2064 And goldeboru, þi wif, with þe, And þine seriaunz al þre, For nou wile y youre warant be; Wile y non of here frend 2068 Þat þu slowe with þin hend Moucte wayte þe [to] slo, Also þou gange to and fro. I shal lene þe a bowr, 2072 Þat is up in þe heye tour, Til þou mowe ful wel go, [Sidenote: [Fol. 214b, col. 1.]] And wel ben hol of al þi wo. It ne shal no þing be{n} bitwene 2076 Þi bour and min, also y wene, But a fayr firrene wowe;-- Speke y loude, or spek y lowe, Þou shalt[94] ful wel heren me, 2080 And þan þu wilt, þou shalt me se. [Sidenote: He promises to protect Goldborough.] A rof shal hile us boþe o-nith, Þat none of mine, clerk ne knith, Ne sholen þi wif no shame bede, 2084 No more þan min, so god me rede!”

[Footnote 94: MS. sahalt; _and the second a is expuncted by mistake, instead of the first_.]

[Headnote: UBBE SEES THE MIRACULOUS LIGHT / WHICH ISSUES FROM HAVELOK’S MOUTH.]

+HE dide un-to þe borw bringe Sone anon, al with ioynge, His wif, and his serganz þre, 2088 Þe beste men þat mouthe be. [Sidenote: The first night, about midnight, Ubbe wakes and sees a great light.] Þe firste nith he lay þer-inne, Hise wif, and his serganz þrinne, Aboute þe middel of þe nith 2092 Wok ubbe, and saw a mikel lith In þe bour þat hauelok lay, Also brith so it were day.

[Sidenote: Ubbe says he must go and see what it means.] +“Deus!” quoth ubbe, “hwat may þis be? 2096 Bet{er}e is i go miself, and se: Hweþer he sitte{n} nou, and wesseyle{n}, Or of ani shotshipe to-deyle, Þis tid nithes, also foles; 2100 Þan birþe men caste{n} hem i{n} poles, Or in a grip, or in þe fen: Nou ne sitten none but wicke men, Glotuns, reu[e]res, or wicke þeues, 2104 Bi c{ri}st, þat alle folk onne leues!”

[Sidenote: He peeps in, and sees them all asleep.] +He stod, and totede i{n} at a bord, Her he spak anilepi word, And saw hem slepen faste ilkon, 2108 And lye stille so þe ston; And saw al þat mikel lith Fro hauelok cam, þat was so brith. [Sidenote: The light issues from Havelok’s mouth.] Of his mouth it com il del, 2112 Þat was he war ful swiþe wel. “Deus!” quoth he, “hwat may þis mene!” He calde boþe arwe me{n} and kene, Knithes, and serganz swiþe sleie, 2116 Mo þan an hundred, with-ute{n} leye, And bad hem alle come{n} and se, Hwat þat selcuth mithe be.

[Headnote: THE LIGHT SHOWS THAT HAVELOK IS THE HEIR.]

[Sidenote: [Fol. 214b, col. 2.]] +Als þe knithes were come{n} alle, 2120 Þer hauelok lay, ut of þe halle, So stod ut of his mouth a glem, Rith al swilk so þe sunne-bem; [Sidenote: The light is like that of 107 candles.] Þat al so lith wa[s] þare, bi heuene! 2124 So þer brenden serges seuene, And an hundred serges ok: Þat durste hi sweren on a bok. He slepen faste alle fiue, 2128 So he weren brouth of liue; [Sidenote: Havelok and Goldborough are fast asleep.] And hauelok lay on his lift side, In his armes his brithe bride. Bi þe pappes he leyen naked: 2132 So faire two weren neuere maked In a bed to lyen samen:-- Þe knithes þouth of hem god game{n}, Hem forto shewe, and loken to. 2136 Rith also he stode{n} alle so, And his bac was toward he{m} we{n}d, [Sidenote: They see a bright cross on his back, denoting kingship.] So were{n} he war of a croiz ful gent, On his rith shuldre sw[iþ]e[95] brith, 2140 Brithter þan gold ageyn þe lith. So þat he wiste heye and lowe, Þat it was kunrik þat he sawe. It sparkede, and ful brith shon, 2144 So doth þe gode charbucle ston, [Sidenote: It was light enough to choose a penny by.] Þat men Mouthe se by þe lith, A peni chesen, so was it brith. Þa{n}ne bihelden he him faste, 2148 So þat he knewe{n} at þe laste, [Sidenote: They know he is Birkabeyn’s son and heir.] Þat he was birkabeynes sone, Þat was here king, þat was he{m} wone Wel to yeme, and wel were 2152 Ageynes uten-laddes here. “For it was neuere yet a broþer In al denemark so lich anoþer, So þis man þat is so fayr 2156 Als birkabeyn, he is hise eyr.”

[Footnote 95: MS. swe, _for_ swiþe. Cf. l. 1252.]

+He fellen sone at hise fet, [Sidenote: They weep for joy.] Was non of hem þat he ne gret, Of ioie he weren alle so fawen, 2160 So he him haueden of erþe drawe{n}. Hise fet he kisten an hundred syþes, Þe tos, þe nayles, and þe lithes, So þat he bigan to wakne,[96] 2164 [Sidenote: [Fol. 215, col. 1.]] And wit he{m} ful sore to blakne, For he wende he wolde{n} him slo, [Sidenote: Havelok wakes.] Or elles binde him, and do wo.

[Footnote 96: Here follows the catchword-- “And wit hem.”]

[Headnote: UBBE SAYS HAVELOK SHALL BE KING.]

[Sidenote: Ubbe offers homage to him, and says he shall be king of Denmark.] +Quoth ubbe, “louerd, ne dred þe nowth, 2168 Me þinkes that I se þi þouth. Dere sone, wel is me, Þat y þe with eyn[e][97] se. Man-red, louerd, bede y þe, 2172 Þi man auht i ful wel to be, For þu art come{n} of birkabeyn, Þat hauede mani knith and sweyn; And so shalt þou, louerd, haue, 2176 Þou þu be yet a ful yung knaue. Þou shalt be king of al denemark, Was þer-inne neu{er}e non so stark. To-morwen shaltu manrede take 2180 Of þe brune and of þe blake; Of alle þat aren in þis tun, Boþe of erl, and of barun, And of dreng, and of thayn, 2184 And of knith, and of sweyn. And so shaltu ben mad knith Wit blisse, for þou art so with.”

[Footnote 97: We find _eyne_ in ll. 680, 1273, &c.]

[Sidenote: Havelok is blithe, and thanks God.] +Þo was hauelok swiþe bliþe, 2188 And þankede God ful fele siþe. On þe morwen, wan it was lith, And gon was þist{er}nesse of þe nith, Vbbe dide up-on a stede 2192 A ladde lepe, and þider bede [Sidenote: Ubbe summons all his lords.] Erles, barouns, drenges, theynes, Klerkes, knithes, bu[r]geys,[98] sweynes, Þat he sholden comen a-non, 2196 Biforen him sone euerilkon, Also he loue{n} here liues, And here children, and here wiues.

[Footnote 98: MS. bugeyſ.]

[Headnote: UBBE RELATES HAVELOK’S HISTORY.]

[Sidenote: All come to receive his orders.] +Hise bode ne durste he non at-sitte, 2200 Þat he ne neme[99] for to wite Sone, hwat wolde þe iustise: And [he] bigan anon to rise, And seyde sone, “liþes me, 2204 Alle samen, þeu and fre. A þing ich wile you here shauwe, Þat ye[100] alle ful wel knawe. [Sidenote: Ubbe tells them about Birkabeyn, who commended his children to Godard;] Ye wite{n} wel, þat al þis lond 2208 Was i{n} birkabeynes hond, [Sidenote: [Fol. 215, col. 2.]] Þe day þat he was quic and ded; And how þat he, bi youre red, Bitauhte hise children þre 2212 Godard to yeme, and al his fe. Hauelok his sone he him tauhte, And hise two douhtres, and al his auhte, Alle herden ye him swere 2216 On bok, and on messe-gere, Þat he shulde yeme hem wel, With-uten lac, with-uten tel.

[Footnote 99: MS. meme; _miswritten for_ neme; _see_ ll. 1207, 1931.]

[Footnote 100: MS. he.]

[Sidenote: and how Godard slew the two girls, but had pity on the boy; but afterwards ordered Grim to drown him.] +He let his oth al ouer-go, 2220 Euere wurþe him yuel and wo! For[101] þe maydnes here lif Refte he boþen, with a knif, And him shulde ok haue slawe{n}, 2224 Þe knif was at his herte drawe{n}, But god him wolde wel haue saue, He hauede reunesse of þe knaue, So þat he with his hend 2228 Ne drop him nouth, þat sor[i] fend, But sone dide he a fishere Swiþe grete oþes swere, Þat he sholde drenchen him 2232 In þe se, þat was ful brim.

[Footnote 101: _Qu._ Fro.]

[Sidenote: But Grim fled with him to England.] +Hwan grim saw þat he was so fayr, And wiste he was þe Rith eir, Fro denemark ful sone he fledde 2236 In-til englond, and þer him fedde Mani winter, þat til þis day Haues he ben fed and fostred ay. [Sidenote: Then Ubbe shows Havelok to them all, and bids them swear fealty to him.] Lokes, hware he sto{n}des her: 2240 In al þis werd ne haues he per; Non so fayr, ne non so long, Ne non so mikel, ne non so stro{n}g. In þis middelerd nis no knith 2244 Half so strong, ne half so with. Bes of him ful glad and bliþe, And cometh alle hider swiþe, Manrede youre louerd forto make, 2248 Boþe brune and þe blake. I shal mi-self do first þe gamen, And ye siþen alle samen.”

[Headnote: UBBE DOES HOMAGE TO HAVELOK.]

[Sidenote: Ubbe swears fealty first.] +Oknes ful fayre he him sette, 2252 Mouthe noþing him þer-fro lette, And bi-cam is man Rith þare, Þat alle sawe{n} þat þere ware. [Sidenote: [Fol. 215b, col. 1.]]

[Sidenote: All the rest do the same.] +After him stirt up laddes ten, 2256 And bi-come{n} hise men;[102] And siþen euerilk a baroun, Þat euere weren i{n} al that toun; And siþen drenges, and siþe{n} thaynes, 2260 And siþen knithes, and siþe{n} sweynes; So þat, or þat day was gon, In al þe tun ne was nouth on Þat it ne was his man bicomen: 2264 Manrede of alle hauede he nomen.

[Footnote 102: A word is added in the MS. after _men_, apparently _beye_. Perhaps we should read: _hise heye men_.]

[Headnote: ALL SWEAR TO BE FAITHFUL TO HAVELOK.]

[Sidenote: Havelok makes them swear to be faithful to him always.] +Hwan he hauede of he{m} alle Manrede taken, i{n} the halle, Grundlike dide he hem swere, 2268 Þat he sholden him god feyth bere Ageynes alle þat woren on liue; Þer-yen ne wolde neuer on striue, Þat he ne made{n} sone þat oth, 2272 Riche and poure, lef and loth. Hwan þat was maked, sone he se{n}de, [Sidenote: Ubbe sends for all the sheriffs and constables.] Vbbe, writes fer and hende, After alle þat castel yemede, 2276 Burwes, tunes, sibbe an fremde, Þat þider sholde{n} come{n} swiþe Til him, and heren tiþandes bliþe, Þat he hem alle shulde telle: 2280 Of hem ne wolde neu{er}e on dwelle, Þat he ne come sone plattinde, Hwo hors ne hauede, com ga{n}ga{n}de. So þat with-i{n}ne a fourtenith, 2284 In al denemark ne was no knith, Ne conestable, ne shireue, Þat com of adam and of eue, [Sidenote: They all come.] Þat he ne com biforn sire ubbe: 2288 He dredde{n} him so þhes[103] doth clubbe.

[Footnote 103: _Qu._ þes, _i.e._ thighs; or the spelling _þhes_ may be intentional; see l. 1984. But Sir F. Madden suggests _þeues_.]

[Sidenote: Ubbe shows Havelok to them all.] +Hwan he hauede{n} alle þe ki{n}g gret, And he weren alle dun set, Þo seyde ubbe, “lokes here, 2292 Vre louerd swiþe dere, Þat shal ben king of al þe lond, And haue us alle under hond. For he is birkabeynes sone, 2296 Þe king þat was vmbe stonde wone For to yeme, and wel were, Wit sharp[e][104] swerd, and lo{n}ge spere. [Sidenote: [Fol. 215b, col. 2.]] Lokes nou, hw he is fayr; 2300 Sikerlike he is hise eyr. Falles alle to hise fet, Bicomes hise men ful sket.” [Sidenote: All swear to obey Havelok.] He weren for ubbe swiþe adrad, 2304 And dide sone al þat he bad, And yet dede{n} he sumdel more, O bok ful grundlike he swore, Þat he sholde with him halde 2308 Boþe ageynes stille and bolde, Þat euere wo[l]de his bodi dere: Þat dide [he] hem o boke swere.

[Footnote 104: See l. 2645 for the final _e_.]

[Headnote: UBBE DUBS HAVELOK A KNIGHT.]

[Sidenote: Ubbe dubs Havelok a knight, and makes him king.] +Hwan he hauede ma{n}rede and oth 2312 Taken of lef and of loth, Vbbe dubbede him to knith, With a swerd ful swiþe brith, And þe folk of al þe lond 2316 Bitauhte him al in his hond, Þe cunnriche eu{er}il del, And made him king heylike and wel. Hwan he was king, þer mouthe me{n} se 2320 Þe moste ioie þat mouhte be: [Sidenote: Great joy and many sports.] Buttinge with sharpe sp{er}es, Skirming with taleuaces, þat me{n} beres, Wrastling with laddes, putti{n}g of ston, 2324 Harping and piping, ful god won, Leyk of mine, of hasard ok, Romanz reding on þe bok; Þer mouthe men here þe gestes singe, 2328 Þe gleymen on þe tabour dinge; [Sidenote: There is baiting of bulls and boars, and plenty of meat and wine.] Þer mouhte men se þe boles beyte, And þe bores, with hundes teyte; Þo mouthe men se eueril gleu, 2332 Þer mouthe me{n} se hw grim greu; Was neu{er}e yete ioie more In al þis werd, þan þo was þore. Þer was so mike[105] yeft of cloþes, 2336 Þat þou i swore you grete othes, I ne wore nouth þer-offe croud: Þat may i ful wel swere, bi god! Þere was swiþe gode metes, 2340 And of wyn, þat men fer fetes, Rith al so mik and gret plente, So it were water of þe se. Þe feste fourti dawes sat, 2344 [Sidenote: [Fol. 216, col. 1.]] So riche was neu{er}e non so þat. [Sidenote: The king makes Robert, William, and Hugh all barons.] Þe king made Roberd þere knith, Þat was ful strong, and ful with, And willa{m}, wendut het, his broþer, 2348 And huwe raue{n}, þat was þat oþer, And made hem barouns alle þre, And yaf hem lond, and oþer fe, So mikel, þat ilker twent[i] knihtes 2352 Hauede of genge, dayes and nithes.

[Footnote 105: See l. 2342.]

[Headnote: HAVELOK IS MADE KING OF DENMARK.]