+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.]