[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.]