[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_.]