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.] +Hwan þat feste was al don, [Sidenote: A thousand knights accompany the king.] A thusand knihtes ful wel o bon With-held þe king, with hi{m} to lede; 2356 Þat ilkan hauede ful god stede, Helm, and sheld, and brinie brith, And al þe wepne þat fel to knith. [Sidenote: and five thousand sergeants.] With he{m} fiue thusand gode 2360 Sergaunz, þat were{n} to fyht wode, With-held he al of his genge: Wile I na more þe storie lenge. Yet hwan he hauede of al þe lond 2364 Þe casteles alle i{n} his hond, And conestables don þer-inne, [Sidenote: He swears to be avenged of Godard, and to find and bind him.] He swor, he ne sholde neuer bli{n}ne, Til þat he were of godard wreke{n}, 2368 Þat ich haue of ofte speken. Hal hundred knithes dede he calle, And hise fif thusand sergaunz alle, And dide swere{n} on the bok 2372 Sone, and on þe auter ok, Þat he ne sholde neuere blinne, Ne for loue, ne for sinne, Til þat he haueden godard funde, 2376 And brouth biforn hi{m} faste bunde. [Headnote: HAVELOK GOES TO SEEK OUT GODARD.] +Þanne he hauede{n} swor þis oth, Ne leten he nouth for lef ne loth, Þat he ne foren swiþe rathe, 2380 [Sidenote: He goes to meet Godard.] Þer he was unto þe paþe, Þer he yet on hunti{n}g for, With mikel genge, and swiþe stor. Robert, þat was of al þe ferd 2384 Mayster, was girt wit a swerd, And sat up-on a ful god stede, Þat vnder him Rith wolde wede; [Sidenote: Robert accosts Godard, and tells him to come to the king, who will repay him.] He was þe firste þat with godard 2388 Spak, and seyde, “hede[106] cauenard! [Sidenote: [Fol. 216, col. 2.]] Wat dos þu here at þis paþe? Cu{m} to þe king, swiþe and raþe. Þat sendes he þe word, and bedes, 2392 Þat þu þenke hwat þu him dedes, Hwan þu reftes with a knif Hise sistres here lif, An siþen bede þu in þe se 2396 Drenchen him, þat herde he. He is to þe swiþe grim: Cu{m} nu swiþe un-to him, Þat king is of þis kuneriche. 2400 Þu fule man! þu wicke swike! And he shal yelde þe þi mede, Bi c{ri}st þat wolde on rode blede!”