[Footnote 106: _Qu._ helde, _i.e._ old. Unless it means “heed!”] +Hwan godard herde þat þer þrette, 2404 [Sidenote: Godard and Robert strike each other.] With þe neue he robert sette Biforn þe teth a dint ful strong. And robert kipt ut a knif long, And smot him þoru þe rith arum: 2408 Þer-of was ful litel harum. [Headnote: GODARD’S MEN ARE BEATEN.] +Hwan his folk þat sau and herde, Hwou robert with here louerd ferde, He haueden him wel ner browt of liue, 2412 Ne were{n} his two breþren and oþre fiue Slowen of here laddes ten, Of godardes alþer-beste men. [Sidenote: Godard’s men flee, but Godard rallies them.] Hwan þe oþre sawe{n} þat, he fledde{n}, 2416 And godard swiþe loude gredde: “Mine knithes, hwat do ye? Sule ye þus-gate fro me fle? Ich haue you fed, and yet shal fede, 2420 Helpe me nu in þis nede, And late ye nouth mi bodi spille, Ne hauelok don of me hise wille. Yif ye id[107] do, ye do you shame, 2424 And bringeth you-self in mikel blame.” Hwan he þat herden, he wenten ageyn, And slowen a knit and[108] a sweyn Of þe kinges oune men, 2428 And woundede{n} abute{n} ten. [Footnote 107: _Qu._ it.] [Footnote 108: MS. and and.] [Headnote: GODARD IS BOUND AND LED TO HAVELOK.]