[Sidenote: The king’s men kill all Godard’s men.] +The kinges men hwan he þat sawe, Scute{n} on hem, heye and lowe, And euerilk fot of hem slowe, 2432 But godard one, þat he flowe, So þe þef men dos henge, [Sidenote: [Fol. 216b, col. 1.]] Or hund men shole i{n} dike slenge. He bunde{n} him ful swiþe faste, 2436 Hwil þe bondes wolden laste, Þat he rorede als a bole, Þat he wore parred in an hole, With dogges forto bite and beite: 2440 Were þe bondes nouth to leite. [Sidenote: They bind Godard, and cast him on an old mare, to take him to Havelok.] He bounde{n} hi{m} so[109] fele sore, Þat he gan crien godes ore, Þat he sholde of his hend plette, 2444 Wolde{n} he nouht þer-fore lette, Þat he ne bounde{n} hond and fet: Daþeit þat on þat þer-fore let! But dunte{n} him so man doth bere, 2448 And keste him on a scabbed mere, Hise nese went un-to þe crice: So ledde{n} he þat fule swike, Til he was biforn hauelok brouth, 2452 Þat he haue[de] ful wo wrowht, Boþe with hungre[110] and with cold, Or he were twel winter old, And with mani heui swink, 2456 With poure mete, and feble drink, And [with] swiþe wikke cloþes, For al hise manie grete othes. Nu beyes he his holde blame: 2460 [Sidenote: “_Old sin makes new shame._”] ‘Old sinne makes newe shame:’ Wan he was [brouht] so shamelike Biforn[111] þe king, þe fule swike, [Sidenote: The king summons Ubbe and the rest.] Þe king dede ubbe swiþe calle 2464 Hise erles, and hise barouns alle, Dreng and thein, burgeis and knith, [Headnote: HE IS CONDEMNED TO BE HUNG.] And bad he sholde{n} demen him rith: For he kneu, þe swike dam, 2468 Euerildel god was him gram. He sette{n} hem dun bi þe wawe, Riche and pouere, heye and lowe, [Sidenote: They sit in judgment.] Þe helde men, and ek þe grom, 2472 And made þer þe rithe dom, And seyde{n} unto þe king anon, Þat stille sat [al] so þe ston: [Sidenote: “He is to be flayed, drawn, and hung.”] “We deme, þat he be al quic slawen,[112] 2476 And siþen to þe galwes drawe[{n}], At þis foule mere tayl; Þoru is fet a ful stro{n}g nayl; [Sidenote: [Fol. 216b, col. 2.]] And þore ben henged wit two feteres, 2480 And þare be writen þise leteres: ‘Þis is þe swike þat wende wel, Þe king haue reft þe lond il del, And hise sistres with a knif 2484 Boþe refte here lif.’ Þis writ shal henge bi him þare; Þe dom is demd, seye we na more.”