+Þa{n}ne he was ded, þat sathanas, 2512 Sket was seysed al þat his was In þe kinges hand il del, Lond and lith, and oþer catel, [Sidenote: Havelok makes Ubbe his steward.] And þe king ful sone it yaf 2516 Vbbe i{n} þe hond, wit a fayr staf, And seyde, “her ich sayse þe In al þe lo{n}d, in al þe fe.” [Sidenote: He founds a priory of black monks for Grim’s soul, in the town of Grimsby.] Þo swor hauelok he sholde make, 2520 Al for grim, of monekes blake A p{ri}orie to s{er}uen inne ay Ih{es}u c{ri}st, til domesday, For þe god he haueden him don, 2524 [Sidenote: [Fol. 217, col. 1.]] Hwil he was pou{er}e and iuel[114] o bon. And þer-of held he wel his oth, For he it made, god it woth! In þe tun þer grim was graue{n}, 2528 Þat of grim yet haues þe name. Of grim bidde ich na more spelle.[115]-- [Sidenote: Godrich, earl of Cornwall, hears that Havelok has invaded England.] But wan godrich herde telle, Of cornwayle þat was erl, 2532 (Þat fule traytour, that mixed cherl!) Þat hauelok was king of denemark, And ferde with him strong and stark, Comen engelond with-inne, 2536 Engelond al for to winne, And þat she, þat was so fayr, Þat was of engelond rith eir, Þat was comen up at grimesbi, 2540 He was ful sorful and sori, [Sidenote: He says he will slay Havelok and his wife.] And seyde, “Hwat shal me to raþe? Goddoth! i shal do slou hem baþe. I shal don hengen hem ful heye, 2544 So mote ich brouke mi Rith eie! But yif he of mi lond[e][116] fle; Hwat? wende{n} he to desherite me?” [Sidenote: He raises a great army.] He dide sone ferd ut bidde, 2548 Þat al þat euere mouhte o stede Ride, or helm on heued bere, Brini on bac, and sheld, and sp{er}e, Or ani oþer wepne bere, 2552 Hand-ax, syþe, gisarm, or sp{er}e, Or aunlaz,[117] and god long knif, Þat als he louede leme or lif, Þat þey sholde{n} comen him to, 2556 With ful god wepne ye ber so, [Sidenote: The army is to meet at Lincoln on the 17th of March.] To lincolne, þer he lay, Of marz þe seue{n}tenþe day, So þat he couþe he{m} god þank; 2560 And yif þat ani were so rang, That he þa{n}ne ne come anon, He swor bi crist, and [bi][118] seint Iohan, That he sholde maken him þral, 2564 And al his of-spring forth with-al.