[Footnote 114: The MS. has “we,” which the scribe several times writes instead of “wel.” But “wel” is a manifest blunder, since “iuel” is meant. Cf. l. 2505.] [Footnote 115: The author has here omitted to tell us that Havelok, at the desire of his wife, invades England. See the note.] [Footnote 116: Cf. l. 2599.] [Footnote 117: Printed “alinlaz” in the former edition. The first stroke of the _u_ is longer than the second, and the tail of the _x_ in the line above converts the second downstroke of the _u_ into an apparent _i_.] [Footnote 118: Cf. l. 1112.] [Headnote: GODRICH EXCITES THE ENGLISH AGAINST HAVELOK.] +Þe englishe þat herde þat, Was non þat euere his bode sat, For he him dredde swiþe sore, 2568 So Runci spore, and mikle more. [Sidenote: [Fol. 217, col. 2.]] At þe day he come sone Þat he hem sette, ful wel o bone, [Sidenote: All come to Lincoln on that day.] To lincolne, with gode stedes, 2572 And al þe wepne þat knith ledes. Hwa{n} he wore come, sket was þe erl yare,[119] Ageynes denshe men to fare, And seyde, “lyþes me[120] alle samen, 2576 Haue ich gadred you for no game{n}, But ich wile seyen you forþi; [Sidenote: Godrich tells them what Havelok is doing at Grimsby.] Lokes hware here at g{ri}mesbi, Hise uten-laddes here comen, 2580 And haues nu þe p{ri}orie numen; Al þat euere mithen he finde, He bre{n}ne kirkes, and p{re}stes binde; He strangleth mo{n}kes, and nu{n}nes boþe: 2584 Wat wile ye, frend, her-offe Rede? Yif he regne þus-gate longe, He Moun us alle ouer-gange, He moun vs alle quic henge or slo, 2588 Or þral maken, and do ful wo, Or elles reue us ure liues, And ure children, and ure wiues. [Sidenote: He excites them to attack Havelok.] But dos nu als ich wile you lere, 2592 Als ye wile be with me dere; Nimes nu swiþe forth and raþe, And helpes me and yu-self baþe, And slos up-o[n] þe dogges swiþe: 2596 For shal [i] neuere more be bliþe, [Headnote: THE ENGLISH MARCH TO GRIMSBY.]