Ne hoseled ben, ne of p{re}st shriuen, Til þat he ben of londe driuen. Nime we swiþe, and do hem fle, 2600 And folwes alle faste me, [Sidenote: He will lead them himself.] For ich am he, of al þe ferd, Þat first shal slo with drawe{n} swerd. Daþeyt hwo ne stonde faste 2604 Bi me, hwil hise armes laste!” [Sidenote: Earl Gunter and Earl Reyner of Chester support him.] “Ye! lef, ye!”[121] couth þe erl gunter; “Ya!” quoth þe erl of cestre, reyner. And so dide alle þat þer stode, 2608 And stirte forth so he were wode. Þo mouthe me{n} se þe brinies brihte On backes keste, and late rithe, Þe helmes heye on heued sette; 2612 To armes al so swiþe plette, Þat þei wore on a litel stunde [Sidenote: [Fol. 217b, col. 1.]] Grethet, als me{n} mithe telle a pund, And lopen on stedes sone anon, 2616 [Sidenote: They approach Grimsby.] And toward g{ri}mesbi, ful god won, He foren softe bi þe sti, Til he come ney at grimesbi. [Footnote 119: _Or_ þare; but see l. 2954.] [Footnote 120: MS. mi. Cf. l. 2204.] [Footnote 121: MS. _has _þe_, _ƿe_, or _ye_ in both places._ But see l. 1888.] [Sidenote: Havelok meets them boldly, and kills the foremost knight.] +Hauelok, þat hauede spired wel 2620 Of here fare, eueril del, With al his ferd cam hem a-geyn, For-bar he noþer knith ne sweyn. Þe firste knith þat he þer mette, 2624 With þe swerd so he him grette, For his heued of he plette, Wolde he nouth for sinne lette. [Sidenote: Robert kills a second.] Roberd saw þat dint so hende, 2628 Wolde he neuere þeþe[{n}] wende, Til þat he hauede anoþer slawen, With þe swerd he held ut-drawen. [Sidenote: William disables a third.] Willa{m} wendut his swerd vt-drow, 2632 And þe þredde so sore he slow, Þat he made up-on the feld His lift arm fleye, with the swerd.[122] [Footnote 122: Cf. l. 1825. We should otherwise be tempted to read _sheld_; especially as the _shield_ is more appropriate to the _left_ arm.] [Headnote: COMBAT BETWEEN UBBE AND GODRICH.]