[Sidenote: Hugh Raven seizes his sword, and cleaves an earl’s head in two.] +Huwe raue{n} ne forgat nouth 2636 Þe swerd he hauede þider brouth, He kipte it up, and smot ful sore An erl, þat he saw priken þore, Ful noblelike upon a stede, 2640 Þat with him wolde al quic wede. He smot him on þe heued so, Þat he þe heued clef a-two, And þat bi þe shu[l]dre-blade 2644 Þe sharpe swerd let [he] wade, Þorw the brest unto þe herte; Þe dint bigan ful sore to smerte, Þat þe erl fel dun a-non, 2648 Al so ded so ani ston. [Sidenote: Ubbe attacks Godrich.] Quoth ubbe, “nu dwelle ich to lo{n}ge,” And leth his stede sone gonge To godrich, with a god spere, 2652 Þat he saw a-noþer bere, And smoth godrich, and G{odrich} him, Hetelike with h{er}te grim, [Sidenote: Both fall.] So þat he boþe felle dune, 2656 To þe erþe first þe croune. Þa{n}ne he wore{n} falle{n} dun boþen, Grundlike here swerdes ut-drowe{n}, [Sidenote: [Fol. 217b, col. 2.]] Þat were{n} swiþe sharp and gode, 2660 [Sidenote: They fight on foot.] And fouhten so þei wore{n} wode, Þat þe swot ran fro þe crune [To the fet rith þere adune.][123] [Headnote: GODRICH DISPLAYS GREAT PROWESS.] Þer mouthe men se to knithes bete 2664 Ayþer on oþer dintes grete, So þat with alþer-lest[e] dint Were al to-shiuered a flint, [Sidenote: The fight lasts from morn to night.] So was bi-twene{n} he{m} a fiht, 2668 Fro þe morwen ner to þe niht, So þat þei nouth ne bl[u]nne,[123*] Til þat to sette bigan þe su{n}ne. [Sidenote: Godrich wounds Ubbe sorely.] Þo yaf godrich þorw þe side 2672 Vbbe a wunde ful un-ride, So þat þorw þat ilke wounde Hauede ben brouth to þe grunde, And his heued al of-slawen, 2676 [Sidenote: Hugh Raven rescues him.] Yif god ne were, and huwe rauen, Þat drow him fro godrich awey, And barw him so þat ilke day. But er he were fro godrich drawe{n}, 2680 [Sidenote: A thousand knights slain.] Þer were a þousind knihtes slawe{n} Bi boþe halue, and mo y-nowe, Þer þe ferdes to-gidere slowe. Þer was swilk dreping of þe folk, 2684 [Sidenote: The pools are full of blood.] Þat on þe feld was neu{er}e a polk Þat it ne stod of blod so ful, Þat þe strem ran i{n}til þe hul. [Sidenote: Godrich attacks the Danes like lightning.] Þo tarst[124] bigan godrich to go 2688 Vp-on þe danshe, and faste to slo, And forth rith also leuin fares, Þat neu{er}e kines best ne spares,