Havelok the Dane (Legendary character) -- Romances
[Sidenote: [Fol. 218, col. 2.]]
And þe hand he dide of fleye,
Þat he smot him with so sore: 2752
Hw mithe he don him shame more?
[Footnote 123: Cf. l. 1904.]
[Footnote 123*: Changed by editor from “blinne”: see
Emendations.]
[Footnote 124: So in MS. _Qu._ faste, as in next line.]
[Footnote 125: MS. _here repeats _messe_, by mistake. Read
_pateyn_._ Cf. l. 187.]
[Footnote 126: MS. wīman, _i.e._ wi{n}man _or_ wi{m}man; _but
we are sure, from _l. 174_, that _wi{n}nan_ is meant._]
[Headnote: GODRICH IS BOUND AND FETTERED.]
+Hwan he hauede him so shamed,
His hand of plat, and yuele lamed,
He tok him sone bi þe necke 2756
Als a t{ra}ytour, daþeyt wo recke!
[Sidenote: He has him bound and fettered, and sends him
to the queen.]
And dide him binde and fet{er}e wel
With gode feteres al of stel,
And to þe quen he sende him, 2760
Þat birde wel to him ben grim;
And Bad she sholde don him gete,
And þat non ne sholde him bete,
Ne shame do, for he was knith, 2764
Til knithes hauede{n} demd him Rith.
[Sidenote: When the English find out that Goldborough
is the heiress, they submit to Havelok.]
Þan þe englishe men þat sawe,
Þat þei wisten, heye and lawe,
Þat Goldeboru, þat was so fayr, 2768
Was of engeland rith eyr,
And þat þe king hire hauede wedded,
And haueden ben samen bedded,
He comen alle to crie m{er}ci, 2772
Vnto þe king, at one cri,
And beden him sone manrede and oth,
Þat he ne sholde{n}, for lef ne loth,
Neuere more ageyn him go, 2776
Ne ride, for wel ne for wo.
[Headnote: THE ENGLISH SUBMIT TO GOLDBOROUGH.]
+Þe king ne wolde nouth for-sake,
Þat he ne shulde of hem take
Manrede þat he beden, and ok 2780
Hold oþes swere{n} on þe bok;
[Sidenote: Havelok wishes to show Goldborough to the English.]
But or bad he, þat þider were brouth
Þe quen, for hem, swilk was his þouth,
For to se, and forto shawe, 2784
Yif þat he hire wolde knawe.
Þoruth hem wite{n} wolde he,
Yif þat she aucte quen to be.
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