[Sidenote: Six earls fetch her in.] +Sixe erles weren sone yare, 2788 After hire for to fare. He nomen on-on, and come{n} sone, And brouthe{n} hire, þat under mone In al þe werd ne hauede per, 2792 Of hende-leik, fer ne ner. Hwan she was come þider, alle Þe englishe men bi-gu{n}ne to falle [Sidenote: [Fol. 218b, col. 1.]] O knes, and grete{n} swiþe sore, 2796 And seyden, “leuedi, k[r]istes ore, [Sidenote: The English ask her pardon.] And youres! we haue{n} misdo mikel, Þat we ayen you haue be fikel, For englond auhte forto ben youres, 2800 And we youre me{n} and youres. Is non of us, yung ne old, Þat we ne wot, þat aþelwold Was king of þis kunerike, 2804 [Sidenote: They admit she is heiress.] And ye his eyr, and þat þe swike Haues it halden with mikel wro{n}ge: God leue him sone to honge!” [Headnote: GODRICH IS CONDEMNED TO BE BURNT.] +Quot[127] hauelok, “hwan þat ye it wite. 2808 [Sidenote: Havelok says they must pass judgment on Godrich.] Nu wile ich þat ye doun site, And after godrich haues wrouht, Þat haues in sorwe him-self brouth, Lokes þat ye deme{n} him rith, 2812 For dom ne spared[128] clerk ne knith, And siþen shal ich under-stonde Of you, after lawe of londe, Manrede, and holde oþes boþe, 2816 Yif ye it wilen, and ek rothe.” Anon þer dune he hem sette, For non þe dom ne durste lette, [Sidenote: They say he is to be bound on an ass’s back, taken to Lincoln, bound to a stake, and burnt.] And demden him to binde{n} faste 2820 Vp-on an asse swiþe un-wraste, Andelong, nouht ouer-þwert, His nose went unto þe stert; And so to lincolne lede, 2824 Shamelike in wicke wede, And hwan he cam un-to þe borw, Shamelike ben led þer-þoru, Bisouþe þe borw, un-to a grene, 2828 Þat þare is yet, als[o] y wene, And þere be bunde{n} til a stake, Aboute{n} him ful gret fir make, And al to dust be brend Rith þere; 2832 And yet demde{n} he þer more, Oþer swikes for to warne, Þat hise childre{n} sulde þarne Euere more þat eritage, 2836 Þat his was, for hise utrage. [Footnote 127: MS. Guot. Cf. l. 1954.] [Footnote 128: _Qu._ spares.]