+Hwan þe dom was demd and seyd, [Sidenote: So he is laid on the ass, and burnt.] Sket was þe swike on þe asse leyd, And [led vn-]til[129] þat ilke grene, 2840 [Sidenote: [Fol. 218b, col. 2.]] And brend til asken al bidene. Þo was Goldeboru ful bliþe, She þa{n}ked god fele syþe, Þat þe fule swike was brend, 2844 Þat wende wel hire bodi haue shend, [Sidenote: Goldborough rejoices.] And seyde, “nu is time to take Manrede of brune and of blake, Þat ich se ride[{n}] and go: 2848 Nu ich am wreke[{n}][130] of mi fo.” [Footnote 129: MS. “And him til,” which is nonsense. See l. 2827.] [Footnote 130: See l. 2992.] [Sidenote: Havelok makes the English swear fealty.] +Hauelok anon ma{n}rede tok Of alle englishe, on þe bok, And dide hem grete oþes swere, 2852 Þat he sholde{n} him god feyth bere Ageyn alle þat wore{n} liues, And þat sholde ben born of wiues. [Headnote: THE EARL OF CHESTER MARRIES GUNILD.] +Þa{n}ne he hauede[131] sikernesse 2856 Taken of more and of lesse, Al at hise wille, so dide he calle [Sidenote: He proposes that Earl Reyner of Chester shall marry Gunild, Grim’s daughter; and he will then always be his friend.] Þe erl of cestre, and hise men alle, Þat was yung knith wit-ute{n} wif, 2860 And seyde, “sire erl, bi mi lif, And þou wile mi {con}seyl tro, Ful wel shal ich with þe do, For ich shal yeue þe to wiue 2864 Þe fairest þing that is oliue. [Headnote: HAVELOK REMEMBERS BERTRAM’S KINDNESS.]