Þat is gu{n}nild of grimesby, Grimes douther, bi seint dauy! Þat me forth broute, and wel fedde, 2868 And ut of denemark with me fledde, Me for to burwe fro mi ded: Sikerlike, þoru his red Haue ich liued in-to þis day, 2872 Blissed worþe his soule ay! I rede þat þu hire take, And spuse, and curteyse make, For she is fayr, and she is fre, 2876 And al so hende so she may be. Þertekene she is wel with me, Þat shal ich ful wel shewe þe, For ich giue þe a giue, 2880 Þat euere more hwil ich liue, For hire shal-tu be with me dere, Þat wile ich þat þis folc al here.” Þe erl ne wolde nouth ageyn 2884 Þe king[e] be, for knith ne sweyn, [Sidenote: [Fol. 219, col. 1.]] Ne of þe spusing seyen nay, But spusede [hire] þat ilke day. Þat spusinge was god time maked, 2888 [Sidenote: They are married, and have five sons.] For it ne were neuere clad ne naked, In a þede samened two Þat cam to-gidere, liuede so, So þey dide[{n}] al here liue: 2892 He geten same{n} sones fiue, Þat were þe beste me{n} at nede, Þat mouthe ride{n} on ani stede. Hwan gu{n}nild was to cestre brouth, 2896 [Sidenote: Havelok remembers Bertram, the earl’s cook, and makes him Earl of Cornwall.] Hauelok þe gode ne for-gat nouth Bertra{m}, þat was the erles kok, Þat he ne dide calle{n} ok, And seyde, “frend, so god me rede! 2900 Nu shaltu haue riche mede, [Headnote: BERTRAM MARRIES GRIM’S SECOND DAUGHTER.]