For wissing, and þi gode dede, Þat tu me dides in ful gret nede. For þa{n}ne y yede in mi cuuel, 2904 And ich ne haue[de] bred, ne sowel, Ne y ne hauede no catel, Þou feddes and claddes me ful wel. Haue nu for-þi of cornwayle 2908 Þe erldom ildel, with-uten fayle, And al þe lond þat godrich held, Boþe in towne, and ek in feld; And þerto wile ich, þat þu spuse, 2912 And fayre bring hire un-til huse, [Sidenote: He is to marry Levive, Grim’s daughter, who is as fair as a rose.] Grimes douther, leuiue þe hende, For þider shal she with þe wende. Hire semes curteys forto be, 2916 For she is fayr so flour on tre; Þe heu is swilk in hire ler So [is] þe rose in roser, Hwan it is fayr sprad ut newe 2920 Ageyn þe su{n}ne, brith and lewe.” And girde him sone with þe swerd Of þe erldom, bi-forn his ferd, And with his hond he made hi{m} knith, 2924 And yaf him armes, for þat was rith, [Sidenote: They are married.] And dide him þere sone wedde Hire þat was ful swete in bedde. [Footnote 131: MS. hauede{n}.] [Sidenote: Havelok and Goldborough lived 100 years, and had many children.] +After þat he spused wore, 2928 Wolde þe erl nouth dwelle þore, But sone na{m} until his lond, [Sidenote: [Fol. 219, col. 2.]] And seysed it al in his hond, And liuede þer-i{n}ne, he and his wif, 2932 An hundred winter in god lif,[132] And gaten mani childre{n} samen, And liueden ay in blisse and game{n}. Hwa{n} þe maydens were spused boþe, 2936 Hauelok anon bigan ful rathe [Sidenote: The Danes are enriched.] His denshe men to feste wel Wit riche landes and catel, So þat he weren alle riche: 2940 For he was large and nouth chinche. [Footnote 132: Between this line and the next are inserted in the MS. the words: _For he saw þat he_, which have been subsequently struck out by the same hand, and the word _vacat_ affixed.] [Headnote: HAVELOK IS CROWNED KING OF ENGLAND.] +Þer-after sone, with his here, [Sidenote: Havelok is crowned at London.] For he to lundone, forto bere Corune, so þat [alle] it sawe, 2944 Henglishe ant denshe, heye and lowe, Hwou he it bar with mikel pride, For his barnage þat was un-ride.