[Sidenote: The feast lasts 40 days.] +Þe feste of his coruni[{n}]g[133] 2948 Laste[de] with gret ioying Fourti dawes, and sumdel mo; Þo bigu{n}nen þe denshe to go Vn-to þe king, to aske leue, 2952 And he ne wolde hem nouth g{re}ue, [Sidenote: The Danes return home.] For he saw þat he woren yare In-to denemark for to fare, But gaf hem leue sone anon, 2956 And bitauhte hem seint Johan; [Sidenote: Ubbe is to rule Denmark.] And bad ubbe, his iustise, Þat he sholde on ilke wise Denemark yeme and gete so, 2960 Þat no pleynte come him to. [Footnote 133: MS. corunig.] [Sidenote: Havelok remained in England for sixty years.] +Hwan he wore parted alle samen, Hauelok bi-lefte wit ioie and game{n} In engelond, and was þer-i{n}ne 2964 Sixti winter king with winne, And Goldeboru quen, þat I wene: So mikel loue was hem bitwene, Þat al þe werd spak of hem two: 2968 He louede hire, and she him so, [Sidenote: He and Goldborough were never apart.] Þat neyþer oþe[r] mithe be For[134] oþer, ne no ioie se, But yf he were to-gidere[135] boþe; 2972 Neuere yete ne were{n} he wroþe, For here loue was ay newe, [Sidenote: [Fol. 219b, col. 1.]] Neuere yete wordes ne grewe Bitwene hem, hwar-of ne lathe 2976 Mithe rise, ne no wrathe. [Footnote 134: _Qu._ Fro.] [Footnote 135: MS. togidede.] [Headnote: SUCH IS THE “GESTE” OF HAVELOK.] [Sidenote: They had 15 children, all kings and queens.] +He geten childre{n} hem bi-twene Sones and douthres rith fiuetene, Hwar-of þe sones were kinges alle, 2980 So wolde god it sholde bifalle; And þe douhtres alle q{ue}nes: Him sto{n}des wel þat god child strenes. [Sidenote: Such is the _geste_ of Havelok and Goldborough.] Nu haue ye herd þe gest al þoru 2984 Of hauelok and of goldeborw. Hw he were{n} born, and hw fedde, And hwou he wore{n} with wro{n}ge ledde In here youþe, with trecherie, 2988 With tresoun, and with felounye, And hwou þe swikes hauede{n} thit Reuen hem þat was here rith, And hwou he were{n} wreken wel, 2992 Haue ich sey you eu{er}ildel; [Headnote: SAY A PATERNOSTER FOR THE AUTHOR.]