When Havelok is a mighty king, He reigned more than 4 years, Marvellous treasure he amassed. Argentille li commanda Qu’il passast en Engleterre Pur son heritage conquerre, Dont son oncle l’out engettée, [Et] A grant tort desheritée. Argentille (Goldborough) bade him Pass into England To conquer her heritage, Whence her uncle had cast her out, And very wrongly disinherited her. Li rois li dist qu’il fera Ceo qu’ele li comandera. Sa nauie fet a-turner, Ses genz & ses ostz mander. The king told her that he would do That which she should command him. He got ready his fleet, And sent for his men and his hosts. En mier se met quant orré a, Et la reyne od lui mena. Quatre vinz & quatre cenz Out Haueloc, pleines de genz. He puts to sea when he has prayed, And took the queen with him. Four score and four hundred (ships) Had Havelok, full of men. Tant out nagé & siglé, Q’en Carleflure est ariué. Sur le hauene se herbergerent, Par le pais viande quierent. So far has he steered and sailed That he has arrived at Carleflure. Hard by the haven they abode, And sought food in the country round. Puis enuoia li noble rois, Par le consail de ses Danois, A Alsi qu’il li rendist La terre qe tint Ekenbright, Q’a sa niece fut donée, Dont il l’out desheritée; Then sent the noble king, By the advice of his Danes, To Alsi (Godrich)--that he should restore to him The land that Ekenbright (Athelwold) held, Which was given to his niece, And of which he had deprived her. Et, si rendre n’el voleit, Mande qu’il le purchaceroit. Av roi uindrent li messager-- And, if he would not give it up, He sends word that he will take it. To the king came the messengers.] The remainder of the French poem altogether differs in its detail from the English. 2927. _Hire that was ful swete in bedde._] Among Kelly’s Scotch Proverbs, p. 290, we find: “_Sweet in the bed_, and sweir up in the morning, was never a good housewife;” and in a ballad of the last century quoted by Laing, the editor of that highly curious collection, the _Select pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry of Scotland_, we meet with the same expression: A Clown is a Clown both at home and abroad, When a Rake he is comely, and _sweet in his bed_. [2990. The last word is written _thit_ in the MS., but, as it rimes to _rith_, we should suppose _tiht_ to be the word meant. _Thit_ cannot be explained, but _tiht_ (or perhaps _tith_, according to our scribe’s spelling) is the pp. of a verb signifying _to purpose_, which is the exact meaning required. Cf. “And y to turne to þee have _tiȝt_;” i.e. “I have resolved to turn to thee.” _Political, Religious, and Love Poems_; ed. Furnivall, 1866; p. 177.] GLOSSARIAL INDEX. ABBREVIATIONS.