§ 11. “But on consulting the Lambeth copy of Rob. of Brunne, in order to verify the passage as printed by Hearne from the Inner Temple MS. we were not a little surprised to ascertain a fact hitherto overlooked, and indeed unknown, viz. that the Lambeth MS. (which is a folio, written on paper, and imperfect both at the beginning and close)[11] does not correspond with the Edition, but has evidently been revised by a later hand, which has abridged the Prologues, omitted some passages, and inserted others. The strongest proof of this exists in the passage before us, in which the Lambeth MS. entirely omits the lines of Rob. of Brunne respecting the authenticity of the story of Havelok, and in their place substitutes an abridged outline of the story itself, copied apparently from the French Chronicle of Gaimar. The interpolation is so curious, and so connected with our inquiry, as to be a sufficient apology for introducing it here.” ‘¶ Forth wente Gounter & his folk, al in to Denemark, Sone fel ther hym vpon, a werre styth & stark, Thurgh a Breton kyng, th^t out of Ingeland cam, & asked the tribut of Denmark, th^t Arthur whylom nam. They wythseide hit schortly, & non wolde they ȝelde, But rather they wolde dereyne hit, wyth bataill y the felde. Both partis on a day, to felde come they stronge, Desconfit were the danes, Gounter his deth gan fonge. When he was ded they schope brynge, al his blod to schame, But Gatferes doughter the kyng, _Eleyne_ was hure name, Was kyng Gounteres wyf, and had a child hem bytwene, Wyth wham scheo scapede vnethe, al to the se with tene. The child hym highte HAUELOK, th^t was his moder dere, Scheo mette with grym atte hauene, a wel god marinere, He hure knew & highte hure wel, to helpe hure with his might, To bryng hure saf out of the lond, wythinne th^t ilke night. When they come in myd se, a gret meschef gan falle, They metten wyth a gret schip, lade wyth outlawes alle. Anon they fullen hem apon, & dide hem Mikel peyne, So th^t wyth strengthe of their assaut, ded was quene Eleyne. But ȝyt ascapede from hem Grym, wyth Hauelok & other fyue, & atte the hauene of Grymesby, ther they gon aryue. Ther was brought forth child Hauelok, wyth Grym & his fere, Right als hit hadde be ther own, for other wyste men nere. Til he was mykel & mighti, & man of mykel cost, Th^t for his grete sustinaunce, nedly serue he most. He tok leue of Grym & Seburc, as of his sire & dame, And askede ther blessinge curteysly, ther was he nought to blame. Thenne drow he forth northward, to kynges court Edelsie, Th^t held fro Humber to Rotland, the kyngdam of Lyndesye. Thys Edelsy of Breton kynde, had Orewayn his sister bright Maried to a noble kyng, of Northfolk Egelbright. Holly for his kyngdam, he held in his hand, Al the lond fro Colchestre, right in til Holand. Thys Egelbright th^t was a Dane, & Orewayn the quene, Hadden gete on Argill, a doughter hem bytwene.