Havelok the Dane (Legendary character) -- Romances
THE GOOD KING ATHELWOLD /
IS KING OVER ALL ENGLAND.
ATHELWOLD IS ABOUT TO DIE.
HE SUMMONS HIS LORDS TO WINCHESTER.
ATHELWOLD SELECTS EARL GODRICH /
TO BE HIS DAUGHTER’S GUARDIAN.
KING ATHELWOLD DIES.
EARL GODRICH TAKES POSSESSION.
GODRICH PLOTS AGAINST HIS WARD.
BIRKABEYN IS KING OF DENMARK.
BIRKABEYN SELECTS EARL GODARD /
TO BE GUARDIAN OF HIS THREE CHILDREN.
GODARD IMPRISONS THE THREE CHILDREN.
GODARD KILLS SWANBORGUGH AND HELFLED.
GODARD SPARES HAVELOK FOR A TIME.
GODARD TELLS GRIM TO DROWN HAVELOK.
HAVELOK IS TAKEN TO GRIM’S COTTAGE.
GRIM SEES THAT HAVELOK IS THE KING’S SON.
GRIM AND HIS WIFE FEED HAVELOK.
GRIM SAYS HE HAS DROWNED HAVELOK.
GRIM SETS SAIL FOR ENGLAND.
GRIM FOUNDS THE TOWN OF GRIMSBY.
HAVELOK DOES NOT LIKE BEING IDLE.
HAVELOK SELLS FISH LIKE THE BEST.
HAVELOK GOES TO LINCOLN TO GET WORK.
HE HELPS THE EARL OF CORNWALL’S COOK.
HAVELOK IS HIRED BY THE EARL’S COOK.
HE CUTS WOOD, AND DRAWS WATER.
HAVELOK GROWS VERY TALL AND STRONG.
HE SEES SOME MEN “PUTTING THE STONE.”
HE “PUTS THE STONE” FURTHER THAN ANY.
GODRICH HEARS OF HAVELOK’S STRENGTH.
GOLDBOROUGH IS SENT FOR TO LINCOLN.
GODRICH ASKS HAVELOK IF HE WILL MARRY.
HAVELOK RESOLVES TO GO TO GRIMSBY.
GRIM’S CHILDREN WELCOME HAVELOK.
GOLDBOROUGH SEES THE WONDROUS LIGHT.
HAVELOK TELLS HER HIS STRANGE DREAM.
SHE SAYS HAVELOK WILL BE A GREAT KING.
HAVELOK PRAYS FOR VENGEANCE ON GODARD.
HAVELOK ADDRESSES GRIM’S THREE SONS.
HE ASKS THEM TO GO WITH HIM TO DENMARK.
HAVELOK GIVES UBBE A GOLD RING.
UBBE INVITES HAVELOK TO A FEAST.
UBBE TAKES A GREAT FANCY TO HAVELOK.
UBBE SENDS HAVELOK TO BERNARD.
A GANG OF THIEVES BESET BERNARD’S HOUSE.
THREE OF THE THIEVES ATTACK HAVELOK.
HAVELOK SLAYS SEVEN OF THE THIEVES.
THE THIEVES SHOOT AT HIM FROM A DISTANCE.
HUGH AND THE REST COME TO THE RESCUE.
ALL THE SIXTY THIEVES ARE SLAIN.
UBBE ASKS BERNARD WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
BERNARD RELATES HAVELOK’S PROWESS.
THE OTHERS CONFIRM BERNARD’S STORY.
UBBE SENDS FOR HAVELOK AND TAKES HIM TO HIS CASTLE.
UBBE SEES THE MIRACULOUS LIGHT /
WHICH ISSUES FROM HAVELOK’S MOUTH.
THE LIGHT SHOWS THAT HAVELOK IS THE HEIR.
UBBE SAYS HAVELOK SHALL BE KING.
UBBE RELATES HAVELOK’S HISTORY.
UBBE DOES HOMAGE TO HAVELOK.
ALL SWEAR TO BE FAITHFUL TO HAVELOK.
UBBE DUBS HAVELOK A KNIGHT.
HAVELOK IS MADE KING OF DENMARK.
HAVELOK GOES TO SEEK OUT GODARD.
GODARD’S MEN ARE BEATEN.
GODARD IS BOUND AND LED TO HAVELOK.
HE IS CONDEMNED TO BE HUNG.
GODARD IS FLAYED ALIVE AND HUNG.
GODRICH RAISES AN ARMY AGAINST HAVELOK.
GODRICH EXCITES THE ENGLISH AGAINST HAVELOK.
THE ENGLISH MARCH TO GRIMSBY.
COMBAT BETWEEN UBBE AND GODRICH.
GODRICH DISPLAYS GREAT PROWESS.
COMBAT BETWEEN GODRICH AND HAVELOK.
GODRICH IS BOUND AND FETTERED.
THE ENGLISH SUBMIT TO GOLDBOROUGH.
GODRICH IS CONDEMNED TO BE BURNT.
THE EARL OF CHESTER MARRIES GUNILD.
HAVELOK REMEMBERS BERTRAM’S KINDNESS.
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