Havelok the Dane (Legendary character) -- Romances
p. 32, l. 1037. For _stareden_ we should perhaps read _stradden_; see
the Glossary.
p. 33, l. 1080. For _hexte_ we should rather read _hexte_ [_man_]; cf.
l. 199.
p. 38, l. 1233. Mr Garnett suggested that _cloþen_ may mean _clothes_.
If so, dele the comma after it.
p. 43, l. 1420. For _wolde_ we should rather read [_he_] _wolde_.
p. 46, l. 1687. _þarned_ is an error of the scribe for _þoled_; see the
Glossary.
p. 47, l. 1720. Perhaps we should rather read--_is womman_ [_non_].
p. 47, l. 1733. _Bidde_ must mean _offer_, rather than _bid_ (as in the
Glossary); unless it be miswritten for _bide_ = tarry.
p. 47, l. 1736. The MS. reading _deled_ should be _deyled_; cf. l. 2099.
p. 76, l. 2670. The MS. reading _blinne_ should clearly be _blunne_.
A few other suggestions of emendations will be found in the Glossarial
Index. See the words _Arwe_, _Birþe_, _Felde_, _Sor_, _Tauhte_, _Þenne_,
_Thit_, _Werewed_, _Wreken_, &c. See also the suggestions in the
preface, pp. xxxix, xli, xlvi, xlvii. [§ 27: Grammatical Forms; § 28:
Metre]
p. 132, s.v. _Loken_. The reference to the Ancren Riwle is to MS. Titus
D 18, fol. 17; cf. the edition by Morton (Camd. Soc. 1853), p. 56.
In the Glossary, _Dunten_ is wrongly placed after _Dint_.
Also, _Greting_ is wrongly placed before _Gres_.
_Hal_, more probably, is shortened from _half_, like _twel_ from
_twelue_.
_Shoten_, in l. 1838, means _rushed_, _darted_, _flew_.
_Teyte_ may mean _lively_. My explanation is not generally accepted.
_Bise_ occurs in l. 724.
+Incipit vita Hauelok, quondam Rex Anglie et Denemarchie.+
[Sidenote: [Fol. 204, col. 1.]]
[Sidenote: Hearken!]
+Herknet to me, gode men,
Wiues, maydnes, and alle men,
Of a tale þat ich you wile telle,
Wo so it wile here, and þer-to duelle. 4
[Sidenote: I will tell you the tale of Havelok,
a wight man at need.]
Þe tale is of hauelok i-maked;
Wil he was litel he yede ful naked:
Hauelok was a ful god gome,
He was ful god in eueri trome, 8
He was þe wicteste ma{n} at nede,
Þat þurte ride{n} on ani stede.
Þat ye mowen nou y-here,
And þe tale ye mowen y-lere. 12
At the begi{n}ning[1] of vre tale,
[Sidenote: First, fill me a cup of ale.]
Fil me a cuppe of ful god ale;
And [y] wile dri{n}ken her y spelle,
Þat crist vs shilde alle fro helle! 16
Krist late vs heu{er}e so for to do,
[Sidenote: Christ grant we may do right!]
Þat we moten comen him to,
And wit[e][2] þat it mote ben so!
_Benedicamus domino!_ 20
Here y schal bigi{n}nen a rym,
Krist us yeue wel god fyn!
[Sidenote: The rime is about Havelok.]
The rym is maked of hauelok,
A stalworþi man i{n} a flok; 24
He was þe stalworþeste ma{n} at nede,
Þat may riden on ani stede.
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