[Sidenote: Godard shuts up the children, Havelok, Swanborough, and Helfled, in a castle.] +Hwan birkabeyn was leyd i{n} g{ra}ue, 408 Þe erl dede sone take þe knaue, Hauelok, þat was þe eir, Swanborow, his sister, helfled, þe toþer,[17] And in þe castel dede he hem do, 412 Þer non ne micte hem come{n} to Of here kyn, þer þei sperd wore;[18] Þer he greten ofte sore, Boþe for hunger and for kold, 416 Or he weren þre wint{er} hold. Feblelike he gaf he{m} cloþes, [Sidenote: He cares not for his oaths.] He ne yaf a note of hise oþes; He hem [ne] cloþede rith, ne fedde, 420 Ne hem ne dede richelike be-bedde. Þa{n}ne godard was sikerlike [Sidenote: He is a traitor.] Vnder god þe moste swike, Þat eure in erþe shaped was, 424 With-uten on, þe wike Iudas. [Sidenote: May he be accursed!] Haue he þe malisun to-day Of alle þat eure speke{n} may! Of p{at}riark, and of pope! 428 And of prest with loke{n} kope! Of monekes, and h{er}mites boþe![19] And of þe leue holi rode, Þat god him-selue ran on blode! 432 [Sidenote: Cursed be he by north and south!] Crist warie him with his mouth! Waried wrthe he of norþ and suth! Offe alle man, þat speke{n} kunne! Of c{ri}st, þat made[20] mone and su{n}ne! 436 Þa{n}ne he hauede of al þe lond Al þe folk tilled in-til his hond, And alle haueden swore{n} him oth, Riche and poure, lef and loth, 440 Þat he sholden hise wille freme, [Sidenote: He plots against the children.] And þat he shulde[{n}] him nouth g{re}me, He þouthe a ful strong trechery, A trayson, and a felony, 444 Of þe children forto make: Þe deuel of helle him sone take! [Footnote 17: Corrupt? Lines 410, 411 do not rime well together.] [Footnote 18: MS. were. But see l. 237.] [Footnote 19: Lines 430, 431, 432 rime together. NB. The words _holi rode_ are written over an erasure.] [Footnote 20: MS. mande.]