[Sidenote: He goes to the tower where they are.] +Hwa{n} þat was þouth, onon he ferde To þe tour þer he wore{n} sp{er}de, 448 Þer he grete{n} for hunger and cold: Þe knaue þat was su{m}del bold, Ka{m} him ageyn, on knes him sette, [Sidenote: [Fol. 206b, col. 1.]] And godard ful feyre he fer grette; 452 And Godard seyde, “Wat is yw? Hwi grete ye and goulen nou?” [Sidenote: Havelok says they are hungry.] “For us hu{n}greth swiþe sore:”-- Seyden he wolde{n} [haue] more, 456 “We ne haue to hete, ne we ne haue Herinne neyther knith ne knaue Þat yeueth us drinke{n}, ne no mete, Halue{n}del þat we moun ete. 460 [Sidenote: “Alas, that we were born!”] Wo is us þat we weren born! Weilawei! nis it no korn, Þat men micte make{n} of bred? Vs[21] hungreth, we aren ney ded.” 464 [Footnote 21: MS. þs; of. l. 455.] [Headnote: GODARD KILLS SWANBORGUGH AND HELFLED.] [Sidenote: Godard cares not.] +Godard herde here wa, Ther-offe yaf he nouth a stra, But tok þe maydnes bothe same{n}, Al-so it were up-on hiis game{n}; 468 Al-so he wolde with he{m} leyke, Þat were{n} for hunger g{re}ne and bleike. [Sidenote: He cuts the throats of the two girls.] Of boþen he karf on two here þrotes, And siþen [karf] he{m} alto grotes. 472 Þer was sorwe, we so it sawe! Hwan þe children bi þ[e][22] wawe Leyen and spraulede{n} in þe blod: [Sidenote: Havelok sees it, and is afraid.] Hauelok it saw, and þe[r] bi stod. 476 Ful sori was þat seli knaue, Mikel dred he mouthe haue, For at hise herte he saw a knif, For to reuen him hise lyf. 480 But þe knaue,[23] þat litel was, [Sidenote: He begs Godard to spare him, offering never to oppose him, and to flee from Denmark.] He knelede bifor þat iudas, And seyde, “louerd, m{er}ci nov! Ma{n}rede, louerd, biddi you! 484 Al denemark i wile you yeue, To þat forward þu late me liue; Here hi wile on boke swere, Þat neure more ne shal i bere 488 [Headnote: GODARD SPARES HAVELOK FOR A TIME.]