Ayen þe, louerd, shel ne spere, Ne oþer wepne[24] that may you dere. Louerd, haue m{er}ci of me! To-day i wile fro denemark fle, 492 Ne neu{er}e more comen ageyn: Swere{n} y wole, þat bircabein Neu{er}e yete me ne gat:”-- Hwan þe deuel he[r]de[25] that, 496 [Sidenote: [Fol. 206b, col. 2.]] Sum-del bigan him forto rewe; With-drow þe knif, þat was lewe [Sidenote: Godard has pity on him.] Of þe seli children blod; Þer was miracle fair and god! 500 Þat he þe knaue nouth ne slou, But fo[r] rewnesse him _w_it-drow.[26] Of auelok rewede him ful sore, And þoucte, he wolde þat he ded wore, 504 But on þat he nouth wit his hend Ne drepe him nouth,[27] þat fule fend! Þoucte he, als he him bi stod, Starinde als he were wod: 508 [Sidenote: But he reflects that, were Havelok dead, his children would be the heirs.] “Yif y late him liues go, He micte me wirchen michel wo. Grith ne get y neu{er}e mo, He may [me] waite{n} for to slo; 512 And yf he were brouct of liue, And mine childre{n} wolde{n} thriue, Lou{er}di{n}ges after me Of al denemark micten he be. 516 God it wite, he shal ben ded, Wile i take{n} non oþer red; [Headnote: GODARD TELLS GRIM TO DROWN HAVELOK.] [Sidenote: He determines to drown him.] I shal do caste{n} hi{m} in þe se,[28] Þer i wile þat he drench[ed] be; 520 Aboute{n} his hals an anker god, Þat he ne flete in the flod.” [Sidenote: He sends for a fisherman, and says to him, “Grim, I will make you free.] Þer anon he dede sende After a fishere þat he wende, 524 Þat wolde al his wille do, And sone anon he seyde him to: “Grim, þou wost þu art mi þral, Wilte don mi wille al, 528 Þat i wile bidde{n} þe, To-morwen [i] shal make{n} þe fre, And aucte þe yeuen, and riche make, With-þa{n} þu wilt þis child[e] take, 532 And lede{n} him with þe to-nicht, [Sidenote: Throw this child into the sea”.] Þan þou sest se[29] Mone lith, In-to þe se, and don him þer-i{n}ne, Al wile [i] take{n} on me þe sinne.” 536 [Sidenote: Grim binds the child.] Grim tok þe child, and bo{n}d hi{m} faste, Hwil þe bondes micte laste; Þat weren of ful stro{n}g line:-- Þo was hauelok i{n} ful stro{n}g pine. 540 Wiste he neu{er}e her wat was wo: [Sidenote: [Fol. 207, col. 1.]] [Sidenote: Christ wreak thee of Godard, Havelok!] Ih{es}u c{ri}st, þat makede to go Þe halte, and þe doumbe speke{n}, Hauelok, þe of Godard wreken! 544