[Footnote 22: MS. biþ; of. l. 2470.] [Footnote 23: MS. kaue.] [Footnote 24: MS. “wepne bere,” where “bere” is redundant.] [Footnote 25: MS. hede.] [Footnote 26: Printed thus in the former edition:-- “But to rewnesse him thit drow.” But the MS. has _fo_, not _to_, where _fo_ is corruptly written for _for_, as in l. 1318; and the initial letter of the last syllable but one may be read as a Saxon _w_ (ƿ), not a thorn-letter (þ). It merely repeats the idea in ll. 497, 498.] [Footnote 27: Qu. mouth.] [Footnote 28: MS. she.] [Footnote 29: _So in_ MS. _Qu._ þe.] [Headnote: HAVELOK IS TAKEN TO GRIM’S COTTAGE.] [Sidenote: Grim gags the child.] +Hwan grim hi{m} hauede faste bou{n}de{n}, And siþe{n} in an eld cloth wnden A keuel of clutes, ful, un-wraste, Þat he [ne] mouthe speke, ne fnaste, 548 Hwere he wolde him bere or lede. Hwan he hauede don þat dede, Hwa{n}[30] þe swike him hauede hethede,[31] Þat he shulde him forth [lede] 552 And him drinchen in þe se; Þat forwarde makeden he. [Sidenote: He puts him in a bag, and takes him on his back.] In a poke, ful and blac, Sone he caste him on his bac, 556 Ant bar him hom to hise cleue, And bi-taucte hi{m} dame leue, [Sidenote: He puts him in charge of his wife.] And seyde, “wite þou þis knaue, Al-so thou with[31*] mi lif haue; 560 I shal dreinche{n} him i{n} þe se, For him shole we ben maked fre, Gold haue{n} ynou, and oþer fe; Þat hauet mi louerd bihote{n} me.” 564 [Footnote 30: We should rather read “_þan_.”] [Footnote 31: MS. he þede.] [Footnote 31* (from Emendations): “For _with_, Mr Garnett proposed to read _wilt_.”] [Headnote: GRIM SEES THAT HAVELOK IS THE KING’S SON.]