+Þa{n}ne sho hauede brouth þe mete, [Sidenote: Havelok eats all up greedily.] Haueloc anon biga{n} to ete Grundlike, and was ful bliþe; Couþe he nouth his hunger Miþe. 652 A lof he het, y woth, and more, For him hungrede swiþe sore. Þre dayes þer-biforn, i wene, Et he no mete, þat was wel sene. 656 Hwan he hauede eten, and was fed, [Sidenote: Grim puts him to bed.] Grim dede make{n} a ful fayr bed; Vncloþede him, and dede hi{m} þer-i{n}ne, And seyde, “Slep[34**] sone, with michel wi{n}ne; 660 Slep wel faste, and dred þe nouth, Fro sorwe to ioie art þu brouth.” Sone so it was lith of day, [Sidenote: Grim tells Godard he has killed Havelok, and asks for his reward.] Grim it under-tok þe wey 664 To þe wicke traitour godard, Þat was denemak a[35] stiward, And seyde, “louerd, don ich haue Þat þou me bede of þe knaue; 668 He is drenched i{n} þe flod, Aboute{n} his hals an anker god; He is witer-like ded, Eteth he neure more bred; 672 He liþ drenched in þe se:-- Yif me gold [and] oþer fe,[36] Þat y mowe riche be; And with þi chartre make [me] fre, 676 [Sidenote: [Fol. 207b, col. 2.]] For þu ful wel bi-hetet me, Þa{n}ne i last[e] spak with þe.” [Sidenote: Godard bids him go home, and remain a thrall; for he has done wickedly.] Godard stod, and lokede on him Þoruth-like, with eyne grim; 680 And seyde, “Wiltu [nou] ben erl? Go hom swiþe, fule drit, cherl; Go heþen, and be euere-more Þral and cherl, als þou er wore. 684 Shal [þou] haue non oþer mede; For litel i [shal][37] do þe lede To þe galues, so god me rede! For þou haues don a wicke dede. 688 Þou Mait stonde{n} her to longe, Bute þou swiþe eþen gonge.” [Footnote 34** (from Emendations): “Perhaps there should be a comma after _Slep_, making the sense to be _sleep, son_, not _sleep soon_.”] [Footnote 35: _Qu._ Denemarkes.] [Footnote 36: Cf. l. 1225.] [Footnote 37: The MS. has “ig,” but the _g_ is expuncted; and it omits “shal.”] [Headnote: GRIM SETS SAIL FOR ENGLAND.]