[Sidenote: Grim fears that both himself and Havelok will be hung.] +Grim thoucte to late þat he ran Fro þat t{ra}ytour, þa wicke man; 692 And þoucte, “wat shal me to rede? Wite he him onliue, he wile beþe Heye hangen on galwe-tre: Betere us is of londe to fle, 696 And berwen boþen ure liues, And mine childre{n}, and mine wiues.” [Sidenote: Grim sells his live stock.] Grim solde sone al his corn, Shep wit wolle, neth wit horn, 700 Hors, and swin, [and gate] wit berd, Þe gees, þe he{n}nes of þe yerd; Al he solde, þat outh douthe, That he eure selle moucte, 704 And al he to þe peni drou: [Sidenote: He fits up his ship carefully.] Hise ship he g{re}yþede wel inow, He dede it tere, an ful wel pike, Þat it ne doutede sond ne krike; 708 Þer-inne dide a ful god mast, Stronge kables, and ful fast, Ores god, an ful god seyl, Þer-i{n}ne wantede nouth a nayl, 712 Þat eu{er}e he sholde þer-i{n}ne do: [Sidenote: He takes with him his wife, his three sons, his two daughters, and Havelok.] Hwan he hauedet greyþed so, Hauelok þe yunge he dide þer-inne, Him and his wif, hise sones þrinne, 716 And hise two doutres, þat faire wore, And sone dede he leyn in an ore, And drou him to þe heye se, Þere he mith alþer-best[e] fle. 720 Fro londe wore{n} he bote a mile, [Sidenote: [Fol. 208, col. 1.]] Ne were neuere but ane hwile, [Sidenote: A north wind arises, called the _bise_, and drives them to England.] Þat it ne bigan a wind to Rise Out of þe north, me{n} calleth ‘bise’ 724 And drof he{m} intil engelond, Þat al was siþen in his hond, His, þat hauelok was þe name; But or he hauede michel shame, 728 Michel sorwe, and michel tene, And þrie he gat it al bidene; Als ye shule{n} nou forthwar lere,[38] Yf that ye wile{n} þer-to here. 732 [Footnote 38: MS. here; _read_ lere. Cf. ll. 12, 1640.] [Headnote: GRIM FOUNDS THE TOWN OF GRIMSBY.]