[Sidenote: Grim went up the Humber to Lindesey.] +IN humb{er} grim biga{n} to lende, In lindeseye, Rith at þe north ende. Þer sat is ship up-on þe sond, But grim it drou up to þe lond; 736 And þere he made a litel cote, To him and to hise flote. Biga{n} he þere for to erþe, A litel hus to maken of erþe, 740 [Sidenote: There he built a house.] So þat he wel þore were Of here herboru h{er}borwed þere; And for þat grim þat place aute, Þe stede of grim þe name laute; 744 [Sidenote: That place was called Grimsby, after Grim.] So þat [hit] grimesbi calleth alle Þat þer-offe speken alle,[38*] And so shule{n} me{n} calle{n} it ay, Bituene þis and domesday. 748 [Footnote 38* (from Emendations): “For _alle_, Mr Garnett proposed to read _shalle_.”] [Headnote: HAVELOK DOES NOT LIKE BEING IDLE.] [Sidenote: Grim was a good fisherman.] +Grim was fishere swiþe god, And mikel couþe on the flod; Mani god fish þer-inne he tok, Boþe with neth, and with hok. 752 [Sidenote: He caught sturgeons, turbot, &c.] He tok þe sturgiun, and þe qual, And þe turbut, and lax with-al, He tok þe sele, and þe hwel; He spedde ofte swiþe wel: 756 Keling he tok, and tu{m}berel, Hering, and þe makerel, Þe Butte, þe schulle, þe þornebake: [Sidenote: He had four panniers made for himself and his sons.] Gode paniers dede he make 760 Ontil him, and oþer þrinne, Til hise sones to bere{n} fish inne, Vp o-londe to selle and fonge; Forbar he neyþe[r] tun, ne gronge, 764 Þat he ne to-yede with his ware; Kam he neu{er}e hom hand-bare, [Sidenote: [Fol. 208, col. 2.]] Þat he ne broucte bred and sowel, In his shirte, or in his couel; 768 In his poke benes and korn:-- Hise swink ne hauede he nowt forlorn. [Sidenote: He used to sell lampreys at Lincoln, and bring home simnels, meal, meat, and hemp.] And hwan he tok þe grete laumprei, Ful we[l] he couþe þe rithe wei 772 To lincolne, þe gode boru; Ofte he yede it þoru and þoru, Til he hauede wol[39] wel sold, And þer-fore þe penies told. 776 Þa{n}ne he com, þe{n}ne he were bliþe, For hom he brouthe fele siþe Wastels, simenels with þe horn, Hise pokes fulle of mele an korn, 780 Netes flesh, shepes, and swines, And hemp to make{n} of gode lines; And stronge ropes to hise netes, In þe se were{n} he ofte setes.[40, 40*] 784 [Footnote 39: _Qu._ ful _or_ al.] [Footnote 40: _Sic_ in MS.]