[Sidenote: [Fol. 208b. col. 2.]] +He tok þe sh[e]res[45] of þe nayl, And made him a couel of þe sayl, And hauelok dide it sone on; Hauede neyþer hosen ne shon, 860 Ne none kines oþe[r] wede; [Sidenote: Havelok goes to Lincoln barefoot.] To lincolne barfot he yede. Hwan he kam þe[r], he was ful wil, Ne hauede he no frend to gange{n} til; 864 [Sidenote: He fasts for two days.] Two dayes þer fastinde he yede, Þat non for his werk wolde him fede; Þe þridde day herde he calle: “Bermen, bermen, hider forth alle!” 868 [Poure þat on fote yede][46] Sprongen forth so sparke on glede. [Sidenote: Havelok becomes the earl’s cook’s porter.] Hauelok shof dun nyne or ten, Rith amidewarde þe fen, 872 And stirte forth to þe kok, [Þer the herles mete he tok,] Þat he bouthe at þe brigge: Þe berme{n} let he alle ligge, 876 And bar þe mete to þe castel, [Sidenote: He gets a farthing cake.] And gat him þere a ferþing wastel. [Footnote 42: Cf. ll. 1711, 1972.] [Footnote 43: See l. 759.] [Footnote 44: _Qu._ her, _i.e._ their. MS. he.] [Footnote 45: _Qu._ sheres. MS. shres.] [Footnote 46: Cf. ll. 91, 101. Here and below an additional line seems requisite.] [Headnote: HAVELOK IS HIRED BY THE EARL’S COOK.] [Sidenote: Another day, he watches the earl’s cook, who calls for a porter.] +Þet oþer day kepte he ok Swiþe yerne þe erles kok, 880 Til þat he say him on þe b[r]igge, And bi him mani fishes ligge. Þe herles mete hauede he bouth Of cornwalie, and kalde oft: 884 “Berme{n}, bermen, hider swiþe!” Hauelok it herde, and was ful bliþe, Þat he herde “berme{n}” calle; Alle made he hem dun falle 888 [Sidenote: Havelok upsets 16 lads.] Þat in his gate yeden and stode, Wel sixtene laddes gode. Als he lep þe kok [vn-]til, He shof hem alle upon an hyl; 892 Astirte til him with his rippe, [Sidenote: He catches up the cook’s fish, and carries them to the castle.] And bigan þe fish to kippe. He bar up wel a carte lode Of segges, laxes, of playces brode, 896 Of grete laumprees, and of eles; Sparede he neyþer tos ne heles, Til þat he to þe castel cam, Þat me{n} fro him his birþene nam. 900 Þan me{n} hauede{n} holpe{n} him doun With þe birþene of his croun, Þe kok [bi] stod, and on him low, [Sidenote: [Fol. 209, col. 1.]] And þoute him stalworþe ma{n} ynow, 904 And seyde, “wiltu ben wit me? [Sidenote: The cook takes him into his service.] Gladlike wile ich feden þe;