Wel is set þe mete þu etes, And þe hire þat þu getes.” 908 [Headnote: HE CUTS WOOD, AND DRAWS WATER.] +“Goddot!”[47] quoth he, “leue sire, Bidde ich you non oþer hire; But yeueþ me inow to ete, [Sidenote: Havelok tells the cook what he can do.] Fir and wat{er} y wile yow fete, 912 Þe fir blowe, an ful wele make{n}; Stickes kan ich breken and krake{n}, And kindlen ful wel a fyr, And make{n} it to brennen shir; 916 Ful wel kan ich cleue{n} shides, Eles to-turnen[48] of here hides; Ful wel kan ich dishes swilen, And don al þat ye eu{er}e wilen.” 920 [Sidenote: The cook is content to hire him.] Quoth þe kok, “wile i no more; Go þu yunder, and sit þore, And y shal yeue þe ful fair bred, And make þe broys i{n} þe led. 924 Sit now doun and et ful yerne: Daþeit hwo þe mete werne!” [Footnote 47: Soddot, MS.] [Footnote 48: MS. to turuen; _but the _u_ and _n_ are almost indistinguishable._ Cf. l. 603; and _William of Palerne_, 2590.] [Headnote: HAVELOK GROWS VERY TALL AND STRONG.] [Sidenote: Havelok eats a good dinner.] +Hauelok sette him dun anon, Also stille als a ston, 928 Til he hauede ful wel eten; Þo hauede hauelok fayre gete{n}. [Sidenote: He fills a large tub with water for the kitchen.] Hwa{n} he hauede ete{n} inow, He ka{m} to þe welle, wat{er} up-drow, 932 And filde þe[r] a michel so; Bad he non ageyn him go, But bi-twen his hondes he bar it in, A[l] him one to þe kichin. 936 Bad he non him wat{er} to fete, Ne fro b[r]igge to bere þe mete, He bar þe turues, he bar þe star, Þe wode fro the brigge he bar; 940 [Sidenote: He draws water, and cuts wood.] Al that euere shulde{n} he nytte, Al he drow, and al he citte; Wolde he neu{er}e haue{n} rest, More þa{n} he were a best. 944 [Sidenote: He is always laughing and blithe.] Of alle me{n} was he mest meke, Lauhwinde ay, and bliþe of speke; Eu{er}e he was glad and bliþe, His sorwe he couþe ful wel miþe. 948 [Sidenote: [Fol. 209, col. 2.]] It ne was non so litel knaue, For to leyken, ne forto plawe, Þat he ne wo[l]de with him pleye: Þe children that y[e]de{n} in þe weie 952 [Sidenote: Children play with him.] Of him he deden al he[r] wille, And with him leykeden here fille. Him louede{n} alle, stille and bolde, Knictes, childre{n}, yunge and holde; 956 [Sidenote: All like him.] Alle him louede{n} þat him sowen, Boþen heyemen and lowe. Of him ful wide þe word sprong,