[Sidenote: He sends for Goldborough to Lincoln.] +After goldebo[r]w sone he sende, Þat was boþe fayr and hende, 1104 And dide hire to lincolne bringe, Belles dede he ageyn hire ringen, And ioie he made hire swiþe mikel, But neþeles he was ful swikel. 1108 He seyde, þat he sholde hire yeue Þe fayrest ma{n} that mithe liue. [Sidenote: She says she will marry none but a king.] She answerede, and seyde anon, Bi crist, and bi seint iohan, 1112 Þat hire sholde noma{n} wedde, Ne noma{n} bringen to hire[55] bedde, But he were king, or ki{n}ges eyr, Were he neuere ma{n} so fayr. 1116 [Footnote 55: _Qu._ hise.] [Headnote: GODRICH ASKS HAVELOK IF HE WILL MARRY.] [Sidenote: Godrich is wrath at this.] +Godrich þe erl was swiþe wroth, Þat she swore swilk an oth, And seyde, “hwor þou wilt be Quen and leuedi ouer me? 1120 Þou shalt haue{n} a gadeling, Ne shalt þou haue{n} non oþer ki{n}g; [Sidenote: He says she shall marry his cook’s servant.] Þe shal spusen mi cokes knaue, Ne shalt þou non oþer lou{er}d haue. 1124 Daþeit þat þe oþer yeue Eu{er}e more hwil i liue! To-mo[r]we ye shole{n} ben weddeth, And, maugre þin, to-gidere beddeth.” 1128 [Sidenote: [Fol. 210, col. 2.]] Goldeborw gret, and _w_as[56] hire ille, She wolde ben ded bi hire wille. On the morwen, hwa{n} day was spru{n}ge{n}, And day-belle at kirke rungen, 1132 [Sidenote: He sends next day for Havelok, and says, “Master, wilt wive?”] After hauelok sente þat iudas, Þat werse was þa{n}ne sathanas: And seyde, “mayst{er}, wilte wif?” “Nay,” quoth, hauelok, “bi my lif! 1136 Hwat sholde ich with wif do? I ne may hire fede, ne cloþe, ne sho. Wider sholde ich wimma{n} bringe? [Sidenote: Havelok refuses.] I ne haue none kines þinge. 1140 I ne haue hws, y ne haue cote, Ne i ne[57] haue stikke, y ne haue sprote, I ne haue neyþer bred ne sowel, Ne cloth, but of an hold with couel. 1144 Þis cloþes, þat ich onne haue, Aren þe kokes, and ich his knaue.” [Sidenote: Godrich beats him, and threatens to hang him.] Godrich stirt up, and on him dong [With dintes swiþe hard and strong,] 1148 And seyde, “But þou hire take, Þat y wole yeue{n} þe to make, I shal hange{n} þe ful heye, Or y shal þristen vth þin heie.” 1152 Hauelok was one, and was odrat, [Sidenote: Havelok consents.] And grauntede hi{m} al þat he bad. Þo sende he after hire sone, Þe fayrest wymman under mone; 1156