Þat þei sholden þenne fle Til grim, and til hise sones þre; 1196 Þer we{n}den he alþer-best to spede, Hem forto cloþe, and for to fede. Þe lond he token under fote, Ne wisten he non oþer bote, 1200 And helden ay the riþe [sti][59] Til he kome{n} to grimesby. [Sidenote: He finds that Grim is dead, but his five children are alive.] Þanne he kome{n} þere, þanne was gri{m} ded, Of him ne hauede{n} he no red; 1204 But hise childre{n} alle fyue Alle weren yet on liue; Þat ful fayre ayen he{m} neme, Hwan he wiste{n} þat he keme, 1208 And made{n} ioie swiþe mikel, Ne were{n} he neuere ayen he{m} fikel. On knes ful fayre he hem setten, And hauelok swiþe fayre grette{n}, 1212 [Sidenote: They welcome Havelok very kindly.] And seyde{n}, “welkome, louerd dere! And welkome be þi fayre fere! Blessed be þat ilke þrawe, Þat þou hire toke in godes lawe! 1216 Wel is hus we sen þe on lyue, Þou mithe us boþe selle and yeue; Þou mayt us boþe yeue and selle, [Sidenote: [Fol. 210b, col. 2.]] With þat þou wilt here dwelle. 1220 We haue{n}, louerd, alle gode, [Sidenote: They beg him to stay with them.] Hors, and neth, and ship on flode, Gold, and siluer, and michel auchte, Þat grim ute fader us bitawchte. 1224 Gold, and siluer, and oþer fe Bad he us bi-taken þe. We hauen shep, we hauen swin, Bi-leue her, louerd, and al be þin; 1228 [Sidenote: They will serve him and his wife.] Þo shalt ben louerd, þou shalt be{n} syre, And we sholen s{er}ue{n} þe and hire; And hure sistres shole{n} do Al that euere biddes sho; 1232 He shole{n} hire cloþe{n},[59*] washe{n}, and wri{n}ge{n}, And to hondes water bringe{n}; He sholen bedde{n} hire and þe, For leuedi wile we þat she be.” 1236 Hwan he þis ioie hauede{n} maked, Sithen stikes broke{n} and kraked, [Sidenote: They make a fire, and spare neither goose nor hen.] And þe fir brouth on bre{n}ne, Ne was þer spared gos ne he{n}ne, 1240 Ne þe hende, ne þe drake, Mete he deden plente make; Ne wantede þere no god mete, [Sidenote: They fetch wine and ale.] Wyn and ale dede{n} he fete, 1244 And made[n] hem [ful] glade and bliþe, Wesseyl ledde{n} he fele siþe. [Footnote 59: A word is here erased; but see l. 2618.] [Footnote 59* (from Emendations): “Mr Garnett suggested that _cloþen_ may mean _clothes_. If so, dele the comma after it.”] [Headnote: GOLDBOROUGH SEES THE WONDROUS LIGHT.]