[Sidenote: Pray Grim’s sons to go with you to Denmark.] Prey grimes sones alle þre, That he wenden forþ with þe; 1344 I wot, he wilen þe nouth werne, With þe wende shule{n} he yerne, For he loue{n} þe herte-like, Þou maght til he aren quike, 1348 Hwore so he o worde aren; [Sidenote: Go at once.] Þere ship þou do he{m} swithe yare{n}, [Sidenote: Delays are dangerous.”] And loke þat þou dwelle{n} nouth: Dwelling haueth ofte scaþe wrouth.” 1352 [Headnote: HAVELOK PRAYS FOR VENGEANCE ON GODARD.] +Hwan Hauelok herde þat she radde, Sone it was day, sone he him cladde, [Sidenote: [Fol. 211b, col. 1.]] And sone to þe kirke yede, Or he dide ani oþer dede, 1356 And bifor þe rode biga{n} falle, Croiz and crist bi[gan] to kalle, [Sidenote: Havelok prays for success, and for vengeance on his foe, who had caused him to be a beggar.] And seyde, “louerd, þat al weldes, Wind and wat{er}, wodes and feldes, 1360 For the holi milce of you, Haue m{er}ci of me, louerd, nou! And wreke me yet on mi fo, Þat ich saw biforn min eyne slo 1364 Mine sistres, with a knif, And siþen wolde me mi lyf Haue reft, for in the [depe] se Bad he grim haue drenched me. 1368 He [hath] mi lond with mikel vn-Rith, With michel wro{n}g, with mikel plith, For i ne[64] misdede him neu{er}e nouth, And haued me to sorwe brouth. 1372 He haueth me do mi mete to þigge, And ofte in sorwe and pine ligge. Louerd, haue m{er}ci of me, And late [me] wel passe þe se, 1376 [Sidenote: He prays for a fair passage across the sea.] Þat ihc haue ther-offe douthe and kare, With-uten stormes ouer-fare, Þat y ne dre{n}ched [be] þer-ine, Ne forfaren for no sinne. 1380 And bringge me wel to þe lond, Þat godard haldes in his hond; Þat is mi Rith, eueri del: Ih{es}u c{ri}st, þou wost it wel!” 1384 [Footnote 64: MS. ine.] +Þa{n}ne he hauede his bede seyd, [Sidenote: He leaves his offering on the altar.] His offrende on þe auter leyd, His leue at ih{es}u c{ri}st he tok, And at his suete moder ok, 1388 And at þe croiz, þat he biforn lay, Siþe{n} yede sore grotinde awey. [Headnote: HAVELOK ADDRESSES GRIM’S THREE SONS.]