[Sidenote: Ubbe takes the ring, admires Havelok’s make and strength, and thinks he ought to be a knight, not a pedlar.] +Hwa{n} ubbe hauede þe gold ring, Hauede he youenet for no þing, Nouth for þe borw euere-il del:-- 1644 Hauelok bi-hel he swiþe wel, Hw he was wel of bones maked, Brod in þe sholdres, ful wel schaped, Þicke in þe brest, of bodi long; 1648 He semede wel to ben wel strong. “Deus!” hwat ubbe, “qui ne were he knith? I woth, þat he is swiþe with! Bet{er}e semede him to bere 1652 Helm on heued, sheld and sp{er}e, Þa{n}ne to beye and selle ware. Allas! þat he shal þer-with fare. Goddot! wile he trowe me, 1656 Chaffare shal he late be.” Neþeles he seyde sone: [Sidenote: “Havelok, bring your wife, and come and eat with me.”] “Hauelok, haue [þou] þi bone, And y ful wel rede þ[e] 1660 Þat þou come, and ete with me To-day, þou, and þi fayre wif, Þat þou louest also þi lif. And haue þou of hire no drede, 1664 Shal hire no man shame bede. Bi þe fey that y owe to þe, Þerof shal i me serf-borw be.” [Headnote: UBBE TAKES A GREAT FANCY TO HAVELOK.] +Hauelok herde þat he bad, 1668 And thow was he ful sore drad, [Sidenote: [Fol. 212, col. 2.]] With him to ete, for hise wif; [Sidenote: Havelok fears ill may come of it.] For him wore leuere þat his lif Him wore reft, þan she i{n} blame 1672 Felle, or lauthe ani shame. Hwa{n}ne he hauede his wille _w_at,[72] Þe stede, þat he onne sat, [Sidenote: But Ubbe rides away, saying, “Mind that you come.”] Smot ubbe with spures faste, 1676 And forth awey, but at þe laste, Or he fro him ferde, Seyde he, þat his folk herde: “Loke þat ye come{n} beþe, 1680 For ich it wile, and ich it rede.” [Footnote 72: MS. _either_ þat _or_ ƿat.] [Headnote: UBBE SENDS HAVELOK TO BERNARD.]