[Sidenote: Havelok dares not refuse.] +Hauelok ne durste, þe he were adrad, Nouth with-sitte{n} þat ubbe bad; His wif he dide with him lede, 1684 Vn-to þe heye curt he y[e]de.[73] [Sidenote: Robert the Red leads Goldborough.] Roberd hire ledde, þat was red, Þat hau[ed]e þarned[73*] for hire þe ded Or ani hauede hire misseyd, 1688 Or hand with iuele onne leyd. [Sidenote: William Wendut is on the other side of her.] Willam wendut was þat oþer Þat hire ledde, roberdes broþer, Þat was with at alle nedes: 1692 Wel is him þat god ma{n} fedes! Þan he were{n} come{n} to þe halle, Biforen ubbe, and hise me{n} alle, [Sidenote: Ubbe starts up to welcome them.] Vbbe stirte hem ageyn, 1696 And mani a knith, and mani a sweyn, Hem for to se, and forto shewe; Þo stod hauelok als a lowe [Sidenote: Havelok is a head taller than any of them.] Aboven [þo] þat þer-i{n}ne wore, 1700 Rith al bi þe heued more Þa{n}ne ani þat þer-inne stod: Þo was ubbe bliþe of mod, Þat he saw him so fayr and he{n}de, 1704 Fro him ne mithe his herte we{n}de, Ne fro him, ne fro his wif; He louede hem sone so his lif. [Sidenote: Ubbe loves Havelok better than any one else.] Were{n} non i{n} denemark, þat him þouthe, 1708 Þat he so mikel loue mouthe; More he louede hauelok one, Þan al denemark, bi mine wone! Loke nou, hw god helpen kan 1712 O mani wise wif and man. [Footnote 73: MS. yde.] [Footnote 73* (from Emendations): “_þarned_ is an error of the scribe for _þoled_; see the Glossary.”]