+Hwan it was come{n} time to ete, [Sidenote: [Fol. 212b, col. 1.]] Hise wif dede ubbe sone in fete, And til hire seyde, al on game{n}: 1716 [Sidenote: Ubbe’s wife is to eat with Havelok, and Goldborough with Ubbe.] “Dame, þou and hauelok shule{n} ete same{n}, And goldeboru shal ete wit me, Þat is so fayr so flour on tre; In al denemark nis[74, 74*] wimma{n} 1720 So fayr so sche, bi seint iohan!” Þa{n}ne [he] were set, and bord leyd, And þe beneysun was seyd, [Sidenote: There were cranes, swans, venison, fish, and wines.] Biforn he{m} com þe beste mete 1724 Þat king or cayser wolde ete; Kranes, swa{n}nes, ueneysun, Lax, lampreys, and god sturgun, Pyme{n}t to drinke, and god clare, 1728 Win hwit and red, ful god plente. Was þer-inne no page so lite, Þat euere wolde ale bite. Of þe mete forto tel, 1732 [Sidenote: No need to tell it all.] Ne of þe metes[75] bidde[75*] i nout dwelle; Þat is þe storie for to lenge, It wolde anuye þis fayre genge. [Sidenote: When the feast is over, Ubbe thinks he must let them have an escort.] But hwan he haueden þe kiwing[76] de[y]led,[76*] 1736 And fele siþes hauede{n} wosseyled, And with gode drinkes sete{n} longe, And it was time for to gonge, Il man to þer he cam fro, 1740 Þouthe ubbe, “yf I late hem go, Þus one foure, with-uten mo, So mote ich brouke finger or to, For þis wi{m}ma{n} bes mike wo! 1744 For hire shal me{n} hire louerd slo.” He tok sone knithes ten, And wel sixti oþer men, Wit gode bowes, and with gleiues, 1748 And sende him unto þe greyues, [Sidenote: He sends them to Bernard Brown, and bids him take care of them till next day.] Þe beste ma{n} of al þe toun, Þat was named b{er}nard brun; And bad him, als he louede his lif, 1752 Hauelok wel y[e]men,[77] and his wif, And wel do wayten al þe nith, Til þe oþer day, þat it were lith. Bernard was trewe, and swiþe with, 1756 In al þe borw ne was no knith Þat betere couþe on stede riden, Helm on heued, ne swerd bi side. [Sidenote: [Fol. 212b, col. 2.]] [Sidenote: Bernard provides a rich supper for Havelok.] Hauelok he gladlike under-stod, 1760 With mike loue, and herte god, And dide greyþe a super riche, Also he was no with chinche, To his bihoue euer-il del, 1764 Þat he mithe supe swiþe wel. [Footnote 74: MS. is.] [Footnote 74* (from Emendations): “Perhaps we should rather read--_is womman_ [_non_].”] [Footnote 75: _Qu._ win.]