Als h[{er}]e[83] wombes, and made he{m} rowte Als he weren kradelbarnes: 1912 So dos þe child þat moder þarnes. [Footnote 82: MS. þre, _the _r_ being caught from the word above._ Cf. l. 1903.] [Footnote 83: _Qu._ here. MS. he.] [Headnote: ALL THE SIXTY THIEVES ARE SLAIN.] +Daþeit _w_o[84] recke! for he it s{er}uede, Hwat dide he þore were{n} he werewed; So longe hauede{n} he but and bet 1916 With neues under hernes set, [Sidenote: All sixty assailants are slain.] Þat of þo sixti men and on Ne wente þer awey liues non. [Footnote 84: MS. “ƿe,” clearly miswritten for “ƿo” or “wo.” See ll. 2047, 296, 300, &c.] [Headnote: UBBE ASKS BERNARD WHAT HAS HAPPENED.] [Sidenote: At morn, there they lay like dogs.] +ON þe morwe{n}, h_w_an[85] it was day, 1920 Ilc on other wirwed lay, Als it were dogges þat were{n} he{n}ged, And su{m}me leye i{n} dikes slenget, And su{m}me in gripes bi þe her 1924 Drawen ware, and lat{en} ther. Sket cam tiding intil ubbe, Þat hauelok hauede with a clubbe Of hise slawen sixti and on 1928 Sergaunz, þe beste þat mithe{n} gon. [Sidenote: Ubbe comes to see what is the matter.] “Deus!” quoth ubbe, “hwat may þis be! Bet{er}e his i nime[86] miself and se, Þat þis baret on hwat is wold, 1932 Þa{n}ne i sende yunge or old. For yif i sende him un-to, I wene me{n} sholde him shame do, And þat ne wolde ich for no þing: 1936 I loue him wel, bi heuene king! Me wore leuere i wore lame, Þa{n}ne men dide him ani shame, [Sidenote: [Fol. 213b, col. 2.]] Or tok, or onne handes leyde, 1940 Vn-ornelike,[87] or same seyde.” He lep up on a stede lith, And with him mani a noble knith, And ferde forth un-to þe tun, 1944 [Sidenote: He calls for Bernard Brown.] And dide calle b{er}nard brun Vt of his hus, wan he þer cam; And b{er}nard sone ageyn [him] nam, Al to-tused and al to-torn, 1948 Ner also naked so he was born, And al to-brised, bac and þe: [Sidenote: Ubbe asks who has beaten him about so?] Quoth ubbe, “b{er}nard, hwat is þe? Hwo haues þe þus ille maked, 1952 Þus to-riue{n}, and al mad naked?” [Footnote 85: MS. “hhan,” miswritten for “hƿan,” from which it differs very slightly.] [Footnote 86: MS. inime.] [Footnote 87: MS. Vn ornelſke; _but _ſ_ should certainly be _i_._] [Headnote: BERNARD RELATES HAVELOK’S PROWESS.]