[Sidenote: He peeps in, and sees them all asleep.] +He stod, and totede i{n} at a bord, Her he spak anilepi word, And saw hem slepen faste ilkon, 2108 And lye stille so þe ston; And saw al þat mikel lith Fro hauelok cam, þat was so brith. [Sidenote: The light issues from Havelok’s mouth.] Of his mouth it com il del, 2112 Þat was he war ful swiþe wel. “Deus!” quoth he, “hwat may þis mene!” He calde boþe arwe me{n} and kene, Knithes, and serganz swiþe sleie, 2116 Mo þan an hundred, with-ute{n} leye, And bad hem alle come{n} and se, Hwat þat selcuth mithe be. [Headnote: THE LIGHT SHOWS THAT HAVELOK IS THE HEIR.] [Sidenote: [Fol. 214b, col. 2.]] +Als þe knithes were come{n} alle, 2120 Þer hauelok lay, ut of þe halle, So stod ut of his mouth a glem, Rith al swilk so þe sunne-bem; [Sidenote: The light is like that of 107 candles.] Þat al so lith wa[s] þare, bi heuene! 2124 So þer brenden serges seuene, And an hundred serges ok: Þat durste hi sweren on a bok. He slepen faste alle fiue, 2128 So he weren brouth of liue; [Sidenote: Havelok and Goldborough are fast asleep.] And hauelok lay on his lift side, In his armes his brithe bride. Bi þe pappes he leyen naked: 2132 So faire two weren neuere maked In a bed to lyen samen:-- Þe knithes þouth of hem god game{n}, Hem forto shewe, and loken to. 2136 Rith also he stode{n} alle so, And his bac was toward he{m} we{n}d, [Sidenote: They see a bright cross on his back, denoting kingship.] So were{n} he war of a croiz ful gent, On his rith shuldre sw[iþ]e[95] brith, 2140 Brithter þan gold ageyn þe lith. So þat he wiste heye and lowe, Þat it was kunrik þat he sawe. It sparkede, and ful brith shon, 2144 So doth þe gode charbucle ston, [Sidenote: It was light enough to choose a penny by.] Þat men Mouthe se by þe lith, A peni chesen, so was it brith. Þa{n}ne bihelden he him faste, 2148 So þat he knewe{n} at þe laste, [Sidenote: They know he is Birkabeyn’s son and heir.] Þat he was birkabeynes sone, Þat was here king, þat was he{m} wone Wel to yeme, and wel were 2152 Ageynes uten-laddes here. “For it was neuere yet a broþer In al denemark so lich anoþer, So þis man þat is so fayr 2156 Als birkabeyn, he is hise eyr.” [Footnote 95: MS. swe, _for_ swiþe. Cf. l. 1252.]