Part 13 (1/2)
anne he kome{n} ere, anne was gri{m} ded, Of him ne hauede{n} he no red; 1204 But hise childre{n} alle fyue Alle weren yet on liue; at ful fayre ayen he{m} neme, Hwan he wiste{n} at he keme, 1208 And made{n} ioie swie mikel, Ne were{n} he neuere ayen he{m} fikel.
On knes ful fayre he hem setten, And hauelok swie fayre grette{n}, 1212 [Sidenote: They welcome Havelok very kindly.]
And seyde{n}, ”welkome, louerd dere!
And welkome be i fayre fere!
Blessed be at ilke rawe, at ou hire toke in G.o.des lawe! 1216 Wel is hus we sen e on lyue, ou mithe us boe selle and yeue; ou mayt us boe yeue and selle, [Sidenote: [Fol. 210b, col. 2.]]
With at ou wilt here dwelle. 1220 We haue{n}, louerd, alle G.o.de, [Sidenote: They beg him to stay with them.]
Hors, and neth, and s.h.i.+p on flode, Gold, and siluer, and michel auchte, at grim ute fader us bitawchte. 1224 Gold, and siluer, and oer fe Bad he us bi-taken e.
We hauen shep, we hauen swin, Bi-leue her, louerd, and al be in; 1228 [Sidenote: They will serve him and his wife.]
o shalt ben louerd, ou shalt be{n} syre, And we sholen s{er}ue{n} e and hire; And hure sistres shole{n} do Al that euere biddes sho; 1232 He shole{n} hire cloe{n},[59*] washe{n}, and wri{n}ge{n}, And to hondes water bringe{n}; He sholen bedde{n} hire and e, For leuedi wile we at she be.” 1236 Hwan he is ioie hauede{n} maked, Sithen stikes broke{n} and kraked, [Sidenote: They make a fire, and spare neither goose nor hen.]
And e fir brouth on bre{n}ne, Ne was er spared gos ne he{n}ne, 1240 Ne e hende, ne e drake, Mete he deden plente make; Ne wantede ere no G.o.d mete, [Sidenote: They fetch wine and ale.]
Wyn and ale dede{n} he fete, 1244 And made[n] hem [ful] glade and blie, Wesseyl ledde{n} he fele sie.
[Footnote 59: A word is here erased; but see l. 2618.]
[Footnote 59* (from Emendations): ”Mr Garnett suggested that _cloen_ may mean _clothes_. If so, dele the comma after it.”]
[Headnote: GOLDBOROUGH SEES THE WONDROUS LIGHT.]
[Sidenote: At night Goldborough lies down sorrowful.]
+On e nith, als goldeborw lay, Sory and sorwful was she ay, 1248 For she wende she were bi-swike, at sh[e w]ere[60] yeue{n} un-kyndelike.
[Sidenote: She sees a great light.]
O nith saw she er-inne a lith, A swie fayr, a swie bryth, 1252 Al so brith, al so s.h.i.+r, So it were a blase of fir.
She lokede no[r],[61] and ek south, [Sidenote: It comes out of Havelok's mouth.]
And saw it come{n} ut of his mouth, 1256 at lay bi hire in e bed: No ferlike ou she were adred.
outhe she, ”wat may this bi-mene!
He beth heyma{n} yet, als y wene, 1260 He beth heyma{n} er he be ded:”-- [Sidenote: She sees a red cross on his shoulder, and hears an angel, saying,]
On hise shuldre, of gold red She saw a swie n.o.ble croiz, Of an angel she herde a uoyz: 1264
[Footnote 60: MS. shere, _evidently miswritten for_ she were.]
[Footnote 61: MS. no.]
[Sidenote: [Fol. 211, col. 1.]]
[Sidenote: ”Goldborough, be not sad. Havelok shall be a king, and thou, queen.”]
+”Goldeborw, lat i sorwe be, For hauelok, at haue spuset e, He[62] kinges sone, and ki{n}ges eyr, at bike{n}neth at croiz so fayr. 1268 It[63] bikenneth more, at he shal Denemark haue{n}, and englond al; He shal ben king strong and stark Of engelond and denemark; 1272 at shal u wit in eyne sen, And o shalt quen and leuedi ben!”
[Footnote 62: _Qu._ Is.]
[Footnote 63: MS. Iit.]
[Headnote: HAVELOK TELLS HER HIS STRANGE DREAM.]
[Sidenote: She rejoices, and kisses Havelok.]
+anne she hauede herd the steuene Of e angel uth of heuene, 1276 She was so fele sies blithe, at she ne mithe hire ioie mythe; But hauelok sone anon she kiste, And he slep, and nouth ne wiste. 1280 Hwan at aungel hauede seyd, [Sidenote: He awakes, and says he has had a dream.]
Of his slep a-non he brayd, And seide, ”le{m}ma{n}, slepes ou?
A selkuth drem dremede me nou. 1284
[Headnote: SHE SAYS HAVELOK WILL BE A GREAT KING.]
+Herkne nou hwat me haueth met: [Sidenote: He dreamt he was on a high hill in Denmark, and began to possess all that country.]