Shole we sone þe wel fede,

Louerd, in þis mikel nede,

Soth it is, þat men seyt and suereth:

‘Þer god wile helpen, nouth no dereth.’”

[32] MS. þer.

[33] Qu. þrinne. See ll. 716, 761, 2125.

[34] Qu. stir, or stirt.

GRIM SAYS HE HAS DROWNED HAVELOK.

Þanne sho hauede brouth þe mete,

Havelok eats all up greedily.