[88] MS. Iouerd.
Louerd, haui no more plith
Of þat ich was þus greþed to-nith.
Þus wolde þe theues me haue reft,
But god-þank, he hauenet sure keft.
But I fear Havelok is all but dead.”
But it is of him mikel scaþe:
I woth þat he bes ded ful raþe.”
THE OTHERS CONFIRM BERNARD’S STORY.
Quoth ubbe, “bernard, seyst þou soth?”