A rof shal hile us boþe o-nith,
Þat none of mine, clerk ne knith,
Ne sholen þi wif no shame bede,
No more þan min, so god me rede!”
[94] MS. sahalt; and the second a is expuncted by mistake, instead of the first.
UBBE SEES THE MIRACULOUS LIGHT WHICH ISSUES FROM HAVELOK’S MOUTH.
HE dide un-to þe borw bringe
Sone anon, al with ioynge,
His wif, and his serganz þre,
Þe beste men þat mouthe be.