He calde boþe arwe men and kene,

Knithes, and serganz swiþe sleie,

Mo þan an hundred, with-uten leye,

And bad hem alle comen and se,

Hwat þat selcuth mithe be.

THE LIGHT SHOWS THAT HAVELOK IS THE HEIR.

[Fol. 214b, col. 2.]

Als þe knithes were comen alle,

Þer hauelok lay, ut of þe halle,

So stod ut of his mouth a glem,