And wit hem ful sore to blakne,

For he wende he wolden him slo,

Havelok wakes.

Or elles binde him, and do wo.

[96] Here follows the catchword— “And wit hem.”

UBBE SAYS HAVELOK SHALL BE KING.

Quoth ubbe, “louerd, ne dred þe nowth,

Me þinkes that I se þi þouth.

Ubbe offers homage to him,

Dere sone, wel is me,