Þat þe fule swike was brend,
Þat wende wel hire bodi haue shend,
Goldborough rejoices.
And seyde, “nu is time to take
Manrede of brune and of blake,
Þat ich se ride[n] and go:
Nu ich am wreke[n][130] of mi fo.”
[129] MS. “And him til,” which is nonsense. See l. 2827.
[130] See l. 2992.
Havelok makes the English swear fealty.