He proposes that Earl Reyner of Chester
Þe erl of cestre, and hise men alle,
Þat was yung knith wit-uten wif,
And seyde, “sire erl, bi mi lif,
And þou wile mi conseyl tro,
Ful wel shal ich with þe do,
For ich shal yeue þe to wiue
Þe fairest þing that is oliue.
HAVELOK REMEMBERS BERTRAM’S KINDNESS.
shall marry Gunild, Grim’s daughter;