Neuere yete ne weren he wroþe,

For here loue was ay newe,

[Fol. 219b, col. 1.]

Neuere yete wordes ne grewe

Bitwene hem, hwar-of ne lathe

Mithe rise, ne no wrathe.

[134] Qu. Fro.

[135] MS. togidede.

SUCH IS THE “GESTE” OF HAVELOK.

They had 15 children, all kings and queens.