Il meismes apres entra,
A Dieu del ciel se comanda,
Del hauene sont desancré,
Car il eurent bon orré.
Instead of the storm, in the French text Grim’s ship is attacked by pirates, who kill the whole of the crew, with the exception of himself and family, whom they spare on the score of his being an old acquaintance.
[733-749.] In Humber, &c. So in the Fr. Ceo fut el north, &c. Cf. ll. 122-135.
Tant out nagé & tant siglé,
Q’en vne hauene out parvenu,
Et de la nief a terre issu.
Ceo fut el North, a Grimesbi;