Here y schal biginnen a rym,
Krist us yeue wel god fyn!
The rime is about Havelok.
The rym is maked of hauelok,
A stalworþi man in a flok;
He was þe stalworþeste man at nede,
Þat may riden on ani stede.
[1] MS. Beginnig.
[2] See ll. 517, 1316.
THE GOOD KING ATHELWOLD IS KING OVER ALL ENGLAND.