Til þat þe kinges dowter wore
Tuenti winter hold, and more.
[12] Sir F. Madden printed “lechhe”; but the MS. may be read “leth he.”
[13] So in MS. But the sense requires
“He gaf alle men, þat god him þouchte,
Liuen and deyen til þat he mouete,” &c.
EARL GODRICH TAKES POSSESSION.
Þanne he hauede taken þis oth
Of erles, baruns, lef and loth,
Of knictes, cherles, fre and þewe,