The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-27
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, hour a wicked thought took hold Of th
earl. he thought that he would MARI
Goldborough to Havelok, and 80 migt
, he keep his oath and break 1t, seein
that the youth was the poorest man /
all the land and yet was churPs soE
whom having married the princes
would be dragged down from her big
estate and could no more acconnte
worthy TO rule the fair land England. s
the earl sent for Goldborcugh and 70
Hsyelok, and partly by bard knock
and partly by threats he forced then
both 10 agree TO his wish, and the twai
were married by the Archbishop @
York, for the earl's estate was at Lin
coin, nearby.
Then HAvelok took bis wife, who wa
as vet 10 him no wife save in nam
alone, for she despised her husband 81
account Of what abe esteemed his lowl!
birth, and the two journeyed northwart
and eastward to Grimsby, as the dwell
ling OF Grimme was then called and as /
ia known to this very day. But Gnmmt
was dead and his wife also, and only hi
Eve children were left to welcome
Havelok aud his queenly bride. Righ
kind was the greeting Grimme's chill
dren gave, and soon they had .prapareC
great feast in honor Of the pair.
In the night as Goldborough lay
awake, Borrowing after the manner o.
women, abe saw that the room was
bright, and that the light came troul
about the head Of her husband, and she
heard voice bidding hersorrow not, toI
that Havelok was a kings son and heir
and that he and heshould rule together
over Denmark and England. Then she
woke Havelok and told him what she
had heard.
In the morning Havelok rose and
called 10 him Gsimme's three sons, Rob:
ert the Red, William Wendaths and
Hugh Raven, aud asked them II they
would 20 forth with him to Denmark,
and they answered, "Ay," land got ready
their boat, into which they stepped with
Havelok and Goldborough. Arriving
there the travelled through the land
until they came to the castle Of UbhP, a
Danish earl, who showed them hospital.
ity and lodged them in the town near by
in the house OF q man named Bernard
the Brown.
In the night the house was beset by
sixty thieves, with whom Hayelok and
his three companions fought long and
hardly until they had each killed full
score OF robbers. Havelok, however,
was soreIy wounded, which when Earl
Ubbe saw he had him brought to his
own castle, where his own leech might
attend him. Aud rs Havelok lay that
night suffering bitter pain Earl Ubbu
came into his room, and saw, Is others
had seen, the bright light streaming
round his head and the red cross on his
shoulder, and he saw, moreover, that
never were TWO peas like to ons another
than the stranger to the dead King Kirk.
abeen. Then Ubbe fell at Have4ok's
feet and paid him iealty, for
he knew him what he was.
And in the morning Ubbe sent
messengers far and wid-, and summoned
all tue knights and all the baroDs to
come and bow the knee to King Have.
lok. This all men who heard the sum
mona we're glad to do, for they wearied
Of the heavy burden0 laid upon them By
false King Goddard. But some, being
men Of evil ways, chung to Goddard, 30
that the people were divided into Two
parts, and when the right time came
Havelok led his army against Goddard
and his men and made them fee. Bat
with his own hand Havelok took the
SLAYER Of his sister and gave him over to
his barons that they might judge him
Nor Of great length was tho debate; but
Goddard was hung, and that speedily.
So for time HRvelOk abode with his
people and ruled over them wIaely, and
Of the three sons OF Grimms he made
three earls, and gave them lands and
cattle and horses and gold, and all men
did them henor.
It came about at length that Goldbor-
ouph reminded her husband of the voice
she had heard in the night when abe first
knew Hayelok for the king that he was,
and how it had told her he was to rule
over England aa wall as Denmark. So
Hayelok made ready the Warghips, and
taxing with him his knights he
crossed the sea and landed at Grimsby,
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Black Friars over the grave Of GEimme,
and then he set forth to do battle
with Earl Godrich, who was already
coming to meet him with his army. And
hard by Grimsby was a great fight
fought and Havelok won, while Earl
Goodrich and bis men were put to flight.
Alterward, however, he was taken and
slsin; and when the English knew who
Goldborough was and saw how valiant
was her husband they acknowledged
him for their king and her for their
queen, so that over two great peoples
Havelok raigned. 0ver Denmark he sci
Earl Ubbe, while he himself abode in
So Tor sixty years did Havelok and
GoIdborough reign in England, and
were lust and even in their judgment.
Great love had each for the other, and
this love grew and never lessened till or
the same day they died aud in the same
grave were buried. Sixteen sons aud
daughters had they, among whom, yher
they died, they divided the two king
ioms. And this is the story told, in
short, OF Havelok tho Dane.
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