Havelok the Dane

Chantry, read by Michael Fayes.

Narrated by Steve C. Havelock the Dane settled himself back in his chair and set his feet firmly on the oaken table.

Chantry let him do it, though some imperceptible inch of his body winced.

For the oak of it was neither fumed nor golden.

But more important than to possess the table was to possess it nonchalantly.

He let the big man dig his heel in.

Any man but Havelock the Dane would have known better.

But Havelock did as he pleased, and you either gave him up or bore it.

One must ever be the mightiest of many, and as in England there were at that time many kings in Denmark, some over wide lands and others over but small realms, with that one who was strong enough to make the rest pay tribute to him as overlord, and only keeping that place by the power of the strong hand, not for any greater worth.

Our king on the west coast of Denmark, where the story of Havelok the Dane must needs begin, was Gunnar Kirkban, so called because, being a heathen altogether, as were we all in Denmark at that time, he had been the bane of many churches in the western isles of Scotland, and in Wales and Ireland, and made a boast thereof.

However, that cruelty of his was his own bane in the end, as will be seen.

Otherwise he was a well-loved king and a great warrior, tall and stronger than any man in Denmark, as was said.

End of chapter two.

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Chapter three of Havelok the Dane by Charles W. Whistler.

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One must ever be the mightiest of many, and as in England there were at that time many kings in Denmark, some over wide lands and others over but small realms, with that one who was strong enough to make the rest pay tribute to him as overlord, and only keeping that place by the power of the strong hand, not for any greater worth.

Our king on the west coast of Denmark, where the story of Havelok the Dane must needs begin, was Gunnar Kirkban.

So called because, being a heathen altogether, as were we all in Denmark at that time, he had been the bane of many churches in the western isles of Scotland, and in Wales and Ireland, and made a boast thereof.

However, that cruelty of his was his own bane in the end, as will be seen.

End of chapter twelve.

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Havelok the Dane, a legend of old Grimsby and Lincoln by Charles W. Whistler.

Preface.

If any excuse is needed for recasting the ancient legend of Grim the Fisher and his foster son Havelok the Dane, it may be found in the fascination of the story itself, which made it one of the most popular legends in England from the time of the Norman Conquest at least to that of Elizabeth.

From the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries it seems to have been almost classic, and during that period two full metrical versions, one in Norman French and the other in English, were written, besides many other short versions and abridgments, which still exist.

These are given exhaustively by Professor Skeat in his edition of the English poem for the Early English Text Society, and it is needless to do more than refer to them here as the sources from which this story is gathered.

Charles W. Whistler.

End of preface.

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Havelok the Dane, A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Charles W. Whistler.

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Havelok the Dane, A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Charles W. Whistler.

Preface.

If any excuse is needed for recasting the ancient legend of Grim the Fisher and his foster son Havelok the Dane, it may be found in the fascination of the story itself, which made it one of the most popular legends in England from the time of the Norman Conquest at least to that of Elizabeth.

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Havelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Charles W. Whistler.

Preface.

If any excuse is needed for recasting the ancient legend of Grim the Fisher and his foster son Havelok the Dane, it may be found in the fascination of the story itself, which made it one of the most popular legends in England from the time of the Norman Conquest, at least to that of Elizabeth.

From the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries it seems to have been almost classic, and during that period two full metrical versions, one in Norman French and the other in English, were written, besides many other short versions and abridgments which still exist.

These are given exhaustively by Professor Skeat in his edition of the English poem for the Early English Text Society, and it is needless to do more than refer to them here as the sources from which this story is gathered.

But a legend of this kind is a romance of all time, and needs no confinement to date and place.

Briton and Saxon, Norman and Englishman, and maybe Norseman and Dane have loved the old story, and with its tale of right and love triumphant, it still has its own power.

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Havelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Charles W. Whistler.

Preface.

If any excuse is needed for recasting the ancient legend of Grim the Fisher and his foster son Havelok the Dane, it may be found in the fascination of the story itself, which made it one of the most popular legends in England from the time of the Norman Conquest at least to that of Elizabeth.

From the 11th to the 13th centuries, it seems to have been almost classic.

And during that period, two full metrical versions, one in Norman French and the other in English, were written, besides many other short versions and abridgments which still exist.

Charles W. Whistler End of Preface Chapter 1 of Havelock the Dane by Charles W. Whistler This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Grim the Fisher and His Sons The story is not about myself, though, because I tell of things that I have seen, my name must needs come into it now and then.

The man whose deeds I would not have forgotten is my foster-brother Havelock, of whom I suppose everyone in England has heard.

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Havelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Charles W. Whistler.

Preface.

If any excuse is needed for recasting the ancient legend of Grim the Fisher and his foster son Havelok the Dane, it may be found in the fascination of the story itself, which made it one of the most popular legends in England from the time of the Norman Conquest at least to that of Elizabeth.

From the 11th to the 13th centuries it seems to have been almost classic, and during that period two full metrical versions, one in Norman-French and the other in English, were written, besides many other short versions and abridgments which still exist.

These are given exhaustively by Professor Skeat in his edition of the English poem for the Early English Text Society, and it is needless to do more than refer to them here as the sources from which this story is gathered.

Briton and Saxon, Norman and Englishman, and maybe Norseman and Dane have loved the old story, and with its tale of right and love triumphant, it still has its own power.

Stockland, 1899.