But þe knaue,[23] þat litel was,
He begs Godard to spare him,
He knelede bifor þat iudas,
And seyde, “louerd, merci nov!
Manrede, louerd, biddi you!
Al denemark i wile you yeue,
To þat forward þu late me liue;
Here hi wile on boke swere,
Þat neure more ne shal i bere
GODARD SPARES HAVELOK FOR A TIME.