Þat he doune sone ne caste;
Hauelok stod ouer hem als a mast.
Als he was heie, al[49] he was long,
He was boþe stark and strong;
and the strongest in England.
In engelond [was] non hise per
Of strengþe þat euere kam him ner.
Als he was strong, so was he softe;
HE SEES SOME MEN “PUTTING THE STONE.”
Þey a man him misdede ofte,